ESA's ExoMars 2016 Trace Gas Orbiter (TGO) spacecraft zeroed in on Mars today as it successfully conducted a 53-minute course correction burn of its main engine. According to the space agency, the probe used a new ultra-precise navigation technique that fixed its position to within a thousand meters (3,300 ft), allowing it to make a much more efficient and precise change to its trajectory.
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