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NASA finds ice on shuttle plumbing (AP)

October 23, 2007

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The space shuttle Discovery sits on the launching pad Monday, Oct. 22, 2007, at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla. NASA kept close watch on the weather on both sides of the Atlantic on Monday as Discovery's launch countdown entered its final hours with no major technical problems. (AP Photo/J. Pat Carter)AP - With just two hours remaining before liftoff, NASA reported Tuesday that a chunk of ice had formed on the plumbing for space shuttle Discovery’s fuel tank and debated how much of a hazard it might pose during launch.