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  • Main Engine Heat Shields Installation Today
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MRO Successfully Enters Mars Orbit

By webmaster on 11 March 2006 at 9:12AM

After a seven-month, 310 million-mile journey, the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has successfully entered orbit around Mars. The spacecraft will photograph the Martian surface, look for subsurface water, and act as a communications relay for future rovers.

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