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Subject: Mars


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Rose
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Date Posted: 10:09:39 03/09/06 Thu

The most advanced spacecraft ever sent to another planet is making its risky final approach to Mars.

Nasa's unmanned Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter is equipped to return ten times the data of all previous probes put together.

It has travelled some 300 million miles since leaving Earth in August and is due to enter its most delicate phase on Friday.

It will try to ease into orbit around the red planet, which has defeated two-thirds of all man-made craft sent there.

If the spacecraft reaches its planned orbit, which will take another seven months, it could collect a remarkable amount of data during its two-year mission that could help Nasa determine where to land rovers and even scout out sites for a human landing site on Mars.

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oh botherRose10:11:47 03/09/06 Thu

links on this siteLaura10:14:26 03/09/06 Thu
  • gah -- Laura, 10:16:30 03/09/06 Thu


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