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NASA Calls Off Space Shuttle Launch, Again

NPR | By Richard Harris
Published September 8, 2006 at 11:50 AM EDT

A faulty fuel tank sensor forces NASA to reschedule the launch of the space shuttle Atlantis again. The space agency now hopes to send the spacecraft up on Saturday morning. It will be the fourth attempt to send Atlantis up for a construction mission at the international space station.

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