Sunday, 27 May 2018

InSight course correction protects Mars from biocontamination

Artist's concept of the InSight cruise stage

NASA's InSight spacecraft has completed its first major course correction, setting it on its way to Mars. On May 22, the unmanned cruise stage with its robotic lander made a 40-second burn using four of its eight thrusters to not only alter the probe's trajectory, but to also protect the Red Planet from biocontamination by the mission's Centaur rocket booster.

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