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High above the barren landscape of the Valles Marineris Hermes docks to the Mars descent vehicle, which has been pre-deployed in a parking orbit. The ion engines are offline now, the rendezvous is performed with RCS thrusters only. The high gain antenna is pointing forward, being used for the approach Radar.

Description
High above the barren landscape of the Valles Marineris Hermes docks to the Mars descent vehicle, which has been pre-deployed in a parking orbit. The ion engines are offline now, the rendezvous is performed with RCS thrusters only. The high gain antenna is pointing forward, being used for the approach Radar.