NASA will launch a satellite that will measure carbon dioxide in the atmosphere and track down its source, with liftoff on a Taurus XL rocket set for 1:51 a.m. PT Feb. 23 from Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif., NASA officials said. The Orbiting Carbon Observatory (OCO), costing $278 million including two years of operation, will detail the buildup of carbon swirling around Earth, the officials said in a media briefing at NASA headquarters in Washington. OCO will enter a 438-mile-high…
NASA To Launch Carbon-Sleuthing Satellite At 1:51 A.M. PT Feb. 23
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