NASA slips Shuttle launch a day to insulate coolant pipe
NASA launch managers delayed today's planned launch of the Space Shuttle Columbia on a 16-day Spacelab mission by 24 hours so technicians could insulate a coolant pipe engineers feared might freeze and burst on the long-duration flight. Launch of Columbia on STS-83, originally scheduled for 2:01 p.m...
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