Shuttle tank production issues might delay Hubble servicing
Difficulties incorporating safety modifications to the big foam-covered external tanks that carry propellants for space shuttle launches could delay by four to six weeks the planned Aug. 28 launch of the shuttle Atlantis on the final mission to service the Hubble Space Telescope. John Shannon, the...
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