Shuttle Flight Postponed; Trouble With Tiles Cited
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Associated Press
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. — The next space shuttle flight, which had been set to blast off Feb. 20 with Sen. Jake Garn (R-Utah) aboard, will be delayed for at least a week because of trouble with some thermal tiles, the space agency said Tuesday.
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