Shuttle tank delays push back Hubble mission
Thursday, May 1, 2008 - 12:07
in Astronomy & Space
HOUSTON (Reuters) - Delays in producing space shuttle fuel tanks, which were substantially redesigned after the 2003 Columbia disaster, will postpone NASA's final servicing mission to the Hubble Space Telescope by a month or longer, officials at the U.S. space agency said on Thursday.
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