Shuttle Discovery Crew Optimistic for Launch on Monday
The shuttle Discovery’s international crew, including an Arab prince, arrived at the spaceport Friday optimistic for a Monday launch despite stormy weather expected through the weekend.
“We hope to give you a big, big flame on Monday morning,” flight commander Daniel Brandenstein said.
Thick clouds and drizzling rain at Kennedy Space Center greeted Brandenstein, co-pilot John Creighton and crew mates Shannon Lucid, Steven Nagel, John Fabian, Patrick Baudry of France and Prince Sultan ibn Salman al Saud of Saudi Arabia.
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