Mars Orbiter in Safe Mode After Detecting Problem

NASA troubleshoots problem on Mars Odyssey orbiter

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Published: Friday, Jun. 8, 2012 - 4:35 pm

Last Modified: Friday, Jun. 8, 2012 - 6:01 pm

LOS ANGELES -- A NASA spacecraft orbiting Mars is in safe mode after it detected a problem.
The Mars Odyssey, which has been circling the red planet since 2001, noticed something odd with one of its gyroscope-like devices that helps control its orientation and entered standby mode as a precaution Thursday evening.

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