File:MRO Aerobrake.jpg

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English: NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter dips into the thin martian atmosphere to adjust its orbit in this artist's concept illustration.

NASA plans to launch this multipurpose spacecraft in August 2005 for arrival at Mars in March 2006. The plans call for controlled use of atmospheric friction in a process called aerobraking for about six months after arrival to change the initial, very elongated orbit into a rounder shape optimal for science operations.

Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter is designed to advance our understanding of Mars through detailed observation, to examine potential landing sites for future surface missions and to provide a high-data-rate communications relay for those missions.
Русский: Концепт-арт миссии НАСА «Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter».
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Source https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/multimedia/display.cfm?Category=Spacecraft&IM_ID=2207 (image link)
Author NASA/JPL/Corby Waste
This image or video was catalogued by Jet Propulsion Laboratory of the United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) under Photo ID: PIA04917.

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current19:13, 16 February 2014Thumbnail for version as of 19:13, 16 February 20147,000 × 5,444 (5.86 MB)HuntsterLower compression artefacting.
08:23, 22 June 2007Thumbnail for version as of 08:23, 22 June 20077,000 × 5,444 (2.22 MB)A7x* '''The Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter in its aerobraking stage''' * image source: [http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/jpeg/PIA04917.jpg http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/jpeg/PIA04917.jpg] {{PD-USGov-NASA}} Category:Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter [[Catego
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