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NASA's second trial to launch GRAIL spacecraft

Cape Canaveral, USA - First one failed due to strong wind

NASA (US space agency) has announced that the launch of the mission Grail (Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory) originally scheduled for September 8 (see AVIONEWS) has been postponed to Saturday 10; the first trial was cancelled due to strong winds. According to the agency, the pair of unmanned spacecraft designed to study the Moon will be launched from Cape Canaveral Air Force Base at 8:29am...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 1133654
Rome, Italy, 09/09/2011 16:48
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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