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NASA delays shuttle launch by at least a week
03 Feb 2009 23:42:21 GMT
 Source: Reuters
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla., Feb 3 (Reuters) - NASA has delayed the year's first shuttle launch by at least a week to give engineers more time to analyze potential problems with valves that keep fuel flowing in the shuttle Discovery's main engines, a space agency official said on Tuesday.

Discovery had been set for launch on Feb. 12 on a mission to deliver the International Space Station's last solar power wing and drop off a Japanese astronaut who is joining the station crew.

The launch was pushed back to no earlier than Feb. 19, the NASA official said. (Reporting by Irene Klotz, editing by Jane Sutton)


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