Oct 02, 2017

Following a successful Earth Gravity Assist on Sept. 22, the spacecraft engaged its OCAMS and TAGCAMS cameras and OTES and OVIRS spectrometers on Sept. 22, Sept. 25 and Sept. 28 to observe the Earth and Moon. The instruments operated nominally and the mission team was able to use the opportunity to exercise its science operations procedures and calibrate the spacecraft’s instruments. Images and spectra of Earth and images of the Earth and Moon were also released. A final day of observations is scheduled for Oct. 2.

The mission’s navigation team determined that the spacecraft’s post-EGA trajectory was on course as planned.  As a result, the trajectory correction maneuver (TCM-6) scheduled for Oct. 4 was cancelled.