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ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter completes aerobraking

Since arriving at Mars in October 2016, the ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter has been aerobraking its way into a close orbit of the Red Planet by using the top of the atmosphere to create drag and slow down. It is almost in the right orbit to…

ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter completes aerobraking