NASA Gives Up On Spirit; Japanese Imaging Satellite In Trouble

Controllers at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory will shift the agency’s Deep Space Network and other assets to the upcoming Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) rover mission, after giving up on the Mars Spirit Exploration Rover on May 25. Spirit last communicated with Earth on March 22, 2010, and...

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