NASA’s ice-measuring mission may be extended after shutdown delay

The new timeline would allow researchers to measure early summer melt in Greenland's ice sheet.

By Melody Schreiber February 13, 2019
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The U.S. government shutdown significantly delayed NASA’s polar ice-measuring campaign planned for this spring. The mission was postponed from March 4 to April 1 — a four-week delay on a mission intended to last for eight weeks.

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