Shuttle Launching Delayed to Sept. 4
The launching of Discovery on the first space shuttle mission since the Challenger disaster has been officially delayed several days until Sept. 4, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration said Tuesday.
An announcement from space agency headquarters in Washington confirmed what many launching site officials have been saying for some time, that an August liftoff was impossible because it is taking longer than expected to prepare Discovery for flight.
The announcement said the new goal is a launching in early September. Astronaut Jon McBride, NASA’s liaison with Congress, told a meeting in Washington that the target is Sept. 4.
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