The shuttle orbiter Endeavour

was cleared for launch on Nov. 22 to the International Space Station after NASA decided to delay launch beyond Nov. 18 for further study into the leak of a gaseous oxygen line that forced a countdown scrub on Nov. 11 and subsequent damage to the orbiter's carbon fiber manipulator arm. The arm was...

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