Mars Global Surveyor mapping halted by main antenna anomaly

Controllers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory were expected to send commands to the Mars Global Surveyor today designed to help them learn more about a problem with its main antenna that has kept the spacecraft's science instruments shut down since last week. The hinge that allows the orbiting...

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