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NASA orbiter avoids collision with Mars moon
NASA said its MAVEN spacecraft performed a previously unscheduled manoeuvre this week to avoid a collision next week with Mars' moon Phobos. This is the first collision avoidance manoeuvre that the Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN (MAVEN) spacecraft has performed at Mars to steer clear of Phobos, NASA said on Thursday. The MAVEN spacecraft has …
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March 3, 2017 -
NASA orbiter detects infant versions of Martian ‘spiders’
Using NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) data, researchers have detected cumulative growth of erosion-carved troughs that may be infant versions of larger features known as Martian "spiders," which are radially patterned channels found only in the south polar region of the Red Planet. The troughs are resulting from the same thawing-carbon-dioxide process believed to form …
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December 21, 2016 -
NASA orbiter detects infant versions of Martian ‘spiders’
Using NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) data, researchers have detected cumulative growth of erosion-carved troughs that may be infant versions of larger features known as Martian "spiders," which are radially patterned channels found only in the south polar region of the Red Planet. The troughs are resulting from the same thawing-carbon-dioxide process believed to form …
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December 21, 2016