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SPACE.com -- MRO: Delicate Dips into the Martian Atmosphere (1066 words) |
 | MRO's apoapsis--the point in its orbit which is farthest from that Mars--has decreased from 27,340 miles (44,000 kilometers) down to 21,748 (35,000 kilometers). |
| For example, MRO's thrusters were fired again May 10 lowering the spacecraft's periapsis altitude--the point in an orbit when MRO and Mars are closest together--down to roughly 65 miles (104 kilometers), Graf said. |
| MRO was launched on August 1, 2005 from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida, slipping across the interplanetary void to arrive at Mars on March 10 of this year. |
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