Nasa hopes winds will calm to allow Pluto mission launch

Nasa scientists hope the third time is the charm for its $700m (€578.7m) unmanned mission to Pluto.

Nasa hopes winds will calm to allow Pluto mission launch

Nasa scientists hope the third time is the charm for its $700m (€578.7m) unmanned mission to Pluto.

The space agency planned to make a third attempt to launch the New Horizons probe from Cape Canaveral, Florida, today, a day after a storm knocked out power at the Maryland-based laboratory that will command the mission.

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