Messenger Launch Delayed for More Testing
NASA has pushed launch on a Boeing Delta II of its Messenger Mercury orbiter back from May 11 to no earlier than July 30 to gain more time to complete final assembly and checkout, which will add almost two years to the probe's travel time to its target planet. The program's managers decided that the...
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