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Space shuttle Discovery stays on the ground, new attempt tomorrow

Cape Canaveral, USA - A further day granted to engineers to fix a technical problem

Space shuttle Discovery's launch has been delayed once again. The spaceship would have to (conditional needed) carry the crew of mission STS-128 to the International Space Station (ISS). The mission management team opted to give engineers more time to refine their analysis of a valve that caused the last deferral (see AVIONEWS). Rather than push quickly into a new launch cycle, NASA pre-launch mission...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 1108644
Rome, Italy, 08/28/2009 13:03
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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