CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. Stormy weather prevented NASA fromlaunching Discovery for the second day in a row Sunday, extending ayearlong grounding of the space shuttle prompted by persistenttrouble with fuel-tank foam.
Launch officials said they would try again Tuesday, on the Fourthof July, after giving the work force some rest and a chance toreplenish the shuttle's on-board fuel. The weather was expected toimprove by Tuesday, although rain was still in the forecast.
Launch director Mike Leinbach said it will be tight gettingDiscovery ready for a Tuesday afternoon launch only the secondliftoff of a shuttle since the 2003 Columbia disaster and that …
NASA again forced to delay shuttle launchCAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. Stormy weather prevented NASA fromlaunching Discovery for the second day in a row Sunday, extending ayearlong grounding of the space shuttle prompted by persistenttrouble with fuel-tank foam.
Launch officials said they would try again Tuesday, on the Fourthof July, after giving the work force some rest and a chance toreplenish the shuttle's on-board fuel. The weather was expected toimprove by Tuesday, although rain was still in the forecast.
Launch director Mike Leinbach said it will be tight gettingDiscovery ready for a Tuesday afternoon launch only the secondliftoff of a shuttle since the 2003 Columbia disaster and that …
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