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NASA’s Mars Odyssey and MRO Orbiters Keep Running Decades Past Design Life

Wired details why Odyssey and MRO have outlasted expectations

1 Oct 27 6:45 AM · 12d ago · 2 articles · 2 posts · 1 comment · 4 sources · development 1 of 1

Wired publishes a feature explaining the engineering, redundancy, and luck that have kept Odyssey and MRO running far beyond their design lives, including Odyssey's unmeasured, dwindling propellant reserve and MRO's navigation fix, while noting scientists' uncertainty about whether NASA will field successors.

Wired details why Odyssey and MRO have outlasted expectations
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“Both Odyssey and MRO are some of the most productive spacecraft that have ever existed”

Briony Horgan

Briony Horgan Planetary scientist, Purdue UniversityRob Lillis Planetary and space physicist, UC BerkeleyPaul Fieseler Chief engineer for MRO, NASA Jet Propulsion LaboratoryNASA Agency operating both spacecraft

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