The Mars Odyssey orbiter was in safe mode yesterday after a computer problem prevented the 6-year-old spacecraft from relaying data from the twin rovers on the Martian surface.Engineers discovered the problem Friday after a software problem caused the on board computers to reboot. The spacecraft last went into safe mode in December when it was hit by cosmic rays.
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