Courtesy Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory . Click on image for larger view. Contact was restored before midnight the following day.
Controllers continue to evaluate the spacecraft.
If systems are healthy, the closeup, orbital investigation will likely proceed, but sometime after the originally planned January 10th start. For late updates, see the NEAR mission Web site . Click on image for larger view. The AXAF team received more than 6,000 entries, from every state in the United States and more than 60 other countries, each including a short essay justifying the entrant's suggestion. Chandra's scientific accomplishments are numerous.