Dawn Asteroid Orbiter Launch Delayed Again

Credit: NASA
For the third time this month NASA has delayed launch of the Dawn asteroid orbiter, now scheduled for early September. NASA managers, including Administrator Michael Griffin, decided on the further delay to September after additional evaluation of a July 15 launch target. July 15 was initially...

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