Japanese astronaut explains how Spartan was retrieved

Japanese astronaut explains how Spartan was retrieved

Japanese astronaut Takao Doi explains with the help of a TV monitor at the Johnson Space Center, Texas, on Nov. 3 how the space shuttle Discovery retrieved the Spartan satellite which observes the corona of the sun. The small satellite, released Nov. 1, succeeded in taking 500 photos which are expected to help analyze solar winds that disrupt television and radio waves on Earth.

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