After 13 years, NASA's Topex/Poseidon mission ends

The U.S./French TOPEX/Poseidon oceanography mission has come to a close after 13 years and nearly 62,000 orbits of the Earth, following a failure in October that destroyed the spacecraft's ability to maneuver. A joint effort by NASA and the Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales, TOPEX/Poseidon...

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