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NASA’s space shuttle fleet escaped damage from Hurricane Floyd. But the
evacuation of Cape Canaveral during the storm, as well as ongoing work to repair
the shuttles’ faulty wiring
(51¶¯Âþ, 4 September, p 23), means
that launch schedules are certain to slip. NASA had planned to send a shuttle to
the Hubble Space Telescope in October to replace faulty gyroscopes. It now says
that there will be no launches before 19 November. A shuttle could fly earlier,
but NASA does not want to have one in orbit during the Leonid meteor shower,
which will peak around 17 November.