09-03-2016 16:49 via seattletimes.com

NASA salvages Mars mission that should have launched by now

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA’s next Mars mission is still alive. Instead of scrapping the grounded Mars InSight spacecraft, the space agency announced Wednesday it’s shooting for a 2018 launch. The robotic lander was supposed to lift off this month, but ended up sidelined in December by a leak in a key French instrument. […]
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