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  • NASA begins fueling shuttle after storm delay

    06/16/2009 10:02:26 PM PDT · by Liberty Valance · 19 replies · 650+ views
    The Ay-Pee ^ | By Marcia Dunn ~ AP Aerospace Writer
    CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) -- Racing against the clock, NASA began fueling shuttle Endeavour for a Wednesday launch to the international space station after thunderstorms caused a three-hour delay. The fueling finally got under way late Tuesday, just when it should have been ending. NASA acknowledged it would be tight to meet the 5:40 a.m. liftoff time. But launch controllers spent the long weather delay figuring out ways to save time during the remainder of the countdown, and mission managers felt they had a good shot at getting Endeavour flying. "We're not going to shortcut anything," said Mike Leinbach, assistant...
  • NASA Ponders Shuttle Flight Without Two Key Changes

    06/19/2004 7:49:01 PM PDT · by NormsRevenge · 40 replies · 198+ views
    Yahoo ^ | 6/19/04 | Broward Liston - Reuters
    CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (Reuters) - NASA (news - web sites) is considering whether it can return its space shuttles to flight without making two safety improvements that have so far proved to be high hurdles for agency engineers, top officials said on Friday. After the space shuttle Columbia disintegrated over Texas last year and killed the seven astronauts aboard, the Columbia Accident Investigation Board drafted a lengthy list of ambitious reforms. Among other proposals, the board recommended NASA come up with a way to repair damage to the leading edge of a shuttle's wing, such as the kind that doomed...