Galileo spacecraft's science tape recorder
Engineers are working to fix the Galileo spacecraft's science tape recorder, which malfunctioned during monthly maintenance movements on Apr. 12. The device is not needed until November, when the Jet Propulsion Laboratory spacecraft will encounter Jupiter's tiny moon Amalthea.
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