Countdown Begins for Hubble Mission
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The countdown began for NASA’s return visit to the Hubble Space Telescope, amid concerns over a space shuttle fuel cell that may not have been flushed adequately. Discovery is scheduled to blast off early Tuesday on the 10-day mission to add new equipment to the orbiting telescope. The only concern is an electricity- and water-producing fuel cell that might have too much potassium hydroxide residue left inside and could reportedly result in drinking water that is alkaline.
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