Minotaur 5 – Behind The Black – Robert Zimmerman https://behindtheblack.com Sat, 07 Sep 2013 14:51:06 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 NASA’s lunar probe LADEE was successfully launched tonight from Wallops Island. https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/nasas-lunar-probe-ladee-was-successfully-launched-tonight-from-wallops-island/ https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/nasas-lunar-probe-ladee-was-successfully-launched-tonight-from-wallops-island/#comments Sat, 07 Sep 2013 05:02:36 +0000 http://behindtheblack.com/?p=24619 NASA’s lunar probe LADEE was successfully launched tonight from Wallops Island.

Update: A computer glitch occurred shortly after reaching orbit, causing the computer to shut down the spacecraft’s reaction wheels.

Engineers seem unworried, and expect to have the problem solved within a couple of days.

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