Shuttle’s Engines Safe, NASA Declares
From Times Wire Reports
With only hours remaining before liftoff, NASA in Cape Canaveral, Fla., declared space shuttle Endeavour’s engines safe to fly despite lingering uncertainty over two fuel pump seals. The announcement kept Endeavour on track for an afternoon launch today on an Earth-mapping mission. Thick clouds could still force a delay. Shuttle managers ordered a review of seals in Endeavour’s fuel turbopumps late last week after a defective seal turned up in one of Discovery’s main engines.
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