NASA decides against shuttle propellant loading test

NO LOADING TEST: There will be no space shuttle external tank cryogenic propellant loading test on Pad 39 at the Kennedy Space Center pad in early June, NASA has decided. Some managers had argued for a test that would have been done about June 1 to assess the performance of tank sensor modifications...

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