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Columbia's long road to launch ends in delay relief
The space shuttle Columbia faced a tortured path to the launch pad with budget cuts, engineering flubs, and backers' doubts. Technical hurdles included 30,922 heat tiles and problematic insulation panels, pushing the March start toward an eventual April launch.
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