NASA resets Atlantis shuttle launch to February 7

0 Comments | AFP, January, 2008

WASHINGTON (AFP) — NASA on Friday set February 7 as the new target launch date for the Atlantis shuttle mission to the orbiting International Space Station (ISS) that has been beset delays over faulty fuel gauges.

Atlantis was originally scheduled for blastoff on December 6, but malfunctioning circuits in the fuel gauges of the spacecraft's liquid hydrogen tank forced the National Aeronautics and Space Administration to postpone the mission several times.

NASA said it has finally determined the cause of the problem and now needs to run several tests before it confirms the repair.

Weather permitting, the Atlantis launch has been set for 2:47 pm (1947 GMT) from the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida.

NASA earlier had set January 24 as the...