Exploration Mission 1

NASA Postpones Near-Earth Asteroid Scout Media Opportunity

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Tuesday, April 24, 2018
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HUNTSVILLE, Ala., April 24, 2018 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ --NASA is delaying the Near-Earth Asteroid Scout solar sail deployment test and media event previously scheduled for Thursday, April 26 .

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  • HUNTSVILLE, Ala., April 24, 2018 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ --NASA is delaying the Near-Earth Asteroid Scout solar sail deployment test and media event previously scheduled for Thursday, April 26 .
  • During the final assembly phase, the NEA Scout team discovered an issue with the deployment boom.
  • NEA Scout and 12 other small satellites will launch as secondary payloads on Exploration Mission-1 of NASA's Space Launch System and Orion Spacecraft .
  • NEA Scout relies on an innovative solar sail for propulsion and will be America's first interplanetary solar sail mission.