Weather scrubs shuttle launch
Posted: Sun, Jul 12, 2009, 7:29 PM ET (2329 GMT)
NASA was forced to scrub Sunday's scheduled launch of the space shuttle Endeavour after thunderstorms encroached upon the launch site shortly before the scheduled liftoff time. No problems had been detected during the STS-127 countdown leading up to a scheduled 7:13 pm EDT (2313 GMT) launch. However, in the final hour before launch a storm cell moved within a 20-mile zone of the shuttle landing facility, breaking a safety rule should the shuttle have to abort and return to the launch site. The scrub is the fourth time NASA has had to postpone the shuttle launch: two attempts last month were scrubbed because of a hydrogen leak that was later corrected, and Saturday's launch was postponed to give engineers more time to evaluate data after a lightning storm hit the launch complex on Friday. The launch has been rescheduled for Monday at 6:51 pm EDT (2251 GMT).
NASA was forced to scrub Sunday's scheduled launch of the space shuttle Endeavour after thunderstorms encroached upon the launch site shortly before the scheduled liftoff time. No problems had been detected during the STS-127 countdown leading up to a scheduled 7:13 pm EDT (2313 GMT) launch. However, in the final hour before launch a storm cell moved within a 20-mile zone of the shuttle landing facility, breaking a safety rule should the shuttle have to abort and return to the launch site. The scrub is the fourth time NASA has had to postpone the shuttle launch: two attempts last month were scrubbed because of a hydrogen leak that was later corrected, and Saturday's launch was postponed to give engineers more time to evaluate data after a lightning storm hit the launch complex on Friday. The launch has been rescheduled for Monday at 6:51 pm EDT (2251 GMT).
Related Links:
| <<previous article | next article>> |
|
news in brief
|
|
|
|
news links
|
|
Tuesday, March 16
Cops doubt ISRO shootout story
IANS — 9:36 pm ET (0136 GMT) Shootout at ISRO facility: Hunt on for attackers
IANS — 9:35 pm ET (0135 GMT) Shootout at Isro centre, cops rule out terror links
Daily News and Analysis (India) — 9:35 pm ET (0135 GMT) Security scare at ISRO as constable claims firing
The Economic Times (India) — 9:35 pm ET (0135 GMT) Isro attack claim; cops sceptical
Calcutta Telegraph — 9:34 pm ET (0134 GMT) |