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U.S. Shuttle Endeavor Set For Next Mission
WASHINGTON (AFP) - The U.S. space agency will make a new attempt to launch the space shuttle Endeavor on Friday, February 11, after another scheduled mission was postponed this week, a NASA official announced. Liftoff is now scheduled for 12:30 p.m. EST, with a launch window of 2 hours and 10 minutes, said Bruce Buckingham, a spokesman for the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida.
During the delay, the agency will replace an on-board computer that malfunctioned Monday, prompting flight controllers to scrap the mission. Endeavor's six-person crew includes four American astronauts and one each from Germany and Japan. The 11-day mission will be dedicated to making detailed maps of the Earth's surface by using radar
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