Controllers test Deep Space 1 arrays, prepare ion thruster
Spacecraft engineers at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory have conducted extensive tests of the innovative solar arrays on the Deep Space 1 probe launched late last month, and have prepared the ion thruster that the arrays will power for a first test that could come as early as Monday. Aside from a...
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