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Honeywell Navigation Unit Helps Successful Mars Landing.

Seventh NASA Mars Mission with Honeywell Technology

PHOENIX, May 28 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Honeywell announced today that its Miniature Inertial Measurement Units (MIMUs) helped successfully guide NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander to a safe landing May 25th on the planet's surface.

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Honeywell MIMUs, each of which weighs approximately nine pounds and measure 6.6 inches in height and nine inches in diameter, provide data to assist the vehicle guidance. The units have contributed to the success of several commercial and military satellite and space exploration programs.

"Launched by NASA in 2007, ...

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