The Florida launch of NASA’s Genesis solar probe — which includes components from a Port Townsend company –has been delayed until today at the earliest because of concerns over a pair of power converters on the spacecraft.
Genesis was supposed to lift off Monday on a three-year mission to collect and return tiny particles of the sun. But mission managers grounded the spacecraft Sunday night to await test results.
When the robotic probe is launched, it will carry hundreds of small industrial ceramic parts supplied by Marketech International Inc. of Port Townsend.
