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Space station cooling problem could delay commercial cargo ship launch [i]The planned launch of a private cargo spacecraft to the International Space Station may need to be delayed if a problem with the orbiting outpost's cooling system is not first resolved, NASA officials said Thursday (Dec. 12). ...with some redundant systems offline however, the space station is not currently in a good configuration to receive a visiting vehicle. Orbital Sciences Corporation of Virginia had been readying its Cygnus unmanned spacecraft for a launch to the space station as early as Wednesday (Dec. 18) on the first of the company's eight contracted missions to deliver equipment and supplies for the station's crew. That flight may still go forward as scheduled but NASA's managers delayed their "go/no go" decision until Monday.[/i]
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