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A leak in the space shuttle Endeavour鈥檚 cabin has been fixed after a faulty valve was replaced, but the work has delayed the shuttle鈥檚 planned launch by a day, to Wednesday.

The leak was detected on Sunday and on Wednesday its source was pinpointed as one of two pressure-relief valves designed to keep the crew cabin from becoming over-pressurised.

Workers replaced the valve with another from the shuttle Atlantis on Thursday, then performed a test to check the leak. 鈥淲e had another crew cabin leak check and it went fine. I think that problem鈥檚 behind us,鈥� NASA spokesperson George Diller told 麻豆传媒.

But the fix put pressure on NASA鈥檚 preparations for launch: 鈥淏etween having to work that problem, and the weather hasn鈥檛 been good to us at all, it鈥檚 tightened up the schedule,鈥� he said.

Now, the shuttle Endeavour is slated to blast off from Florida鈥檚 Kennedy Space Center for the International Space Station on Wednesday, a day later than planned. The official countdown to the launch will also be postponed a day, to Sunday, said a NASA spokeswoman.

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