Dodging Phobos - MAVEN’s Thrusters Fired To Avoid Mars Moon | Video
Thursday, March 2, 2017 - 19:21
in Astronomy & Space
NASA's MAVEN spacecraft and the Martian moon Phobos would have come within 7 seconds of each other if mission controllers didn’t boost the probe’s velocity. The burn came on Feb. 28, 2017, one week before they could have collided.