Submitted by Arthur - N1ORC

The Space Shuttle Endeavour will spend at least one more day in space
awaiting acceptable landing weather after two opportunities to return to
Florida today were bypassed due to low clouds at the landing site.

Weather conditions at Kennedy Space Center, Fla., forced NASA managers to wave off STS-113's two landing opportunities for Wednesday.

Attention now turns to Space Shuttle Endeavour's two opportunities at Kennedy on Thursday. However, the weather forecast for Thursday is not favorable due to a weather system pushing in from the northwest. STS-113's first opportunity Thursday is at 1954 GMT on orbit 184, and the second is during orbit 185 at 2130 GMT

The threat of cloud cover forced NASA managers to wave off STS-113's first landing attempt for today at Kennedy Space Center, Fla. Attention now turns to Space Shuttle Endeavour's second opportunity of the day. If it is selected, the de-orbit burn will occur during orbit 170 at 3:19 p.m. CST (2119 GMT) and landing at 4:26 p.m. CST (2226 GMT).

Activities aboard the Space Shuttle Endeavour today will focus on a planned landing at the Kennedy Space Center this afternoon.

Wright Stuff Celebration

The Wright brothers' quest to fly was born of a dream to achieve the impossible. "The remarkable events of Dec. 17, 1903, changed our world forever," said Administrator O'Keefe. As an official partner of the U.S. Centennial of Flight Commission, NASA plans activities during 2003 to commemorate the Wright brothers' first powered flight on the sands of Kitty Hawk, N.C., and to increase awareness about flight-related achievements. Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum in Washington DC will host a kick off tribute on Dec. 17, 2002

In one of its first official duties since taking up residence on the International Space Station, the crew of Expedition Six helps light up the holiday season by taking part in a New York tradition that dates back to the 1930s.

List RS0ISS-1 Dec. 4, 2002 - 22:29 UTC

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