Europe's Moon Launch Delayed.

Europe's solar-powered moon probe is facing new launch delays. The European Space Agency said this week that SMART-1, originally scheduled to lift off this month from Kourou, French Guiana, won't fly until late September at the earliest due to scheduling conflicts with other payloads. SMART-1 is the first of an international string of lunar missions. Miniature electronics will help it maneuver to the moon in a new way: SMART-1 will be launched into an elliptical Earth orbit, spiraling closer to its target for about 16 months until it is captured by the moon's gravitational field.