PEGASUS LAUNCH of NASA's WIRE spacecraft delayed by glitch.

MECHANICAL GLITCH on a Pegasus launch vehicle late Monday forced a delay in NASA's Wide-field Infrared Explorer (WIRE) mission to study the formation and evolution of starburst galaxies. The flight was scrubbed when a pin designed to lock the air-launched rocket's rudder in place before it was...

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