Monday, April 16, 2007

Software 'fix' responsible for loss of Mars probe

Software 'fix' responsible for loss of Mars probe


Mars Global Surveyor had been in space for nearly 10 years – the longest any spacecraft has ever spent studying the Red Planet – when NASA lost contact with it on 2 November 2006 (see NASA struggles to contact lost Mars probe). Despite attempts by other probes to come to its aid, the spacecraft never made contact again

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