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NASA Plans Fueling Test For Shuttle Next Week

NASA officials said today that they would begin a fueling test on the Space Shuttle Endeavour to make sure that the hydrogen gas leak, which caused many launch attempts to be aborted, has been plugged.Engineers believe the leak was being caused by a misaligned plate on the external fuel tank of the Shuttle where the vent line hooks up. Hydrogen leaks in the area of the Ground Umbilical Carrier Plate, or GUCP, postponed Endeavour's launch attempts June 13 and 17, delaying its 16-day flight to the International Space Station. The vent line leading from the external tank away from Launch Pad 39A to the "flame stack," where excess hydrogen gas is burned off during fueling, was disconnected over night.

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