Japanese Officials Still Don't Know What Went Wrong With Nozomi

Japan's Space Activities Commission still isn't sure what caused the power failure that prevented the Japanese space agency JAXA's Nozomi Mars surveyor from entering its final orbit. It turns out the timing wasn't right for the prime suspect, a solar flare once thought to have damaged critical...

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