Waspie_Dwarf Posted September 17, 2014 #1 Share Posted September 17, 2014 Dawn Operating Normally After Safe Mode Triggered The Dawn spacecraft has resumed normal ion thrusting after the thrusting unexpectedly stopped and the spacecraft entered safe mode on September 11. That anomaly occurred shortly before a planned communication with NASA's Deep Space Network that morning. The spacecraft was not performing any special activities at the time.Engineers immediately began working to restore the spacecraft to its normal operational state. The team determined the source of the problems, corrected them, and then resumed normal ion thrusting on Monday night, Sept. 15. Read more... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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