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- The Atlantis launch has been postponed, a new launch date is under reviewNASA: Media Advisory
- Hubble data handler failure has been blamed for some of the problems
- Astronauts had planned to swap batteries, gyroscopes and cameras on the Hubble
- The Atlantis weighs about 4.5 million pounds; the 3.4-mile return from pad to storage building took about six hours
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The Atlantis Shuttle Launch originally scheduled for October 14, 2008 was cancelled due to continuing problems with the Hubble Space Telescope. The shuttle was removed from the launch pad in Cape Canaveral, Florida on October 21, 2008. The mission would have required repairs to the Hubble that the Atlantis crew was untrained to make.Bloomberg: Atlantis Leaves Launch Pad as Hubble Trouble Persists (October 21, 2008)
Past Cancellations
The launch scheduled for December 6, 2007, and December 9, 2007, was canceled after NASA found problems with fuel gauges in the external tank. The launch was rescheduled for January 2008. Similar problems delayed a launch in September 2006.-
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Shuttle Launch Cancelled Questions
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