Radiation-Zapped Galileo Seems Operable
From Times Staff and Wire Reports
After receiving heavy doses of electronics-crippling radiation while flying past Jupiter’s small inner moon Amalthea on Nov. 5, the Galileo spacecraft appears to be functioning again. The radiation levels forced the orbiter into safe, standby mode for a week. But a Jet Propulsion Laboratory flight team is still trying to determine why a tape recorder used for storing data has not resumed functioning.
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