NASA climate satellite disaster

Published: 25 February 2009 y., Wednesday
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There was embarrassment for NASA on Tuesday following the loss of a 278 million dollar climate satellite.

The rocket carrying the Orbiting Carbon Observatory apparently failed to separate.

Šaltinis: Reuters
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