NATION : Blastoff for Telescope Delayed
<i> From Times Wire Services</i>
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. —
The long-awaited launch of the Hubble Space Telescope will be delayed from March to April because of a problem with one of space shuttle Atlantis’ solid fuel booster rockets, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration said today.
The $1.7-billion spacecraft is scheduled to become astronomy’s most significant tool in expanding knowledge of the universe into the 21st Century.
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