Giant NASA Balloon Mission to See Comet ISON Suffers Telescope Glitch
Monday, September 30, 2013 - 13:30
in Astronomy & Space
An ambitious one-day mission to observe the potentially dazzling Comet ISON with a telescope dangling from a colossal NASA balloon this weekend has failed due to a mechanical glitch, NASA officials say. The mission, called the Balloon Rapid Response for I