Discovery Will Launch No Earlier Than December 3

Discovery Will Launch No Earlier Than December 3

Engineers need more time to analyze and repair space shuttle Discovery and the launch date for the orbiter’s last mission will be no earlier than December 3, 2010 NASA decided today.

A news conference that was scheduled for November 22 has been cancelled.

Program managers will meet on November 29 to assess the progress of the repairs. If December 3 is the chosen launch date, it will be a night launch at 2:52 am EST.

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