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Space Shuttle Discovery Launched Scrubbed Due to Hydrogen Leak

By Marc Boucher
November 5, 2010
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Kennedy Space Center – Updated 12:50 pm: At 8:11 am this morning NASA scrubbed todays launch of space shuttle Discovery due to a hydrogen leak. This same issue has happened before as recently as STS-127. NASA had hoped to try and launch again on Monday after a 72 hour turnaround however managers have decided to postpone the next launch attempt to no earlier than November 30 at 4:05 a.m. EST.

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