Shuttle Discovery gets bolted to 747; may leave for Florida tomorrow

Postponed again:

Discovery May Leave California Friday

EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- Space shuttle Discovery is
tentatively scheduled to leave California on Friday, more than a week
after it was diverted to the Mojave Desert in the first shuttle flight
since the Columbia accident.

Discovery's
cross-country ferry to Cape Canaveral, Fla., expected to cost NASA at
least $1 million, has been postponed twice this week due to bad weather
and technical glitches.

Final post for this story (from me anyway):

Discovery Heads to Florida:

EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, California (AP) --
Space Shuttle Discovery rode piggyback atop a jumbo jet headed for
Florida Friday, more than a week after being diverted to the Mojave
Desert for the first landing shuttle since the Columbia tragedy.

NASA's coverage of Discovery's return home:

After a re-fueling stopover at the Altus Air Force Base in Oklahoma,
Space Shuttle Discovery and the Shuttle Carrier Aircraft arrived safely
at Barksdale AFB, La., at 6:40 p.m. EDT. Discovery will remain
overnight and is scheduled for a mid-morning departure tomorrow. The
final leg of the orbiter's journey is expected to conclude with its
arrival at Kennedy Space Center in Florida early Saturday afternoon.

Shuttle return delayed

(AP) -- Space shuttle Discovery will have to wait a day to complete the last leg of its trip home.

Discovery
had been expected to arrive at Kennedy Space Center in Florida on
Saturday after riding piggyback atop a jumbo jet across the country,
but NASA delayed the trip for a day because of weather concerns, said
Bruce Buckingham, a spokesman with the space agency.

The shuttle is returning to Florida today and is expected to land at Cape Canaveral at 2:30 p.m.