Zoning in on the right landing site is key to a safe touchdown for the space agency's latest Red Planet explorer
By Gregory Mone
Posted 04.15.2008 at 8:18 am
Setting a spacecraft down on Mars isn't exactly easy—just ask Beagle 2. NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander, en route and due for a May 25 rendezvous with the surface, recently received a course adjustment from mission planners as they try to ensure that the craft doesn't drop down in a danger zone.
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