False signals from engine-cutoff sensors delay Atlantis mission
NASA scrubbed its planned launch of space shuttle Atlantis Dec. 6 after two of four engine cutoff (ECO) sensors in the liquid hydrogen tank failed a routine test as the tank was being filled, violating a launch constraint that has held past missions on the ground for weeks. Early indications...
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