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NASA RESCHEDULES SPACE SHUTTLE LAUNCH FOR SATURDAY
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - NASA managers postponed Thursday's space
shuttle launch until Saturday because of low cloud cover. Friday's
weather is not expected to be favorable for a launch attempt but
mission managers believe conditions will improve by the weekend.
Launch of Discovery is now scheduled for 8:47 p.m. EST Dec. 9.
Tomorrow's weather is not expected to be favorable for a launch
attempt but mission managers believe conditions will improve by the
weekend.
During STS-116, the astronauts will deliver and install a girder-like
structure, known as the P5 truss, aboard the station. The 4,000-pound
component will make possible future installation of solar arrays. The
crew will also reconfigure the station's electrical and cooling
systems from temporary to permanent mode.
Discovery's crew is Commander Mark Polansky, Pilot Bill Oefelein and
mission specialists Bob Curbeam, Joan Higginbotham, Nicholas Patrick,
Sunita Williams and Christer Fuglesang, a European Space Agency
astronaut.
For the latest information about the STS-116 mission and its crew,
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