Shuttle aiming for Feb. 7 launch
From Times Staff and Wire Reports
NASA has set Feb. 7 as the new date for launching Europe’s Columbus laboratory aboard the space shuttle Atlantis to the International Space Station, officials said Thursday.
The rescheduled date depends on whether the flight of a Russian cargo ship, scheduled for the same day, can be changed. The station can support only one docked vehicle at a time.
The delay in the launch means Atlantis will likely not be ready for a service mission to the Hubble Space Telescope now scheduled for August.
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