NASA: Mars Odyssey spacecraft now closer to Mars than Earth

Staff July 17, 2001
NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey spacecraft is now closer to Mars than it is to Earth, the space agency announced July 16. The $297 million Odyssey, launched April 7, has 100 days left before its arrival at Mars, where it will make global observations of Mars during its two-year primary mission. "The...

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