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Meanwhile, Mars Pathfinder is on trajectory for the Red Planet after completing its first and largest course correction maneuver Jan. 9. JPL controllers ordered two of the spacecraft's eight one-pound thrusters to fire continuously for 90 minutes, changing spacecraft velocity by 69 mph. Later they...
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