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While Nasa reassesses plans to launch Europe's Columbus laboratory, preparations continue for the debut flight of Europe's cargo ship to the International Space Station.
Repairing the space shuttle's faulty fuel sensor system will probably postpone Columbus' arrival at the orbital outpost to late January or February.

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A NASA teleconference was held today with Space Shuttle Program Manager Wayne Hale about the  STS-122 repair.
NASA will attempt to do all the repairs to Atlantis' External Tank on the launch pad.
However, if that were not possible, then  the Space Shuttle might have to be  rolled  back into   the VAB.

"We have no launch date to talk about today" - Wayne Hale.


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A connector that passes electrical wires through the wall of Atlantis' external tank caused several sensor failures during a tanking test Tuesday.

"We know exactly what we've got to work on now" - Wayne Hale, shuttle program manager .

Hale said the problem might not be fixed before the scheduled Jan. 10 launch date. Atlantis will launch "as soon as practical".

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Launch update:
Mission STS 122  Atlantis   
Launch time: 07:26 GMT, 10th January 2008.

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NASA has further delayed the launch of the space shuttle to allow for the holiday period.
The launch of the shuttle Atlantis on mission STS-122  has been rescheduled for January 10th, 2008.

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The US space agency Nasa has delayed launch of the Atlantis shuttle until 2008 because of a persistent problem with a sensor on a fuel tank.
A preliminary launch date has now been set for 2 January, 2008.

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NASA has cancelled todays launch of the space shuttle Atlantis after a sensor in the shuttle fuel tank failed for a second time during routine preflight checks.

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Nasa officials have further delayed the launch of space shuttle Atlantis until Sunday after engineers reported faults on two fuel gauges.
Two of the four sensors in the craft's external fuel tank indicated that the tank was dry, even though there was propellant inside, a spokesman said.
The launch had been set for Thursday, but has now been delayed three times.

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The launch has been rescheduled for Sunday 20:21 GMT (15:21 EST), 9th December.

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The launch has been rescheduled for Saturday 20:43 GMT, (3:43 pm EST), 8th December.

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