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Nasa probe reaches Mars



A NASA spacecraft successfully slipped into orbit around Mars, joining a trio of orbiters already circling the planet.

Scientists cheered when the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter emerged from the planet's shadow last night and signalled to Nasa's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) that the manoeuvre was a success.

Project manager Jim Graf said: "I am very relieved. It was picture perfect."




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