Waspie_Dwarf Posted September 9, 2014 #1 Share Posted September 9, 2014 NASA's MAVEN spacecraft makes final preparations for Mars On Sept. 21, 2014, the Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution spacecraft will complete roughly 10 months of travel and enter orbit around the Red Planet.The orbit-insertion maneuver will be carried out as the spacecraft approaches Mars, wrapping up an interplanetary journey of 442 million miles (711 million kilometers). Six thruster engines will fire briefly for a “settling” burn that damps out deviations in pointing. Then the six main engines will ignite two by two in quick succession and will burn for 33 minutes to slow the craft, allowing it to be captured in an elliptical orbit. Read more... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waspie_Dwarf Posted September 9, 2014 Author #2 Share Posted September 9, 2014 Targeting MarsNASA's MAVEN spacecraft is quickly approaching Mars on a mission to study its upper atmosphere. When it arrives on September 21, 2014, MAVEN's winding journey from Earth will culminate with a dramatic engine burn, pulling the spacecraft into an elliptical orbit. Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight CenterSource: NASA - Scientific Visualization Studio Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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