Leaky hydrogen valve pushes Columbia launch to Oct.5
NASA managers slipped the planned launch of the Space Shuttle Columbia on a 16-day microgravity science mission until Oct. 5 at the earliest after a hydrogen leak forced them to scrub a launch attempt yesterday. Controllers monitoring temperatures downstream of the main fuel valve on the No. 1 main...
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