Software glitch delays launch of MRO by another 24 hours

The launch of NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter from Cape Canaveral, Fla., was put off 24 hours while engineers addressed a software problem with the Atlas V rocket's fuel sensor system. The problem was discovered the morning of Aug. 11 during fueling of the rocket, when a fuel gauge showed a...

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