Archive - Aug 2005 - Story
August 3rd
Discovery Mission Extended
NASA Announced on Saturday that it will extend the STS-114 mission by 24 hours so that shuttle astronauts can transfer more supplies to the ISS and help with station maintenance. The decision came after NASA determined that there were sufficient consumables, primarily food and water, to keep the mission going. Factored into that decision was the decision to ground the shuttle fleet following the discovery that the Shuttle was once again struck by foam that detached from the external fuel tank on ascent.
PY4MAB – Wed, 2005 – 08 – 03 09:08