SPACE.com Update for August 30, 2006
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August 30, 2006
  
  TOP STORY posted: August 30, 2006 11:27 am EDT 
Mars Orbiter Ready to Begin Engine Burn
BOULDER, Colorado – Ground controllers are ready to perform a major maneuver today of NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)—an “end game” tactic that puts the orbiting probe a step closer to scientific sensor sweeping of the red planet.
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