Earth Flybys Send ESCAPADE Toward Mars
Gravity and engines worked together.
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Source: NASA, 2026-11-09.
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In this lesson: Explain the manoeuvre and its place in the journey.
Grammar in this story: An achieved step
have completed
Have + past participle links a completed manoeuvre with its current result: the spacecraft are on course for Mars.
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Explain how the flybys helped and why the journey is unfinished.
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The manoeuvres combined Earth’s gravity with sustained engine burns. They put the spacecraft on course for Mars, but arrival remains targeted for September 2027.
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