Storms Delay Discovery Liftoff By A Day

By Mark Carreau mark.carreau@gmail.com
HOUSTON

Efforts to launch the shuttle Discovery from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center were rescheduled for Friday following an early Thursday weather scrub due to widespread rain showers and low cloud ceilings associated with the passage of a cold front.

The early decision by the Mission Management Team, ahead of Discovery’s fueling, preserved the possibility of daily ...

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