Winds Delay Grail Launch For A Day

Launch controllers scrubbed a Sept. 8 attempt to launch the Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory (Grail) mission toward the Moon after upper-level winds at the Cape Canaveral, Fla., launch site threatened to push the twin NASA probes’ Delta II launch vehicle off course. The launch team set up...

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