NASA Orbiter Avoids Collision With Mars Moon
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MIAMI (CBSMiami) -- Scientist at NASA breathed a sigh of relief after avoiding a major disaster.
NASA's "Maven" spacecraft is orbiting Mars to study its upper atmosphere.
Teams recently discovered it was on track to slam into one of Mars' moons - Phobos. That's when scientists gave the "Maven" a motor rocket burn to speed it up just a touch - less than one mile an hour.
That was enough to steer the spacecraft away from the moon, avoiding the possible collision.
