... during the mission (e.g. Sample Return Capsule (SRC) separation from the spacecraft ... to electricity for powering the Stardust spacecraft, completed its pre-ship review ...
... late today, seven months after the start of the spacecraft's mission extension ... During the encounter, the spacecraft finds itself at distance of 656 million ... take radio signals approximately 36-1/2 minutes to travel to and from the spacecraft ...
... The spacecraft remained safe throughout this small anomaly, which the spacecraft self- corrected quickly using its attitude control and fault protection systems. ...
... and having checked out the spacecraft, scientists and engineers are now focusing the bulk of their attention on the important task of science data collection and processing (while, of course, continuing to monitor spacecraft health and other relevant ...
... to do list this week as the spacecraft reaches the farthest distance from Jupiter ... information stored on the spacecraft's onboard tape recorder continues this week ...
... February 17, 1998 NASA's Galileo spacecraft successfully flew over Europa at an ... the approaching solar conjunction, the spacecraft gathered some radio science data ...
... STATUS April 9, 1998 The Galileo spacecraft successfully completed its most recent ... mode, with the gyros turned off; the spacecraft used only stars to orient itself and ...
... Following the Apollo spacecraft fire on Jan. ... week, no anomalies surfaced with regard to the spacecraft or its instruments, and no ... re-position the orientation of the spacecraft's spin axis so that the Sun angle is ...
... Current statistics regarding the spacecraft and its instruments, as reported by Mission Operations Manager Marcie Smith (at 10:00 a.m. (PST) on Feb. 2, 1998) are as follows: Orbit Number: 256 Data Downlink Rate: 3600 bps Spacecraft Spin Rate: 11.94 rpm ...