Spacecraft emergency declared as WIRE spins out of control
NASA's Wide-Field Infrared Explorer (WIRE) spacecraft spun out of control Friday after a successful launch Thursday night, and controllers declared a spacecraft emergency as they tried to recover the $49 million astronomy satellite. In an agency announcement Ken Ledbetter, director of the Mission...
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