MGS Eludes

The Mars Global Surveyor is being eased back to its standard aerobraking altitude after sustaining a 133% increase in atmospheric density during successive orbital passes as the result of a widespread Martian dust storm. Project officials at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory said the dust storm-...

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