Collision course with Mars
The Japanese space agency is making its Mars probe Nozomi take evasive action to prevent it crashing into the Red Planet. The probe was thrown off course when a manoeuvre went wrong in December 1998. There is only a 1 per cent chance of a crash, say mission controllers, but its engines will be fired on 9 December to move it to a safer trajectory. Nozomi should arrive in Mars orbit on 14 December, from where it will study the planet’s upper atmosphere and ionosphere.
Polio plea in Nigeria
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