Deep Impact enters safe mode after engine burn Jan. 12
IMPACT TROUBLE: NASA's Deep Impact spacecraft entered a preprogrammed safe mode shortly after deployment from its launch vehicle Jan. 12, apparently in response to higher-than-expected temperatures resulting from a firing of the spacecraft's thrusters, according to a NASA spokesman. All attitude and...
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