Climatic Launch

NASA says launch of the $1.5 billion Npoess Preparatory Project (NPP) spacecraft from Vandenberg AFB, Calif., aboard a Delta II rocket is scheduled for Oct. 27 at 2:48 a.m. PDT. The current schedule represents a two-day slip to address a small hydraulic system leak and a damaged flexible exhaust...

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