WISE Launch Slips To Dec. 14

Continuing problems with a vernier thruster on its Delta II launch vehicle have delayed the start of NASA’s Wide-field Infrared Surveyor Explorer (WISE) mission until Monday, Dec. 14. Workers at Vandenberg AFB, Calif., were to replace a suspect component Dec. 11 in the thruster mechanism, which isn...

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