Antenna Problem Stalls Mars Mapping Mission
The recently-started Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) full-scale mapping mission has been put on hold due to a problem with a gimbal mechanism which controls movement of the spacecraft's 1.5-meter high-gain antenna. The problem was detected about 9:30 p.m. PST on Apr. 15 when Deep Space Network (DSN)...
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