Space shuttle Endeavour's 6th launch scheduled on Wednesday
15:22, 15 July 2009
BEIJING. July 15. KAZINFORM NASA plans to try the sixth time early Wednesday evening to launch space shuttle Endeavour with seven astronauts on board, media reports said, Kazinform cites Xinhuanet.
NASA has cancelled the launch of Endeavour for the fifth time Monday due to thunderstorms near the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
The mission was postponed three times by thunderstorms and two times by hydrogen gas leaks.
NASA hopes the weather would finally cooperate Wednesday. Forecast shows the odds of good weather on Wednesday evening is 60 percent.
If the shuttle's sixth launch attempt failed, it would set the record, Kazinform refers to Xinhuanet.
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