13 Jul 2012 - Mars Odyssey Mission Status Report: Orbiter Enters, Then Exits, Standby

[NASA]

http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/missions/images/miss-odyssey-mp.jpg (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=39903)13 Jul 2012 - Mars Odyssey Mission Status Report: Orbiter Enters, Then Exits, Standby Safe Mode
NASA's Mars Odyssey orbiter experienced about 21 hours in a reduced-activity precautionary status ending at about 10 a.m. PDT (1 p.m. EDT) on Thursday, July 12.


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[ViralSpiral]

The orbiter put itself in the precautionary, Earth-pointed status called safe mode, at about 1 p.m. PDT (4 p.m. EDT) on July 11, as it finished a maneuver adjusting, or trimming, its orbit. Odyssey's computer did not reboot, so diagnostic information was subsequently available from the spacecraft's onboard memory. Based on analysis of that information, the mission's controllers sent commands yesterday morning taking Odyssey out of safe mode and reorienting it to point downward at Mars.


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[Lifebringer]

I wouldn't trust HAL 9000, it didn't work out too well for the astronauts in 2001 Space Odessey.