Parker Solar Probe: last-minute hitch delays flight to the sun
by Ian Sample Science editor from on (#3WJCM)
US space agency postpones launch of fastest object ever made on journey to Earth's nearest star
A last-minute technical problem has delayed Nasa's unprecedented flight to the sun.
Saturday's launch countdown was halted with just one-minute, 55 seconds remaining, keeping the Delta IV (four) rocket at Cape Canaveral, Florida, with the Parker Solar Probe. This followed earlier trouble in the countdown.
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