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NASA gave up Monday on releasing a $13.5 million science satellite from the Discovery because of a faulty guidance system. The Wake Shield Facility, a 12-foot saucer-shaped craft, has been riddled with problems since astronaut Jan Davis first tried dispatching it with the shuttle robot arm Saturday. Initial glitches were figured out in time to try again Sunday, but difficulties with the guidance system dashed that plan. Monday was the last day available to free the 3,700-pound disk, which continued conducting experiments on the end of Discovery’s 50-foot robot arm.
