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Software ‘fix’ responsible for loss of Mars probe
Ironically, a software fix sent up to NASA's Mars Global Surveyor spacecraft in June 2006 ultimately led to its failure five months later, a new report reveals
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Ironically, a software fix sent up to NASA's Mars Global Surveyor spacecraft in June 2006 ultimately led to its failure five months later, a new report reveals
In 1997, NASA lost contact with its Pathfinder lander and tiny Sojourner rover – now the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter may have spied them both