Operations function

Cruise Operations

The long interplanetary-cruise phase — keeping the spacecraft healthy, performing trajectory-correction manoeuvres, and preparing for arrival.

In brief

Operating a spacecraft during its interplanetary cruise.

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NASANational Aeronautics and Space Administration
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