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  Cruise to L1

The cruise phase was the period of travel 1.5 million kilometers (930,000 miles) from Earth to the Lagrange 1 point that lasted slightly over three months. The main activities during cruise included check-out and monitoring of the spacecraft and science instruments, and navigation activities necessary to determine and correct Genesis' flight path.

 
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Curator: Aimee Meyer
Updated: November 2009

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