Setback In Space: Satellite Rescue Mission to NASA Orbiting Observatory Postponed- Here’s Why

Washington: Weather and technical snags have forced NASA and its partner space company Katalyst to ?indefinitely postpone a first-of-its-kind mission to tow an aging U.S. satellite observatory into a safer orbit using a robot spacecraft, NASA said ?on Thursday. The closely watched mission, organized on a short-notice production schedule of just nine months, would mark a key test of an orbital-grappling technology with major implications for both the commercial satellite industry and the U.S.-China space race. But the rare, airborne rocket launch designed to send the rescue spacecraft to orbit from a jetliner over the Pacific has been delayed repeatedly…