ATLANTIC (AP) -- NASA has scrubbed the launch of two student-designed spacecraft from its Wallops Island facility on the Eastern Shore because of bad weather.
The launch had been scheduled for Thursday. NASA said a launch won't be attempted Friday or Saturday because of rain and winds. The next attempt won't be until March 22 at the earliest.
The spacecraft will fly on a NASA suborbital Terrier-Improved Malemute sounding rocket. They will be ejected during the suborbital flight and will gather information that may be applied to future small Earth orbiting space vehicles.
Students from a consortium of Kentucky universities and California Polytechnic University built the spacecraft and will capture information during the flight.
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