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Nasa is to refuel the external tank of Endeavour today to discover whether efforts to fix a fuel leak have been successful. The leak frustrated two earlier attempts on June 13 and 17 to launch the shuttle on an assembly mission to the International Space Station (ISS); a third attempt may be scheduled for about 00:39 BST on July 12. The ISS itself is now a spectacular sight later in the night as it soars across our sky, sometime passing overhead at London's latitude. For Manchester it may climb only a little more than 60° in the S, while from Edinburgh its best is only 35° or so. Our BST predictions use asterisks to flag the directions in which it emerges from eclipse in the Earth's shadow. Space technology Space exploration International Space Station guardian.co.uk ©...
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