Weather Delays ICON Launch
Credit: Artist's concept of ICON: NASA
HOUSTON—Stormy weather forced NASA to postpone an Oct. 9 attempt to launch the Ionospheric Connection Explorer (ICON) on a Northrop Grumman Pegasus XL rocket carried aloft by the company’s L1011 Stargazer aircraft over the ocean waters off Florida’s Atlantic coast. The planned 9:30 p.m. EDT air drop...
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