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Shuttle launch delayed until July

NASA officials have decided to delay the space shuttle Discovery’s launch from May until at least July 1 while engineers replace four fuel-level sensors in the shuttle’s external tank.

 These fuel sensors are responsible for making sure the shuttle’s main engines shut down at the precise speed needed to get the astronauts in orbit and on course. One of the four sensors has been reading slightly low.

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