FLIGHT DELAY

Europe's new Ariane V booster won't fly until late April at the earliest, a three-month slip from its planned Jan. 17 first flight. Problems with the cryogenic main stage, including an oxygen leak and a design flaw in the high pressure oil distribution system for the Vulcain engine, had to repaired...

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