ESA Mars orbiter prepares for atmosphere plunge [feedly]

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ESA Mars orbiter prepares for atmosphere plunge
// Gizmag Emerging Technology Magazine



While many people are taking it easy for the holiday season, ESA is gearing up for a very busy New Year. On January 19, the space agency will begin an unprecedented and complicated year-long maneuver to radically alter the orbit of the ExoMars 2016 Trace Gas Orbiter around Mars using the Red Planet's atmosphere as a giant brake.

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