NASA Gives 'Go' For Space Shuttle Launch

U.S. Newswire, January, 2008

To: TECHNOLOGY EDITORS

Contact: John Yembrick of NASA Headquarters, Washington, 1-202- 358-0602, john.yembrick-1@nasa.gov, or Kyle Herring of the Johnson Space Center. Houston, 1-281-483-5111, kyle.j.herring@nasa.gov

WASHINGTON, Jan. 30 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- NASA senior managers completed a review Wednesday of space shuttle Atlantis' readiness for flight. Pending closure of an issue with a shuttle radiator hose, the STS-122 mission will launch Feb. 7 at 2:45 p.m. EST.

During an inspection of Atlantis Tuesday, one of four hoses that carry Freon to the shuttle radiators in the payload bay was found bent and not properly retracted in its storage box. The others were fully retracted into their storage boxes, as expected. Teams are continuing to gather data...

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