MRO begins checking instruments, makes course correction
NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter began checking out its instruments Aug. 30 after a successful course correction Aug. 27 that put the spacecraft on schedule to reach the red planet on March 10, 2006. The Lockheed Martin-built spacecraft fired its six main thrusters for 15 seconds during the course...
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