Mars spacecraft success

Posted by jburk to Mars Odyssey at October 24, 2001 12:00 PM

A spacecraft has successfully entered orbit around Mars, to the jubilation of scientists and the relief of the American space agency Nasa. The last time Nasa tried to put a probe into orbit around the Red Planet it was a dismal failure but researchers are saying that the success, and promise, of Mars Odyssey will make up for past losses.