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Mars 2020 mission engineer wearing a dinosaur mask during operations.

September 30, 2020

Attitude Control Systems lead Chris Pong donned a dinosaur-themed mask for his participation in the Mars 2020 mission’s second trajectory correction maneuver at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California. The navigation team successfully sent commands to the spacecraft to adjust its flight path during its long cruise to Mars.

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