Stray Drill Bit Piece Delays Shuttle Flight
From Times Wire Reports
Space shuttle Discovery’s flight next month to the Hubble Space Telescope has been pushed back a few more days, this time because of engine trouble at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. One of Discovery’s three main engines must be replaced because of a broken drill bit left in a coolant chamber, NASA said. Discovery had been scheduled to blast off Dec. 2 to carry crucial replacement parts for Hubble..
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