NASA’s MAVEN Spacecraft Back in Business Following Near-Death Experience - Gizmodo

The Mars orbiter had been stuck in safe mode for several months, making it unable to perform scientific observations.

NASAs Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN (MAVEN) spacecraft has been out of commission for most of the year, but owing to a very clever hack, the probe is now using the stars to navigate its way … [+3217 chars]

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