NASA engineers have shut down an instrument aboard the Cassini spacecraft orbiting Saturn because of an electrical short circuit. The spacecraft was continuing to operate normally, but engineers, being engineers, decided they needed to understand the problem before continuing with the mission.
The instrument shut down measures electrically-charged particles in the Saturnian system; the other 11 instruments should continue to operate normally. NASA thinks Cassini will be back at full strength soon.
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