NASA Orders Shuttle Home Early
POSTED: Saturday, August 18, 2007
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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER -- Space shuttle Endeavour is coming home a day early. NASA cut the mission short out of fear that Hurricane Dean might disrupt flight operations. The shuttle is now scheduled to depart from the international space station tomorrow. Landing is set for Tuesday. The astronauts had hurriedly completed a shortened spacewalk today and were still cleaning up from it when the decision came down from mission managers. The two crews shook hands and said goodbye, then closed the hatches between their docked spacecraft. NASA was worried the hurricane might veer toward Houston, the home of Mission Control, forcing an emergency relocation of flight controllers to Cape Canaveral. The makeshift control center there would not be nearly as good or big as the Houston operation. Hurricane Dean, a fierce Category 4 storm, is headed toward Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula and the Gulf of Mexico.
Copyright 2007 by Internet Broadcasting Systems and Local6.com. The Associated Press contributed to this report. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
Previous Stories:
- August 17, 2007: Hurricane Threat May Bring Shuttle Home Early
- August 17, 2007: Shuttle Cleared Despite Damage
- August 15, 2007: NASA Hopeful Shuttle Won't Need Repairs
- August 14, 2007: NASA Considers Possible Shuttle Repair
- August 13, 2007: Shuttle Tile Gash Worse Than Expected
- August 10, 2007: Gouge Found On Endeavour's Belly
- August 10, 2007: Endeavour Docks With Space Station
- August 9, 2007: Space Shuttle Fuel Powers New BMW Luxury Sedan
- August 9, 2007: Shuttle Endeavour Blasts Off
- August 5, 2007: Countdown Begins For Endeavour's Launch
- August 3, 2007: Shuttle Launch Pushed Back 1 Day
- July 26, 2007: Report: Intoxicated Astronauts Posed Safety Risk On Space Shuttle
- July 20, 2007: NASA Studies Shuttle O-Ring Seal Issue
Copyright 2007 by Internet Broadcasting Systems and Local6.com. The Associated Press contributed to this report. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
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