Mars Pathfinder Launch Scrubbed Again...

From: Jan Wee <jwee@mail.arc.nasa.gov>
Subject: Mars Pathfinder Launch Scrubbed Again...
Date: Tue, 03 Dec 1996 09:00:53 -0600

Dear discuss-lfm members,



Mars Pathfinder Launch Scrubbed Again; Next Try Dec. 4

A software problem in a computer on the ground delayed the launch of 
Mars Pathfinder for one more day.  The next launch attempt will be at 
1:58 a.m. EST on Dec. 4. Mars Pathfinder will carry a six-wheeled rover
that will explore the Martian surface. The launch slip will not affect 
the spacecraft's arrival date at Mars: July 4, 1997.

This information taken directly from Today at NASA :


        http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/NewsRoom/today.html#mgs


Looks like we set our VCR's one more time! 

Jan Wee








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