Why was the Shuttle Discovery launch postponed?”
According to reports from NASA, the launch of its space shuttle, Discovery, has been put off, due to the bad weather conditions which were experienced at Cape Canaveral. The space shuttle, Discovery, was scheduled to be launched on Tuesday from the launch site at Cape Canaveral. The launch of this NASA space shuttle had been scheduled to happen at 1.36 a.m. (0536 GMT) on Tuesday from the Kennedy Space Centre in Florida. The space shuttle was meant for the transferring the new equipments and experiments to the International Space Station. According to the NASA statement that came on Tuesday, the weather posed major safety risk to all the seven astronauts on Discovery as well as for the space shuttle, because of which this decision has been adopted. The space shuttle has now been scheduled to be launched on Wednesday at 05:10 GMT.
Space Shuttle Discovery launch postponed until Wednesday: Mission STS-128 Due to bad weather, NASA has scrubbed the Space Shuttle Discovery Launch planned for Tuesday morning. Instead, the mission has been rescheduled for 1:10 a.m. ET Wednesday, August 26, 2009. Commander Rick Sturckow will lead the mission, STS-128 to the International Space station. The mission will deliver supplies as well as equipment to the International Space Station. The Space Shuttle Discover will carry the Leonardo Multi Purpose Logistics Module (MPLM), a pressurized moving van that the crew will install on the space station. Included in the van will be the Colbert treadmill. Stephen Colbert, won an online contest that was sponsored by NASA in which the new treadmill will be named after him. Speaking about the treadmill Stephen Colbert stated, “”I’m so proud my treadmill will be going into space to help trim down those famously fat astronauts. Lay off the Tang, Chubby!” STS-128 will be a thirteen-day mission a
Storms in the area of the Kennedy Space Center in Florida began to dissipate 30 minutes prior to the intended launch at 01:36 ET (05:36 GMT), however it was not enough for NASA officials to give an all clear. No major technical issues developed during the countdown but with lightning storms less than five miles from the launch pad and low cloud hanging overhead the mission will be postponed until Wednesday at 01:10 ET (05:10 GMT). The mission was intended to deliver the Leonardo supply module to the International Space Station. The mission, code named STS-128, was also due take a new crew member to the station, Nicole Stott.
