NASA Delays Shuttle Mission
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NASA is delaying the upcoming shuttle mission to the Hubble Space Telescope because of problems stemming from Hurricane Ike.
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(September 24, 2008)--NASA is delaying next month's shuttle launch to the Hubble Space Telescope because of problems stemming from Hurricane Ike.

Liftoff was originally scheduled for early in the morning of Oct. 10, but Atlantis is now scheduled for a nighttime launch on Oct. 14.

NASA said senior managers will reassess the launch date next week.

The seven shuttle astronauts, who train at Johnson Space Center in Houston, wrapped up a practice countdown Wednesday at the Florida launch site.

The shuttle crew lost a week of training because Ike shut down JSC.

Ike made landfall in Galveston on Sept. 13.

NASA also recently had trouble with the insulation on replacement batteries for Hubble and encountered snags loading the equipment at the launch pad.

The delay also pushes back the launch of Endeavour's space station mission to Nov. 16.

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