Discovery Launch Delayed
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The launch of space shuttle Discovery now is targeted for Tuesday, Nov. 2, at 4:17 p.m. EDT.
Helium and nitrogen leaks found in the pressurization portion of space shuttle Discovery’s right-hand Orbital Maneuvering System (OMS) pod must be fixed before launch and the decision was made to delay picking up the launch countdown by at least a day.
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Discovery Launch Delayed
12 Comments
12 Comments
seeming the launch is at 4:17pm EDT what time is that in the United kingdom „ plz reply 🙂
RATS I will be in school.
@kirza94 it’s 5 hours behind… so it’ll be about 9:17pm 🙂
@katiesjustthebest It’s going to be 4 hours behind, DST is still going to be in effect on Nov. 2 in the US, but not in the UK.
@kirza94 8:17 in the UK
Oh no im flying down there this weekend I hope its not delayed much more 🙁
@katiesjustthebest thanks :D, im happy its been delayed 😀
@kirza94 9:17 I know that for sure because I make lots of trips between Eastern US and UK
@Showstoppah Haha dude I always end up being in Florida at the wrong times, I’ve only ever seen a few rockets launching from Cape Canveral
@HordeFTL yea but we have the clocks going back on Saturday so wont the launch be 8:17pm now ? for the United Kingdom ?
@kirza94 Ooh your right, I forgot about that
@HordeFTL lol , i nearly did too 🙂