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Forum:	Satellites - Robotic Probes
Topic:	Cassini-Huygens at Saturn: Questions, comments

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Your Reply: HTML is ON UBB Code is ON Smilies Legend	[QUOTE]Originally posted by Robert Pearlman: [B]From the Associated Press: [URL=http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/20750430/][b]Cosmic-ray hit puts Cassini probe in safe mode[/b][/URL] <BLOCKQUOTE>[i]The international Cassini spacecraft went into safe mode this week after successfully passing over a Saturn moon that was the mysterious destination of a deep-space faring astronaut in Arthur C. Clarke's novel "2001: A Space Odyssey." Cassini flew within 1,000 miles (1609 kilometers) of Iapetus on Monday and took images of its rugged, two-toned surface. As it was sending data back to Earth, it was hit by a cosmic ray that caused a power trip. The spacecraft was not damaged, but had to turn off its instruments and relay only limited information. Mission controllers have since sent commands for Cassini to resume normal transmission, and scientists recovered all the data from the moon flyby despite a nearly 12-hour delay. The spacecraft was expected to be fully functional by week's end.[/i]</BLOCKQUOTE>[/B][/QUOTE]
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