NASA’s Mars Odyssey Maneuvers to Image Comet Siding Spring

Mars program Chief Engineer Robert Shotwell describes Mars Odyssey’s unprecedented view of comet Siding Spring as the comet sweeps by the Red Planet on Oct. 19 and how it will maneuver to take images. Credit: NASA/JPL RELEASE 14-282 NASA Prepares its Science Fleet for Oct. 19 Mars Comet Encounter. NASA’s extensive fleet of science assets, particularly those orbiting and roving Mars, have front row seats to image and study a once-in-a-lifetime comet flyby on Sunday, Oct. 19. Comet