Mars Global Surveyor aerobraking scheduled to end Thursday
Controllers at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory plan an engine burn Thursday to end the innovative aerobraking process that is pulling NASA's Mars Global Surveyor into a circular mapping orbit around the Red Planet, according to a mission status report. The probe, which relies on drag from the Martian...
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