Mars Orbiter Recovers From Computer Glitch

Hello Mars, Meet 'MR. O': The Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter — NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter passes over the planet's south polar region in this artist's concept illustration. The orbiter's shallow radar experiment, one of six science instruments on board, is designed to probe the internal structure of Mars' polar ice caps, as well as to gather information planet-wide about underground layers of ice, rock and, perhaps, liquid water that might be accessible from the surface. Phobos, one of Mars' two moons, appears in the upper left corner of the illustration. Image (Image credit: NASA/JPL/Corby Waste)

NASA?spowerful Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has recovered from an odd glitch thatforced it to switch to a backup computer last week.

Engineersat NASA?s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., successfully revivedthe orbiter from a protective safe mode and resumed science observationsof Mars on Monday, mission managers said.

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