Shuttle release won't occur until right after Thanksgiving

The shuttle launch, scheduled for Wed, November 3, didn’t happen. The shuttle Discovery launch was postponed initially for a drip of hydrogen, however further examination has revealed more issues. The shuttle will not release until at the least November thirty. There were similar issues before. This is the swan song of the shuttle Discovery, which can be mothballed right after this mission. Post resource – Space shuttle launch delayed until after Thanksgiving by Personal Money Store.

Gal leaks makes shuttle launch delay a bit

Fox News reports that the shuttle Discovery was delayed when a hydrogen gas leak from the fuel tank had been found by NASA stopping the launch slated for Wednesday November 3 with the International Space Station. It had already been postponed to Friday November 5. This had been because bad weather had been present. Liquid hydrogen is a fuel for NASA rockets, but the fuel gives off gaseous hydrogen as it is difficult maintaining the temperature of liquid hydrogen, practically 450 degrees Fahrenheit below zero. NASA engineers think that the Discovery launch may be delayed for longer periods of time since the problem was deeper than expected. When filling the orange fuel tank with liquid hydrogen and oxygen, the leak was found. This is called the "tanking" process.

The last time Discovery will be able to fly

There is a schedule for the Shuttle launch. There can be two more launches to happen. Only two flights of the Space Shuttle will be made before the program is officially over. The Discovery orbiter which has been a shuttle longer than any, can be going on its last flight with the Discovery launch. Shuttle Endeavour can be launched after that. The space shuttle program will end after that. The missions could be going to the International Space Station. This is the plan for both space stations.

Now launch could be after Thanksgiving weekend

The proposed date of the next NASA launch is tentatively scheduled for Nov. 30. The reason why the leak occurred is still being determined, and NASA does not want to send a shuttle into space without knowing for sure. The shuttle program was scuttled by then president George W. Bush within the wake of the explosion of the shuttle Columbia.
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