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Space probe put off

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NASA’s Dawn spacecraft at the Astrotech processing facility in Florida, in this June 20, 2007 file photo.

Washington: The U.S. space agency National Aeronautics and Space Administration has postponed by a week the launch of space probe Dawn on its eight-year mission to unlock the mysteries of the origins of our solar system. The delay, until July 15, was caused by difficulties with an aircraft that is to track the Delta II rocket as it rises after launch from Cape Canaveral in Florida. Dawn’s launch was originally scheduled for Saturday, but because of weather was first delayed until Monday. — AFP

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