RTF Update
Wayne Hale: “The simple things we did last night did not provide us with any resolution to the problem”… “We are going forward on a day-by-day basis. As soon as we find the problem we will fix it then we will be 4 days from launch. What will that date be? I don’t know.”… “We are not becoming pessimistic about making the July window. We are here for the duration and will give it the old college try.”
NASA Updates Media About Space Shuttle Launch Status
“Space Shuttle managers will brief reporters this afternoon about NASA’s Space Shuttle Return to Flight mission (STS-114). The news conference starts no earlier than 5:30 p.m. EDT, and it will be carried live on NASA TV from the Kennedy Space Center, Fla.”
Discovery launch pushed back more, SpaceflightNow
NASA’s shuttle launch off till late next week, Reuters
“NASA said on Friday that the earliest it could launch the space shuttle Discovery on the first shuttle mission since the 2003 Columbia accident would be late next week, after liftoff was postponed two days ago because of a technical problem.”
