NASA postpones Mars Odyssey orbiter reboot

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Pasadena, Calif. (UPI) Mar 11, 2009
The U.S. space agency says it has delayed a scheduled computer rebooting of its Mars Odyssey orbiter.

The reboot postponement occurred after National Aeronautics and Space Administration scientists saw an unexpected rise in the temperature of a camera that is part of the spacecraft's navigation system. NASA said the Odyssey scientific team has concluded the star camera and the spacecraft are safe in the precautionary standby mode they entered as a preparation for the reboot.

Odyssey Project Manager Philip Varghese of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., ordered the reboot delay until the cause of the temperature rise is determined.

A new date has not been set.

JPL, a division of the California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, manages Mars Odyssey's operations.

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