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      NASA Craft Settles Into Mars Orbit

      Posted by Billbar from Space.com

      Over the next several months, the orbiter will deploy its 33-foot antenna and remove a lens cap from one of its instruments. It will begin collecting data in November, and scientists expect the resolution of those images to be nine times higher. The unmanned orbiter safely slipped into orbit around Mars in March after a seven-month, 310 million-mile journey. It joined three other spacecraft currently flying around the planet and two rovers rolling across the surface.

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      MRO: Delicate Dips into the Martian Atmosphere

      Posted by Billbar from Space.com

      NASA’s newest mission to the red planet—the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)—is working well as it shaves off altitude in order to swing into active science-gathering duties later this year. The initial capture by Mars’ gravity put the spacecraft into a very elongated, 35-hour orbit.

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      Mars orbiter reaches Red Planet

      Posted by Billbar from BBC News

      Over the next six months, the probe will steadily reduce the size of its orbit until it reaches an optimal position to start scientific studies. MRO will examine the Martian surface and atmosphere in unprecedented detail.

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