NASA Postpones Space Shuttle Launch
VOA News
27 Feb 2002 23:50 UTC
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<b>Space Shuttle</b>
Space Shuttle
The launch of the space shuttle Columbia has been postponed for 24 hours due to low temperatures.

NASA managers decided to delay the flight until Friday after reviewing the weather forecast for launch time which projects the temperature to be 38 degrees Celsius. That is at the margin of the acceptable limit in combination with the predicted wind speed and relative humidity.

<b>Space shuttle crew STS-109 - on hold for now</b>
Space shuttle crew STS-109 - on hold for now
The forecast for another launch attempt early Friday morning calls for a temperature that is 10 degrees Celsius warmer.

The Columbia's mission is to repair the Hubble Space Telescope.

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