Saturday, February 17, 2007

ESA spacecraft nears its mars swingby

http://www.sciencedaily.com/upi/index.php?feed=Science&article=UPI-1-20070215-14523200-bc-europe-esa-rosetta.xml

ESA engineers are preparing for tomorrow, when they will do a swingby of mars. Engineers are using the gravity of mars to put the spacecraft on track to visit a comet that is 4.4 billion miles away. The trip will take a total of 10 years.

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