DS1 Asteroid Flyby
Deep Space 1 flew by the freshly renamed asteroid 9969 Braille on July 28, targeted at airliner cruise altitude--the closest flyby ever, made possible by the spacecraft's autonomous navigation--but only 7 hr. after recovering from a computer upset. However, it was not clear late last week whether...
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