Thursday, 3. October 2002

NASA postpones launch of shuttle until Monday


The threat of Hurricane Lili causing the evacuation or damage to the Johnson Space Center in Houston forced NASA officials today to postpone the launch of the Space Shuttle Atlantis until next week.

After officials here at the Kennedy Space Center and the Johnson Space Center in Houston met this morning, a decision was made to hold off launching the space shuttle until Monday afternoon.

¬> HoustonChronicle ¬> Google NEWS related articles

... Comment