Orbiter Completes Maneuver to Prepare for Comet Flyby
NASA’s Mars Odyssey spacecraft has successfully adjusted the timing of its orbit around Mars as a defensive precaution for a comet’s close flyby of Mars on Oct. 19, 2014. The […]
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NASA’s Mars Spacecraft Maneuvers to Prepare for Close Comet Flyby
NASA is taking steps to protect its Mars orbiters, while preserving opportunities to gather valuable scientific data, as Comet C/2013 A1 Siding Spring heads toward a close flyby of Mars […]
NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope Spots Mars-Bound Comet Sprout Multiple Jets
NASA released Thursday an image of a comet that, on Oct. 19, will pass within 84,000 miles of Mars — less than half the distance between Earth and our moon. […]
NASA Preparing for 2014 Comet Watch at Mars
This spring, NASA will be paying cautious attention to a comet that could put on a barnstorming show at Mars on Oct. 19, 2014. On that date, comet C/2013 A1 […]
Mars Critical Data Products Proram (Round VIII) – Comet Siding Spring Modeling
The Mars Exploration Program has issued, in August 2013, a Request for Proposal for round VIII of the Mars Critical Data Products program. This RFP provides support of the modeling the […]
MARS CRITICAL DATA PRODUCTS PROGRAM (ROUND VIII) – Comet Siding Spring Modeling
The Mars Exploration Program has issued, in August 2013, a Request for Proposal for round VIII of the Mars Critical Data Products program. This RFP provides support of the modeling the […]
MARS CRITICAL DATA PRODUCTS PROGRAM (ROUND VIII) – Comet Siding Spring Modeling
The Mars Exploration Program has issued, in August 2013, a Request for Proposal for round VIII of the Mars Critical Data Products program. This RFP provides support of the modeling the […]