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July 02, 2014

NASA aborts launch of OCO-2
Lompoc, Calif. (UPI) Jul 1, 2013
NASA's rocket engineers only had a 30-second window to launch its Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2 spacecraft into the proper orbit. But at the last second, a problem was detected and, understandably, controllers weren't able to diagnose and repair the defect in just half of a minute. With the 30-second window quickly come and gone, NASA was forced to abandon the launch. NASA's Delta 2 rocket was scheduled to blast off from California's Vandenberg Air Force Base at 6:56 a.m. Tuesday, carryi ... read more

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