Nozomi is lost...

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Nozomi is lost...

Post #1by JackHiggins » 09.12.2003, 18:36

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http://space.com/missionlaunches/nozomi ... 31209.html

space.com wrote:TOKYO (AP) _ Japan abandoned its troubled mission to Mars on Tuesday after space officials failed in their final effort to put the Nozomi probe back on course to orbit the Red Planet.

The probe, Japan's first interplanetary explorer, had been traveling for five years toward Mars and would have reached the planet next week.

But officials at JAXA, Japan's space agency, said Nozomi was off target and that scientists gave up trying to salvage the mission after an attempt to fire the probe's engines failed because it was short on fuel.

"Our mission to explore Mars is over,'' JAXA spokesman Junichi Moriuma told The Associated Press. "After today's attempt, almost all of the probe's fuel is gone.''


Pity about that... I'll update the Nozomi trajectory on my website as soon as Horizons does.
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Post #2by TERRIER » 11.12.2003, 02:28

The Mars curse strikes again :( Keep your fingers crossed for Beagle 2 et al.
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