May 1 1986
From The Space Library
Launching of a Delta rocket carrying a weather satellite was postponed because of a quarter cup of leaking rocket fuel. The delay, said officials, would be from 1 to 10 days, depending on the extent of the problem. This was to be the first NASA launch since the Shuttle accident. (NY Times, May 2/86; W Post, May 2/86; P Inq, May 2/86; B Sun, May 2/86)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31
