Posted on 02/25/2007 5:20:47 PM PST by KevinDavis
A European space probe has completed a close fly-by of the planet Mars in a crucial manoeuvre on its 10-year journey to land on a distant comet.
The unmanned Rosetta craft passed within some 250 km (150 miles) of Mars.
In a precise move, the probe used the planet's gravity to change course on its voyage to the Churyumov-Gerasimenko comet out near Jupiter.
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