NASA decides to replace Atlantis boosters; six-week delay
NASA managers decided late Friday to replace the solid rocket boosters slated to lift the Space Shuttle Atlantis to Russia's Mir space station, a safety-based move that will leave U.S. astronaut Shannon Lucid stranded in orbit six weeks longer than originally planned. Although some booster engineers...
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