Launch of Mars Rover Pushed Back Again
From Times Wire Services
The launch of the latest Mars rover, delayed several times in the last two weeks, has been pushed back again. NASA officials said battery problems forced the cancellation of Sunday night’s planned launch of the rover Opportunity. NASA wants to try again tonight.
The agency set July 15 as a launch deadline, but it is studying whether it could extend that by two days before Mars and Earth move too far apart for the rover to reach Mars. If it misses the launch opportunity, it will have to wait until 2004.
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