NASA Will Try To Launch Shuttle Tuesday
POSTED: Wednesday, July 20, 2005
UPDATED: 7:54 am EDT July 21,
2005
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA will try to launch Discovery on the first shuttle mission next Tuesday, after determining that an electrical grounding problem lurking somewhere inside the spacecraft is the most probable cause of last week's fuel gauge failure.
SPECIAL SECTION: Return To Flight
INTERACTIVE:All About Space Shuttles
IMAGES: Meet Crew | Heads To Pad
NOTE: Discovery Facts
VIDEO: Scrubbed | Remembering Columbia
VIDEO: Crew To Shuttle | Crew Prepares
"We have a great amount of work in front of us to get us through this and get us ready for this," he said. "But we've all agreed that this work is doable and that it all takes us to a launch on the 26th."Discovery's first countdown was halted with just two hours remaining before liftoff last Wednesday when one of four hydrogen-fuel gauges in Discovery's giant external fuel tank malfunctioned.Despite a week of exhaustive scrutiny by hundreds of engineers, NASA has been unable to pinpoint the precise cause or location of the failure, and an electrical grounding problem is considered the most probable cause. The space agency is holding out hope that the grounding problem can be traced in the next few days, but will aim for a Tuesday launch even if the mystery persists.This will be the first space shuttle flight since Columbia's catastrophic re-entry in 2003.Watch Local 6 News for more on this story.
SPECIAL SECTION: Return To Flight INTERACTIVE:All About Space Shuttles IMAGES: Meet Crew | Heads To Pad NOTE: Discovery Facts VIDEO: Scrubbed | Remembering Columbia VIDEO: Crew To Shuttle | Crew Prepares"We have a great amount of work in front of us to get us through this and get us ready for this," he said. "But we've all agreed that this work is doable and that it all takes us to a launch on the 26th."Discovery's first countdown was halted with just two hours remaining before liftoff last Wednesday when one of four hydrogen-fuel gauges in Discovery's giant external fuel tank malfunctioned.Despite a week of exhaustive scrutiny by hundreds of engineers, NASA has been unable to pinpoint the precise cause or location of the failure, and an electrical grounding problem is considered the most probable cause. The space agency is holding out hope that the grounding problem can be traced in the next few days, but will aim for a Tuesday launch even if the mystery persists.This will be the first space shuttle flight since Columbia's catastrophic re-entry in 2003.Watch Local 6 News for more on this story.
Previous Stories:
- July 19, 2005: Fuel Gauge Problem Stumps NASA
- July 16, 2005: NASA Delays Discovery Launch Indefinitely
- July 14, 2005: Sunday Shuttle Launch Possible But Not Likely
- July 14, 2005: Bad Sensor Could Push Launch To September
- July 14, 2005: Glitch Forces Discovery Launch Scrub
- July 14, 2005: NASA May Try Saturday Shuttle Launch
- July 13, 2005: Shuttle Fueling Completed; Countdown Continues
- July 12, 2005: NASA Works To Repair Shuttle Tile Damage
- July 12, 2005: Funnel Cloud Spotted Near KSC Landing Facility
- July 12, 2005: NASA Confident Discovery Will Launch On Schedule
- July 11, 2005: Countdown Begins For Shuttle's Return To Space
- July 10, 2005: NASA To Keep Discovery On Launch Pad
- July 7, 2005: Shuttle Discovery Set To Launch July 13
- July 7, 2005: NASA Monitors Terror Attacks, Hurricane As Shuttle Launch Date Nears
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