Europe's solar mission hit by satellite blackout

ESA’s Proba-3 solar mission has lost contact with its Coronagraph spacecraft after a mid-February anomaly caused it to lose orientation and power. The satellite, part of a dual-spacecraft system to study the Sun’s corona, is now in survival mode with communications cut. Engineers are exploring using the healthy Occulter satellite to approach and assess the Coronagraph for possible recovery. More

(Source: MSN - Mar 9)