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Mission managers for NASA’s Dawn spacecraft are studying the spacecraft’s ion propulsion system after Dawn experienced a loss of thrust on 27 June. Dawn team members were able to trace the episode to an electronic circuit in the spacecraft’s digital control and interface unit, a subsystem that houses the circuit and a computer that controls Dawn’s ion propulsion system.
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