NASA postpones Discovery shuttle launch until Aug. 28
MOSCOW. August 26. KAZINFORM. NASA has postponed until Friday the launch of the Discovery space shuttle after a fuel valve developed problems during tanking operations, the agency said on Wednesday; Kazinform refers to RIA Novosti.
Bad weather prevented the first attempt to launch Discovery early on Tuesday morning. The valve failure during the second attempt on Wednesday morning took NASA engineers by surprise, as the device had worked correctly during the previous try.
"NASA is targeting space shuttle Discovery for a launch attempt Friday morning," said Mike Moses, mission management team chairman.
The STS-128 mission crew, commanded by veteran astronaut Rick Sturckow, will deliver the Leonardo supply module to the International Space Station, along with a new crew member for the station, Nicole Stott; Kazinform cites RIA Novosti.