Houston, September 11: The first two opportunities to land the space shuttle Discovery were abandoned Thursday due to thunderstorms and high winds around the landing site in Florida, NASA said.
“We know everyone worked it as hard as they could,” shuttle commander Rick Sturckow told mission control when informed of the decision to wave off for the night.
“We will look forward to trying again tomorrow.”
Discovery and its seven-member crew will try another attempt to return to Earth on Friday, the 14th day of a mission to the orbiting International Space Station.
–Agencies–