Thursday, February 8, 2007

NASA investigating problems on latest mars orbiter

http://www.usatoday.com/tech/science/space/2007-02-08-mro-problems_x.htm

This article, posted yesterday by USA Today, details the problems that NASA is having with 2 instruments currently in orbit around Mars. The problems began last year, but have recently worsened. Because of these problems, one of the instruments is no longer able to be used. This instrument is called a climate sounder, and it maps the temperature, ice clouds, and amount of dust in mars' atmosphere.

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