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Shuttle Endeavour mission delayed again by weather
(Reuters)

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[URL=https://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/space/*https://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090714/sc_nm/us_space_shuttle]Reuters - Lightning strikes and thunderstorms near the seaside launch pad forced NASA on Monday to delay yet again the launch of shuttle Endeavour on a mission to the International Space Station.

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I believe that they are playing it safe for now before the launch of another shuttle mission. I hope that we get a new fleet of space going craft to replace the shuttles soon. We need safer vehicles.

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I think it has been about six days of delays now. I thought they were not doing any more missions to the space station?

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I believe this is to be the final piece to the space station and then it is supposed to be complete. Any other missions to the station will just be crew changes. Or at least that is what I understand.

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Liftoff

On its sixth attempt, the space shuttle Endeavour finally took Wednesday night.from Cape Canaveral, Fla. The mission to the International Space Station was originally scheduled for mid-June, but hydrogen leaks and bad weather kept pushing back the launch date. Ref. USAToday

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I am glad that this mission finally got off the ground. I hope that everything is put into place ok and the crew change can take place. I would not mind going up there for a few months.

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Back Home!

Space shuttle Endeavour and its seven astronauts touched down in Florida Friday morning to end a 16-day flight and successful space station construction mission. Ref. USAToday

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Delayed

NASA has called off Friday's launch of space shuttle Endeavour because of a heater failure. NASA spokesman George Dillard says the next try will be Sunday at the earliest. Ref. USAToday