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CNN: Mars Orbiter Closes In On Red Planet

Posted in by Kenneth Newquist on Mon, 02/27/2006 - 2:00am

The Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter is preparing to insert itself into an orbit around the Red Planet, a task that's always tricking for robotic spacecraft. Let's just hope NASA's got the whole metric/English measurement thing down this time. Read the full story.

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