Delta II flies on seventh try with NASA X-ray telescope
A McDonnell Douglas Delta II booster orbited NASA's X-ray Timing Explorer (XTE) Saturday after weather and a technical glitch scrubbed six earlier attempts. Liftoff of the Delta from Cape Canaveral AFS, Fla., came at 8:48 a.m. EST Saturday, placing the 6,700-pound NASA payload in a 360-mile-high...
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