Autonomous Spacecraft Finally Ready for Launch

by Maggie McKee NewScientist.com, 4 Apr 2004 A NASA mission designed to test "auto-pilot" techniques in space is gearing up for launch on 15 April, after six months of delays that cost $15 million. The Demonstration of Autonomous Rendezvous Technology spacecraft was originally scheduled to blast off in October 2004. But an extraordinary series of unfortunate events forced repeated postponements of the launch. Read the article