Bad Latch Causes Mars Express Boom Scare
European Space Agency controllers' long-running effort to deploy a boom for the Mars Express Sub-Surface Sounding Radar Altimeter (Marsis) appears to have succeeded, although not without a last-minute scare. One of 13 segments on the boom initially failed to lock into position after a long-delayed...
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