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Further delay of Endeavour's launch, at least until May 8th

Cape Canaveral, USA - Due to a failure connected with the ALCA-2

Further delay for Endeavour's launch. Originally scheduled for Friday, April 29, at 3:47 EDT, three hours before departure, lift-off of the space shuttle was cancelled and postponed until today, Monday, May 2, due to a failure on a fuel line for the shuttle's APU-1, Auxiliary Power Unit. But yesterday, it was decided to further postpone the launch for several days, at least until May 8, due to the...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 1128969
Rome, Italy, 05/02/2011 15:58
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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