Navy radars could aid shuttle launches, NASA says

NASA is planning to use U.S. Navy radars to monitor space launches after data gathered in a recent launch showed they could be useful when the shuttle returns to flight. A pair of radars on loan from the USNS Pathfinder, an instrumentation ship, were used to track the launch of NASA's MEcury Surface...

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