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Shuttle Sendup Scrubbed
(CNN) -- NASA has scrubbed the May launch of the space shuttle Discovery to replace four low-level sensors in the external fuel tank -- a process that will take three weeks, space shuttle program manager Wayne Hale announced Tuesday .The next launch opportunity lasts from July 1 to July 19. Low-level sensors or engine cutoff (ECO) sensors, indicate to controllers when fuel is running low. NASA scrubbed Discovery's launch July 13, 2005, just 2 1/2 hours before liftoff when a pre-launch test showed one of Discovery's four sensors in its hydrogen fuel tank was not working. It lifted off on July 26, 2005. "Ha Ha! HOLDD (Halliburton Orbital Lift Destabilization Department) strikes again!!" "You fool! Those are friendlies!!" Posted by: Chinter Flarong9283 2006-03-14 |
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