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Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter Mission Team Members Celebrate Orbit Insertion Success

Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter Project Manager Jim Graf shakes the hand of JPL Associate Director for Programs, Project Formulation and Strategy Dr. Firouz Naderi. They are celebrating the spacecraft's successful orbit insertion.

March 10, 2006

Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter Project Manager Jim Graf shakes the hand of JPL Associate Director for Programs, Project Formulation and Strategy Dr. Firouz Naderi. They are celebrating the spacecraft's successful orbit insertion.

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