Orbiter completes maneuver to prepare for comet flyby

Thursday, August 7, 2014 - 05:30 in Astronomy & Space

(Phys.org) —NASA's Mars Odyssey spacecraft has successfully adjusted the timing of its orbit around Mars as a defensive precaution for a comet's close flyby of Mars on Oct. 19, 2014.

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