NASA has ruled out an early February launch for the Space Shuttle Discovery in order to allow more time to repair the orbiter's external fuel tank, agency officials announced Jan. 6.rnThe decision to further delay Discovery's launch until late February at the earliest came after a meeting of top shuttle program officials to evaluate the progress being made on the fuel tank repairs. From their analysis, the officials opted to push the next launch attempt further back from the previously scheduled Feb. 3 liftoff.
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