Tuesday, July 13, 2010

NASA delays shuttle finale until 2011

Published: 3:28PM Monday July 05, 2010

Source: Reuters
NASA postponed the final two missions of the space shuttle program until November and February due to delays preparing the last load of spare parts for the International Space Station.

Shuttle Discovery's launch on a cargo resupply mission will be postponed from September to November 1, under a plan approved by NASA managers.

Sister ship Endeavour, carrying the $2.1 billion Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer particle detector, is now set to fly on February 26 on the program's 134th and final mission.
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