International Spacecraft Carrying NASA's Aquarius Instrument Ends Operations
Pasadena CA (JPL) Jun 22, 2015 - An international Earth-observing mission launched in 2011 to study the salinity of the ocean surface ended June 8 when an essential part of the power and attitude control system for the SAC-D spacecraft, which carries NASA's Aquarius instrument, stopped operating. The Aquarius instrument successfully achieved its science objectives and completed its primary three-year mission in November 2014. ... more

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