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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — NASA moved shuttle Atlantis to the launchpad Thursday for a flight next month to the Hubble Space Telescope after work was delayed by tropical storms.
Atlantis is scheduled to blast off on NASA’s final visit to Hubble on Oct. 8, but it is expected to be delayed a couple of days because of work lost to Tropical Storms Fay and Hanna. A technical problem with the hookup between the shuttle and its external fuel tank also stalled operations.
NASA is hoping that Hurricane Ike and Tropical Storm Josephine bypass Cape Canaveral so there are no further delays.
