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| Posted: Fri Oct 10, 2008 4:38 am Post subject: NASA's Mars Odyssey Shifts Orbit For Extended Mission |
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Places Orbiter In Better Position For Thermal Emission Imaging System The longest-serving of six spacecraft now studying Mars is up to new tricks for a third two-year extension of its mission to examine the most Earthlike of known foreign planets. NASA's Mars Odyssey is altering its orbit to gain even better sensitivity for its infrared mapping of Martian minerals. During the mission extension through September 2010, it will also point its camera with more flexibility than it has ever used before.
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