WASHINGTON – NASA set Tuesday as the tentative launch date for the shuttle Discovery, after saying it was confident the technical glitch that delayed the original July 13 launch has been overcome.
“Right now we think we have eliminated all possible causes” related to the glitch, shuttle program director Bill Parson said in a televised press conference from Kennedy Space Center, near Cape Canaveral, Florida. One of the four fuel sensors in the Discovery’s huge exterior fuel tank was faulty during launch preparations, leading the National Aeronautics and Space Administration to abort the launch just hours from deadline.- Nampa-AFPOne of the four fuel sensors in the Discovery’s huge exterior fuel tank was faulty during launch preparations, leading the National Aeronautics and Space Administration to abort the launch just hours from deadline.- Nampa-AFP
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