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SUBJECT: Final Memorandum on the Review of the Space Shuttle Liquid Hydrogen Fuel Tank Sensors (Report No. IG-09-009; Assignment No. S-08-011-00) Since March 2006, Marshall Space Flight Center’s (MSFC ...

HOUSTON, March 14 -- NASA on Tuesday postponed the next space shuttle launch from mid-May until July because of fresh concerns about the external fuel tank, whose defects caused the loss of the ...

Fuel exhaustion accidents are often linked to inaccurate fuel quantity displays, which result from pairing modern digital monitors with old, failing fuel tank sensors and wiring. Attempting to repair ...

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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — NASA delayed the launch of space shuttle Atlantis until Sunday at the earliest as managers debated whether to loosen longtime launch rules to get around fuel gauge problems.