US shuttle Discovery launch postponed due to leak

Fri, 29 Oct 2010

Washington - The final flight next week of the US space shuttle Discovery has been postponed at least one day after engineers discovered a leak in the craft, space agency NASA said in a statement Friday.

The Discovery shuttle had been slated to launch on Monday afternoon for its last flight. The take-off has been tentatively rescheduled for 4:17 pm (2017 GMT) Tuesday.

NASA said its managers were meeting Friday to consider ways of repairing helium and nitrogen leaks in one of the shuttle's engine pods.

Discovery is the oldest craft in the US space shuttle fleet and will be the first to be officially retired after this final mission, an 11-day trip to the International Space Station.

Source: Earth Times.
Link: http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/news/351039,us-shuttle-discovery-launch-postponed-due-to-leak.html.