For the time being, NASA’s Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) satellite is waiting to rocket into orbit.
Credit: NASA/Kate Ramsayer
Media packed up their cameras after the first scheduled launch from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California was scrubbed on January 29, 2015 (above) due to upper level winds. The second targeted launch window on January 30 was delayed to January 31, “pending completion of minor repairs to the United Launch Alliance Delta II launch vehicle,” according to a NASA press statement.
Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls