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MAVEN avoids crashing into Mars’ moon Phobos
Derek RichardsonMarch 3rd, 2017NASA’s Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN, or MAVEN, spacecraft just avoided colliding with Phobos, one of Mars’ two moons. An avoidance maneuver was performed on Feb. 28, 2017, to safely alter the trajectory of the orbiter.