Shuttle launch delayed until next week at best
Saturday, July 16, 2005
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA said Friday it would not try to launch the space shuttle Discovery until late next week at the earliest. Officials were no closer to figuring out why a fuel gauge acted up shortly before launch time on Wednesday. The space agency has given up trying to launch Discovery any time soon, said spokesman Bruce Buckingham.
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