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  Near miss: Alert scientists help NASA orbiter avoid collision with Mars moon

  World | March 03, 2017 19:06 IST

  A timely alert by scientists at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, prompted an unscheduled manoeuvre by the MAVEN spacecraft that helped it avoid a potentially catastrophic collision with Mars’ moon Phobos. The

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  Mangalyaan crosses Moon's orbit, travels 10 lakh km a day towards Mars

  India | December 02, 2013 22:27 IST

  Chennai: ISRO's Mars Orbiter, which was placed in inter-Mars trajectory in the early hours yesterday, has crossed Moon's orbit and is travelling beyond Earth's natural satellite."The Mars Orbiter spacecraft has crossed the Moon orbit. So

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  NASA Marks 2012 With Twin Probes In Moon Orbit

  World | January 02, 2012 11:39 IST

  Los Angeles, Jan 2: NASA kicked off the new year with a pair of probes circling the moon in the latest mission to understand how Earth's closest neighbor formed.There was no champagne popping in the