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US Shuttle Launch Delayed Again

   VOA News 07 January 2011
   This  image  provided  by NASA shows space shuttle Discovery with it's
   external  fuel  tank  being  worked  on  and  examined  in the Vehicle
   Assembly  Building  at  NASA's  Kennedy  Space Center in Florida. NASA
   decided to delay the launch and allow the teams additional

Photo: AP

   This  image  provided  by NASA shows space shuttle Discovery with it's
   external  fuel  tank  being  worked  on  and  examined  in the Vehicle
   Assembly  Building  at  NASA's  Kennedy  Space Center in Florida. NASA
   decided  to  delay  the launch and allow the teams additional time.New
   potential  launch  dates  for  Discoveryâs STS-133 mission and shuttle
   Endeavourâs STS-134 have yet to be determined, 06 Jan 2011.

   The   U.S.   space   shuttle   Discovery's  upcoming  mission  to  the
   International  Space Station has been delayed again, as NASA continues
   work to repair the shuttle's external fuel tank.
   The  U.S.  space  agency  says  it is now considering potential launch
   dates in late February, not early in the month as previously planned.
   Cracks  in  some  of  the metal supports of Discovery's fuel tank were
   discovered  when  a  hydrogen leak led NASA to cancel a planned launch
   attempt in early November.
   NASA  officials  now say the shuttle could launch as early as February
   24.
   At this point, the Discovery supply mission is the next-to-last in the
   agency's  30-year shuttle program.  But another flight could be added
   mid-year, before the fleet is set to retire this year.

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