Star tracker on Mars Polar Lander working properly after fix
Controllers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory have reconfigured the Mars Polar Lander probe so that a balky star tracker is working properly, according to a mission status report. The tracker was the only serious problem noted after the probe's Jan. 3 launch, and was not expected to threaten the...
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