WALLOPS ISLAND, Va., Aug. 23 (UPI) -- NASA says a moon probe set for launch next month will be the first launch beyond Earth orbit from the agency's Virginia Space Coast launch facility.
The automobile-sized Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer will lift off at 11:27 p.m. EDT Sept. 6 from the Wallops Flight Facility on Wallops Island, Va., the space agency reported Friday.