Bad Weather Keeps Discovery Flying NASA cancels space shuttle
Discovery's scheduled landing as storms threaten the Kennedy
Space Center. Discovery will remain in orbit for at least
another day as NASA considers Edwards Air Force Base as an
alternative landing site on Sept. 11. Still unknown is the
source of the mystery space debris Discovery dodged on its way
home to Earth.Discovery managed to dodge unidentified space
debris Sept. 10 but was unable to overcome stormy East Coast
weather as NASA called off the scheduled landing for the space
shuttle returning from its cargo mission to the International
Space Station. Discovery will remain in orbit at least another
day as flight controllers study the weather conditions around
Kennedy Space Center. Originally scheduled to land at 7:05 p.m.,
NASA waved off the landing due to unstable and uncooperative
weather conditions. When the weather did not improve, NASA
scratched an 8:42 p.m. landing attempt. NASA is still undecided
about switching landing sites on Sept. 11