Safety delay for Nasa Mars probe

Posted on: Aug. 10th, 2005 || Source: news.bbc.co.uk | E-mail Article | Print Article

Problems with a new rocket launcher have forced Nasa to delay the launch of a new Mars probe by at least one day.

Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) is now scheduled to take off on Thursday after the discovery of problems with the Atlas V launch rocket.

The probe will investigate the history of water on Mars and hunt for landing sites for future manned missions.

The delay comes one day after Nasa celebrated the successful return to Earth of the space shuttle Discovery.

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