{"id":42126,"date":"2006-03-10T21:40:44","date_gmt":"2006-03-10T13:40:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/mro-enters-mars-orbit\/"},"modified":"2006-03-10T21:40:44","modified_gmt":"2006-03-10T13:40:44","slug":"mro-enters-mars-orbit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/mro-enters-mars-orbit\/","title":{"rendered":"MRO: Enters Mars Orbit"},"content":{"rendered":"

NASA\u2019s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) has successfully entered an elliptical orbit around the planet, following a seven month voyage. <\/p>\n

Cheers went up at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena, as MRO sent word back to Earth, following a nervous wait for the spacecraft to burn its engines to break into orbit \u2013 and clear the dark side of Mars to send a signal back to Earth.\n<\/p>\n

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The burn lasted 27 minutes, slowing the vehicle to 14,000 mph, which will allow the craft to be grabbed by Mars gravity. <\/p>\n

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\u201cThis is a great milestone to have accomplished, but it\u2019s just one of many milestones before we can open the champagne,\u201d said Colleen Hartman, deputy associate administrator for NASA\u2019s Science Mission Directorate. <\/p>\n

\u201cOnce we are in the prime science orbit, the spacecraft will perform observations of the atmosphere, surface, and subsurface of Mars in unprecedented detail.\u201d<\/p>\n

Now in a 35 hour orbit of the planet, MRO will slowly re-fine its orbit to achieve a two hour path around Mars. In around five months time, the spacecraft will begin its primary mission.<\/font><\/p>\n

\u2018It was picture pefect,\u2019 said MRO manager Jim Graf.<\/font> \"\"<\/font><\/p>\n

MRO will then begin a 25 month long observation mission, which will include a variety of scientific instruments and cameras \u2013 which will help evaluate potential landing sites for future manned Mars missions. <\/font><\/p>\n

\u2018We\u2019re here to place the most capable orbiter ever put around another planet \u2013 around Mars,\u2019 said Doug McCuistion, Mars Exploration Program Director. \u2018It\u2019s a little bit nerve-wracking, even though it\u2019s exciting. This is a big event and not a simple activity. <\/font><\/p>\n

\u2018After 300 million miles plus, we\u2019re finally there. <\/font><\/p>\n

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McCuistion also pre-empted the science that will be explored via MRO. <\/font><\/p>\n

\u2018I can\u2019t wait for the scientists \u2013 in a few months \u2013 to be able to take control of the orbiter to see what we can find,\u2019 he added. \u2018They are going to be like a bunch of kids with a new microscope. <\/font><\/p>\n

\u2018Being able to look at the things they haven\u2019t seen before \u2013 I just can\u2019t wait to hear all the \u2018wows\u2019 coming from the science community.\u2019<\/p>\n

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NASA\u2019s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) has successfully entered an elliptical orbit around the planet, following a seven month voyage. Cheers went up at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena, as MRO sent word back to Earth, following a nervous wait for the spacecraft to burn its engines to break into orbit \u2013 and clear […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-42126","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42126"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=42126"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42126\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42126"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=42126"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=42126"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}