This Time, Storm Threat Delays Shuttle
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — The space shuttle Endeavour was ready on Sunday, but the weather was not.
The shuttle was to take off at 7:14 p.m. But, as the launching time approached, lightning and showers encroached within 20 miles of the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, too close if the shuttle needed to make an emergency landing. NASA will try again at 6:51 p.m. Monday.
Last month, two launching attempts were called off because of a hydrogen leak. Then lightning struck the launching pad Friday, postponing a Saturday attempt. On Sunday, no technical problems arose, but the clouds moved in.
The shuttle is set to spend 16 days in space for work on the International Space Station.
