NASA Scrambles To Fix Hoses, Keep Shuttle Date

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NASA is still hoping to launch the Space Shuttle Endeavour in early February as engineers scramble to repair broken hoses on the new space station module set to ride aboard the orbiter.rnEndeavour is slated to launch the new Tranquility module to the international space station Feb. 7 from the Kennedy Space Center at Cape Canaveral, Fla. But two of the module's four ammonia coolant hoses have failed standard prelaunch checks, prompting engineers to come up with a repair plan while others try to build new hoses from scratch, station managers said Jan. 11.