JPL delays Mars lander burn to await orbiter failure report
Spacecraft controllers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory postponed a trajectory correction burn on the Mars Polar Lander yesterday to allow a team reviewing the loss of the lander's sister probe more time to gather information. Controllers rescheduled the burn for Oct. 30, JPL said. By then the...
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