NASA to Try Launching Shuttle Next Week

By MIKE SCHNEIDER , Associated Press Writer, Space & Earth science / Space Exploration

(AP) -- NASA managers announced Thursday that they would press ahead with the first space shuttle launch of the year next week, three months later than originally planned because of a hail storm that pockmarked the spacecraft's external tank.

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