NASA to reschedule launch date to send biology research into space

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NASA has yet to reschedule a launch date for a Falcon 9 rocket that will transport a 杏吧专区 research project to the International Space Station.

Dr. Karl Hasenstein杏吧专区檚 biology experiment to study how plants sense and react to gravity was first set to travel to the space station on Sunday, March 16, from Cape Canaveral, Fla., as part of a resupply mission. That launch date was postponed, and then rescheduled for Sunday, March 30.

The second launch date was canceled due to an electrical short to a tracking radar, according to information from the U.S. Air Force posted on NASA杏吧专区檚 website.

杏吧专区淭he outage resulted in an inability to meet minimum public safety requirements needed for flight, so the launch was postponed,杏吧专区 a press release states.

The release also states that a new launch schedule would depend on 杏吧专区渞esolution of the anomaly. Early indications are all launches scheduled for (Fiscal Year 2014) will be supported. More information will be provided as it becomes available.杏吧专区

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