Science news articles about 'glitch'

A spacecraft for Europe's Galileo sat-nav system is "in good health" despite a glitch shortly after launch.

A glitch with a Mars orbiter relaying commands from Earth delayed plans for the Phoenix Mars Lander's second day of activities on Tuesday, NASA officials said.

NASA's Phoenix lander didn't make it first dig into the Martian soil on Wednesday because of another communications glitch.

The Phoenix lander stopped digging soil near Mars' north pole Wednesday as engineers on Earth worked to fix a glitch that caused the loss of a day's worth of photos.

Despite glitch, scientists declared the Rosetta probe's asteroid flyby a success.

GENEVA (Reuters) - A technical glitch has forced scientists to shut down the huge particle-smashing machine built to simulate the conditions of the "Big Bang" for at least two months, they said on ...

Air Canada Flights across the country are being delayed due to a nationwide computer glitch that affected the airline's electronic check-in systems Monday morning.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - NASA engineers have traced two glitches that shut down the orbiting Hubble space telescope and said on Thursday they rebooted one of the computers involved.

A recycling system that converts astronaut urine into drinking water has hit its first glitch.

A recycling system that converts astronaut urine into drinking water has hit its first glitch.

... ) -- The chairman of the House Veterans Affairs Committee said Thursday he would investigate software glitches at the VA that put patient safety at risk, calling the problems a sign of a "dangerous ...

A glitch has forced the satellite Astra 5A to a space graveyard.

HOUSTON, Jan. 30 (UPI) -- The Mars rover Spirit may be running as soon as this weekend, but the U.S. space agency say it's puzzled about what caused the glitch that halted the rover.

NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has suffered a glitch that has stalled science observations.

... Space Agency (ESA) on Monday postponed the launch of its most sophisticated Earth observation satellites to date because of a technical glitch at a Russian cosmodrome, ESA's spokesman told Reuters.