DALLAS, May 31 (UPI) -- NASA says millions of dollars of science equipment missing for four days during shipment from Minneapolis to Texas has been located in Dallas. <\/p>\n
The equipment, part of a NASA-funded experiment, left the University of Minnesota's School of Physics and Astronomy Friday by truck but never made it to its destination of Palestine, Texas, WFAA-TV, Dallas-Fort Worth, reported. <\/p>\n
The university hired Copeland Trucking to haul the experiment to launch a balloon telescope to study the origins of the universe to NASA's balloon operations headquarters in East Texas. <\/p>\n
The truck's trailer, with a protective seal still intact, was found Wednesday evening at a truck stop on Interstate 20 in Dallas. <\/p>\n
The truck's cab, with the driver inside, was found at another truck stop a few miles away. <\/p>\n
Dallas police said they were investigating. <\/p>\n
University researchers expressed relief the trailer had been found. <\/p>\n
\"It can't fly without this,\" one said of the intended experiment. \"These are the detectors. This is the telescope that's taking pictures of the sky. You don't have a telescope, you're not taking pictures of the sky.\" <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
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