Discovery of Discovery ship may be postponed until February 2011

The US space agency (NASA) has announced that the plan to launch the Discovery shuttle will continue to be delayed at least until December 17 and may even be delayed until February 2011.

The last mission of Space Shuttle Discovery may have to be reversed until next February.
(Photo: NASA).

On November 24, NASA 's top engineers teamed up to evaluate the work of overcoming recent cracks in the space shuttle of Discovery space shuttle Discovery. At the end of this meeting, NASA decided to delay the plan of launching the Discovery shuttle (previously expected on December 7) at least until December 17 and possibly by 2/2011.

' We are not ready for the final mission of Space Shuttle Discovery on December 7 as expected. Therefore, the Discovery shuttle plan will continue to be postponed , 'revealed John Shannon, NASA space shuttle program manager. ' We plan to launch the shuttle on December 17, but this plan is still subject to change. '

NASA fears if the Discovery launch on December 17, the space shuttle's 11-day mission will coincide with the Christmas holiday. During that time, some parts of NASA will not work and NASA 's computer system will be reconfigured. This may affect the communication of Space Shuttle Discovery with the control group on the ground.

Therefore, NASA is considering the possibility of reversing the plan to launch Shuttle Discovery to February 2011. ' We want to make sure we can master all the problems before we start the last mission of Space Shuttle Discovery, ' said John Shannon.

According to the original plan, Space Shuttle Discovery is scheduled to launch on November 1. But NASA decided to postpone a day due to a hole in the pressurization system. Later, NASA continued to delay the shuttle launch plan Discovery after detecting many cracks in the fuel compartment.