NASA delays setting STS-80 launch pending more nozzle tests

NASA Space Shuttle managers have delayed setting a launch date for the Space Shuttle Columbia for another week, going right down to the wire on a targeted Nov. 8 launch date to gather more data on unusual erosion in the nozzle of one of the Reusable Solid Rocket Motors (RSRMs) that flew on the most...

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