Columbia Space Shuttle Faces Repeated Delays Amid Fleet Age Gaps
The space shuttle Columbia remains the most delayed and oldest in NASA's fleet. Through 1990 only three flights occurred with several more postponed due to weather, technical issues, and mission shuffles including the Hubble launch and earlier Astro observatory plans.
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NASA focuses on fuel pump as cause of hydrogen leaks
NASA narrowed its hydrogen leak probe on the shuttle Columbia to a faulty fuel pump. Officials said the three recirculation pumps in back of the vehicle may be the source as teams continue to test the external tank and search for the elusive, tiny leak. No new launch date set. crew remains aboard training base in Houston.
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