Shuttle will undergo minor repair

A dropped tool during payload loading operations last week will require a repair to shuttle Atlantis after all, NASA says. The patch to a radiator panel inside the orbiter's left payload bay door is not expected to impact a targeted May 11 launch to the Hubble Space Telescope, said KSC spokesman Allard Beutel. The repair, which must carefully avoid potential contamination of Hubble's highly sensitive payload, is precautionary to ensure that launch vibrations don't worsen the crack, he said. More

(Source: USA Today - Apr 30)