Our MAVEN spacecraft is no longer in danger of colliding

Thanks to Tuesday’s maneuver, our MAVEN spacecraft is no longer in danger of colliding with Mars’ moon Phobos in the near future. Although a small correction, it was enough that, projected to one week later when the collision would otherwise have occurred, MAVEN would miss the lumpy, crater-filled moon by about 2.5 minutes.
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