Aug 17 1990
From The Space Library
Space News for this day. (1MB PDF)
NASA scientists regained contact with Magellan after a 14-hour loss. The spacecraft went into a safe mode, in which it shut down many of its systems and pointed its solar panels toward the Sun because of navigation problems it falsely interpreted. The ship's computer memory was sent back to Earth so scientists could determine the problem in Magellan's program. Scientists were pleased, however, with the first set of pictures taken during Magellan's test run over the planet. They, however, cautioned that Magellan's mission to begin regular map-ping by August 29 would likely be delayed. (W Times, Aug 20/90; P Inq, Aug 19/90; W Post, Aug 18/90; NY Times, Aug 18/90; LA Times, Aug 18/90)
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