Thursday, 18 June 2015

International Spacecraft Carrying NASA's Aquarius Instrument Ends Operations

Artist's concept of the Aquarius/SAC-D spacecraft

Aquarius/SAC-D, an international Earth-observing mission that carries NASA's Aquarius instrument, ended June 8 when an essential component of the spacecraft power and attitude control system stopped operating.





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