JAXA Continues To Assess X-Ray Space Telescope Failure

BEIJING — The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) has been unable to assess the condition of its Hitomi X-ray astronomy satellite, despite briefly receiving signals from one of five pieces into which the spacecraft has broken after an apparent onboard failure of some kind. Engineers at JAXA...

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