Truemors
The weather in Florida seem to not want to cooperate this morning. Endeavour will take a wave off and try this afternoon
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Space shuttle Endeavour and its seven astronauts will remain in orbit a little longer than planned.
Dangerously high wind and a stormy forecast forced Mission Control to call off Sunday's first landing attempt at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. There is a second landing opportunity at Kennedy later in the afternoon, and NASA was hopeful the weather might cooperate.
If not, good weather is expected all day at Edwards Air Force Base in California, NASA's backup landing site.
Endeavour and its crew are wrapping up a 16-day trip that left the international space station freshly remodeled and capable of housing bigger crews. Returning home is former space station resident Gregory Chamitoff, who's been off the planet since the end of May.
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (AFP) — Bad weather on Sunday forced NASA to abandon a first attempt to land the space shuttle Endeavour back on Earth, the US space agency said.
A second attempt to land in Florida was now being considered at 1954 GMT if the weather clears.
But if conditions continue to deteriorate, then flight director Bryan Lunney may consider a third and final landing attempt at the Edwards air base in California.
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