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The Odyssey spacecraft followed these phases, and it is currently in the Extended Mission, continuing to map and relay.

Launch:    April 07, 2001
Interplanetary Cruise:    about 200 days from Earth to Mars
Mars Orbit Insertion (MOI):    October 24, 2001, 0230 Universal Time (October 23, 7:30pm PDT/ 10:30pm EDT)
Aerobraking:    Completed January 2002
Mapping and Relay:    917 Earth Days -- February 2002 - August 2004
Extended Mission:    Began August 24, 2004


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