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It is C.
he mission team of NASA's InSight will start sending signals to deploy the camera on its robotic arm while regular operations of the spacecraft stabilize, conserving enough energy to conduct the intended probe in the Red Planet.

The intended meaning is - The mission will start sending signals while stabilizing the regular operations. The stabilization will allow conserving enough energy - hence an ing modifier.
What is the OA and OE?

prateeksab, really a good question from my point of view, though i have picked E as the answer thinking VerbING modifier will modify the preceding entire clause, but after seeing your explanation i am also in doubt :dazed

Lets wait for the OA :tongue_opt3
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i think "c" is the correct answer. Lets wait for the OA.
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J2S2019 - I was also initially confused with E. But E makes it seem like -
The mission team of NASA's InSight will start -
1. sending signals to deploy the camera on its robotic arm
2. stabilizing regular operations of the spacecraft, and
3. conserving enough energy to conduct the intended probe in the Red Planet.

The parallel structure makes it hard to understand the meaning of the sentence; esp the last part - The mission team will start conserving enough energy to conduct the intended probe in the red planet.

Eagerly waiting for OA
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C IMO.
sending....., conserving
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The mission team of NASA's InSight will start sending signals to deploy the camera on its robotic arm as regular operations of the spacecraft will stabilize and conserve enough energy to conduct the intended probe in the Red Planet.

A. sending signals to deploy the camera on its robotic arm as regular operations of the spacecraft will stabilize and conserve
B. to send signals to deploy the camera on its robotic arm, and regular operations of the spacecraft will stabilize that will conserve
C. sending signals to deploy the camera on its robotic arm while regular operations of the spacecraft stabilize, conserving
D. to send signals to deploy the camera on its robotic arm, with regular operations of the spacecraft stabilized and conserved
E. sending signals to deploy the camera on its robotic arm, stabilizing regular operations of the spacecraft and conserving
C Seems to convey the most logical and intended meaning
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The mission team of NASA's InSight will start sending signals to deploy the camera on its robotic arm as regular operations of the spacecraft will stabilize and conserve enough energy to conduct the intended probe in the Red Planet.

A. sending signals to deploy the camera on its robotic arm as regular operations of the spacecraft will stabilize and conserve
B. to send signals to deploy the camera on its robotic arm, and regular operations of the spacecraft will stabilize that will conserve
C. sending signals to deploy the camera on its robotic arm while regular operations of the spacecraft stabilize, conserving
D. to send signals to deploy the camera on its robotic arm, with regular operations of the spacecraft stabilized and conserved
E. sending signals to deploy the camera on its robotic arm, stabilizing regular operations of the spacecraft and conserving


IMO the answer is C

Here the meaning of the sentence is quite important.
The sentence mentions that the mission team will start sending signals to deploy the camera as regular options will stabilize the aircraft and conserve enough energy to conduct the intended probe .
Here as plays the function of a simultaneous action and can be checked by using while or during instead of as.
This narrows down the choices between C and E

E however says that sending signals to deploy the camera causes the operations to stabilize and conserve . The intended meaning should be that the stabilization of the ship allows the spacecraft to conserve enough energy to conduct the intended probe test. This allows us to eliminate E leaving us with C as our answer.

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