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Archive Home > 2009 > March > 12 > Gas leak postpones Discovery launch

Gas leak postpones Discovery launch

By Marcia Dunn / The Bulletin
March 12, 2009

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Hit by more valve trouble, NASA postponed the launch of space shuttle Discovery just hours before it was to head to the international space station Wednesday because of a hydrogen gas leak.

The potentially catastrophic leak was in a different part of the system....

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