Japan's Mars Probe Misses the Mark
Japan's Nozomi surveyor was due to reach its closest point above the Martian surface--about 894 km. (554 mi.)--at 3:19 a.m. Dec. 14 Tokyo time and then to keep right on going into a useless solar orbit. During the $170-million spacecraft's transit from Earth a solar flare shorted its electrical...
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