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Články z Yahoo!Shuttle leak repairs good, launch on for Wednesday (AP)

31. 10 2010 (16:06)

FILE - In this Sept. 20, 2010 file photo, Space shuttle Discovery begins its 3.4-mile journey to Launch Pad 39A after leaving the Vehicle Assembly Building at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla. Last-minute leak repairs have again pushed back space shuttle Discovery's final launch, this time until Wednesday, Nov. 3, 2010. NASA delayed Discovery's flight to the International Space Station yet another day because more work was needed than initially thought to replace a pair of leaking pipe hookups near the shuttle's tail, NASA test director Jeff Spaulding said Saturday, Oct. 30.(AP Photo/John Raoux, File)AP - NASA says space shuttle Discovery is finally leak-free and ready to blast off Wednesday.