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| Shuttle return held for 24 hours |
| Monday, August 08, 2005 |
Space shuttle Discovery's return to Earth has been delayed for 24 hours due to bad weather at its landing site.
The seven crew members aboard Discovery had been preparing for their re-entry into Earth's atmosphere.
Low-lying cloud which could obscure the landing strip forced flight controllers to scrub Monday's two landing windows at Nasa's Kennedy Space Center.
The shuttle was originally due to land at 0946 BST (0446 EDT; 0846 GMT). The crew were told to circle the planet again in the hope that weather problems would clear.
But a persistent cloud deck at low altitude finally forced mission controllers to give up on bringing the shuttle down for 1121 BST (0621 EDT; 1021 GMT).
Other landing opportunities are scheduled for Tuesday at Kennedy Space Center and back-up strips at Edwards Air Force Base in California and White Sands in New Mexico.
While the forecast for Kennedy is similar for tomorrow, the outlook at Edwards Air Force Base is favourable all week. |
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Let's pray that our brave Astronauts return safely.
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Let's pray that our brave Astronauts return safely.