Sunday, May 24, 2009

After 2 days of rain the space Shuttle to try to land again

The next landing opportunity at Florida's Kennedy Space Center will be at 10:11 a.m. ET Sunday, NASA said.
(AP) — CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - NASA says the space shuttle Atlantis is again going to try to land after two consecutive days of being rained out.
If the weather doesn't allow a Sunday landing at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the shuttle and its crew are going to be diverted to California.


NASA prefers to land the shuttle at the space center, but the forecast in Florida is rainy for the third day in a row. The weather at Edwards Air Force Base in California is looking much better, but it takes time and about $2 million to ferry the shuttle across the country to Florida.

Atlantis can stay in space through Monday, but NASA doesn't want to cut it close.
Atlantis launched May 11 for NASA's final repair visit to the Hubble Space Telescope.

The shuttle is trying to return to Earth after repairing and upgrading the Hubble Space Telescope.

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