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NASA DECLARES THAT THE EARTH IS GETTING CLOSER TO MARS

CAPE CANAVERAL, FLORIDA, NASA declared that the Earth is getting closer to Mars, but it will never catch its orbit. Dr. Tony Phillips, an astronomer at NASA, calculated that the Earth is travelling towards the red planet at a speed of about 22,000 mph, and soon we will be closer to Mars than in the past 12 years. However we will never catch its orbit because it is a normal orbit swinging of the Earth's...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 12886
Rome, Italy, 05/18/2001 12:06
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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