Space Shuttle Pumps Had Right Parts, NASA Says
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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. — Three engine pumps removed from the shuttle Columbia as a safety precaution contain the right parts after all, NASA officials said Thursday. Shuttle managers delayed Columbia’s launch until mid-March so that the liquid oxygen turbopumps could be inspected to be certain that new retainers had been installed as intended.
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