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Sunday, September 19, 2010

Terrior-Improved Orion Launch Tuesday!

The Resecheduled launch is now set for Tuesday! ---- NASA plans to launch the Terrior-Improved Orion suborbital rocket from "space island," (Wallops Island,VA), Tuesday morning between the hours of 8 AM and 11 AM EST.

The mission will test new NASA Autonomous Flight Safety System designed to generate a destruct command should a rocket go off course. The safety system once it is flight certified can also be used on larger rockets such as the Minotaur I, Minotaur V and future Taurus II.

The launch also can be viewed on NASA’s website, beginning at 7 a.m. on launch day. The status of the launch also can be followed on Twitter or by calling (757)824-2050. The NASA Visitor Center at Wallops Island will open at 7 a.m. for the public to watch and hear the launch.

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