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Nasa to delay Columbia's launch

Cape Canaveral, Usa - Departure day yet to be fixed

Check procedures aiming to verify Us space shuttle Columbia reliability, is the reason why Nasa opted for the launch, scheduled for July 19, to be post-poned to a day yet to be fixed. For the first time ever, Columbia spacecraft will take to orbit the first Israeli astronaut, the Air Force colonel Ilan Ramon. (007)

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