NATION IN BRIEF : FLORIDA : Rocket Damaged in Launch Pad Test
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An Atlas-Centaur rocket was damaged on a Kennedy Space Center, Fla., launch pad when a high-pressure helium line failed during a routine fueling test, indefinitely delaying launch of a NASA-Air Force science satellite. A spokesman for rocket-builder General Dynamics Corp. of San Diego said the planned June 23 launch of the Combined Release and Radiation Effects satellite--CRRES--would be delayed until engineers determine what it will take to fix the damage.
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