For Second Day in a Row, Weather Scrubs Shuttle Launch
Clouds tower above the shuttle Discovery as it sits on Launch Pad 39B at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Sunday.
Image source: MSNBC / Rick Wilking / Reuters
Image source: MSNBC / Rick Wilking / Reuters
Alan Boyle writes for MSNBC:
For the second day in a row, weather forced a postponement of the shuttle Discovery's launch on Sunday — setting up the next attempt for the Fourth of July.More here.
The delay will give the launch team a chance to replenish supplies aboard the shuttle — and give the crew a chance to rest up. The next launch opportunity will come at 2:38 p.m. ET Tuesday.
The weather outlook was worse than it was on Saturday, when the countdown was called off at the T-minus-9-minute mark due to the threat of lightning from anvil clouds.
posted by Fergie @ 7/02/2006 10:41:00 AM
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