Space shuttle Discovery launch canceled
The launch of space shuttle Discovery, scheduled for Wednesday night, has been cancelled due to an apparent leak in the shuttle's external fuel tank, according to NASA. "A slight leak was detected in a gaseous hydrogen vent line," NASA wrote on its Web site.
NASA says it may try another launch on Thursday at 8:54 p.m. EDT, "depending on what repairs are needed and what managers decide." NASA said managers would meet late Wednesday to discuss the issue.
The decision is the latest in a series of delays for the NASA shuttle mission, which now has been postponed for more than a month. Cmdr. Lee Archambault and his six crewmates had been scheduled to lift off at 9:20 p.m. The two-week mission was supposed to visit the International Space Station
