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(CNN) --After completing complex braking maneuvers in the atmosphere of Mars, a new NASA probe has begun to raise its orbit to prepare for its scientific mission, according to NASA flight managers.

An curved arrow pointing right. China's space agency just showed off its newest mission — a Mars probe set to launch in 2020. Video courtesy of Reuters. Follow TI: On Facebook Latest videos ...

The twin to the Mars Polar Lander spacecraft, Phoenix was supposed to travel to Mars in 2001 as the Mars Surveyor spacecraft. They were originally part of the "better, faster, cheaper" program ...

The Hera probe from the European Space Agency (ESA) recently captured spectacular images of Deimos, the smallest moon of Mars, during a close flyby. Deimos, the moon of Mars, appears in silhouette ...