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Traffic Around Mars Gets Busy
This graphic depicts the relative shapes and distances from Mars for five active orbiter missions plus the planet's two natural satellites. It illustrates the potential for intersections of the spacecraft orbits.
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
NASA has beefed up a process of traffic monitoring, communication and maneuver planning to ensure that Mars orbiters do not approach each other too closely.
From Jet Propulsion Laboratory/NASA
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