CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Bad weather has delayed space shuttle Discovery’s homecoming for at least a day.
NASA decided conditions were too poor to bring Discovery back to Florida on Thursday evening. Mission Control skipped both landing possibilities and ordered the seven astronauts to keep circling the world for a 14th day. Their next chance at returning will be at 3:54 p.m. MDT today.
The forecast for Florida today is worse, and it gets only a little better Saturday. NASA says if necessary, it will consider the backup landing site in California today.
There was a bit of excitement earlier Thursday when the astronauts steered clear of a mysterious piece of space junk. The debris apparently came from the shuttle or the international space station.
