NASA’s Mars Odyssey shifting orbit for extended mission
Submit on Wednesday, October 15th, 2008 05:58
NASA’s Mars Odyssey is altering its orbit to gain even better sensitivity for its infrared mapping of Martian minerals. During the third two-year mission extension, which runs through September 2010, it will also point its camera with more flexibility than it has ever used before. Odyssey reached Mars in 2001.
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