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Science 17 July 2009:
Vol. 325. no. 5938, p. 253
DOI: 10.1126/science.325_253a
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India:

Lunar Survey Spacecraft Develops an Attitude Problem

Pallava Bagla

India's first moon probe, Chandrayaan-1, has suffered a critical malfunction that jeopardizes the remainder of the mission. According to the Indian Space Research Organization, Chandrayaan-1 achieved all of its mission objectives before the malfunction was detected in May; some foreign scientists with instruments aboard Chandrayaan-1 concur that the probe performed well. But the spacecraft, which entered lunar orbit last November, can no longer orient itself with high precision.

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