Universe Today - October 24, 2001
A note from Fraser... Celebrate with a Mars Desktop
Only one, but very important, story today. So, to bulk up the value of today's newsletter, I thought I'd add a new background for your desktop, of what else... Mars. This is a photo of Mars taken back in June by the Hubble Space Telescope. As always, download the resolution that fits your computer screen.
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Fraser Cain, Publisher - Universe Today
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Mars Odyssey Enters Mars Orbit
NASA returned to Mars Tuesday evening when the Mars Odyssey successfully entered orbit around the Red Planet. The spacecraft fired its engines at 0226 GMT (10:26pm EDT) for 20 minutes and then slipped behind Mars. Approximately 30 minutes later the spacecraft was reacquired by NASA controllers, indicating that the orbital injection had gone correctly. Odyssey will perform several more aerobraking maneuvers in the coming months until it has reached a circular orbit in early 2002. Then it will begin scanning the planet for evidence of subsurface water.
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NASA/JPL News Release
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