Attitude Control Systems lead Chris Pong donned a dinosaur-themed mask for his participation in the Mars 2020 mission's second trajectory correction maneuver at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California. The navigation team successfully sent commands to the spacecraft to adjust its flight path during its long cruise to Mars.
More information about the mission, go to https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020/ .
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Target | Mars | |
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Target Type | Planet | |
Mission | Mars 2020 | |
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Release Date | 2020-11-13 | |
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Image Credit | NASA/JPL-Caltech | |
Source | photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA24191 | |
Identifier | PIA24191 |