Aqua spacecraft starts sending data back to Earth

NASA's Aqua spacecraft has started sending its first data and engineering images back to Earth, spacecraft builder TRW Inc. said June 24. Five of Aqua's six instruments have begun producing data, TRW said. Those instruments are the Atmospheric Infrared Sounder; the Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit...

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