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Astronomy => In the Media... => Topic started by: Rick on May 02, 2005, 18:38:00

Title: Mars Express set to deploy radar
Post by: Rick on May 02, 2005, 18:38:00
A radar on the Mars Express spacecraft which will look for water and ice under the Red Planet is due to be deployed after a delay of over a year.

Controllers are worried the radar's long antenna booms will swing back and hit delicate components on the probe.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/4498055.stm