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Mars — worth a detour

Europe's Rosetta mission is still years from its cometary target, but has sent home some pretty pictures of Mars en route

On 25 February the comet-chasing spacecraft Rosetta used the gravitational pull of Mars to change its trajectory, guiding it on to a future encounter with Earth.

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Posted by Nicola Jones on February 26, 2007
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