NASA's Rescue Mission Against the Clock Faces Last-Minute Problem
· Telemundo McAllen (KTLM)
CAPE CANAVERAL — An urgent rescue mission to save a NASA space telescope remains grounded, this time due to a last-minute launch issue. Northrop Grumman's rocket-launching aircraft took off from the Marshall Islands in the Pacific on Thursday, after weather-related delays throughout the week. While in flight, the crew noticed a warning in the data stream and decided not to release the Pegasus rocket attached to the belly of the plane, the company reported. It was unclear whether the warning originated from the rocket or the aircraft. The rocket is carrying a three-armed robotic spacecraft built by Katalyst Space Technologies to capture the Swift Observatory, which will crash before October if no help arrives. A new launch date has not been set.
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