Wednesday, June 28, 2006
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - The seven astronauts planned to fly aboard the space shuttle Discovery inwards at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Tuesday to prepare for Saturday's planned liftoff.
The flight, which is bound for the International Space Station, would be the shuttle's second since the Columbia accident killed seven astronauts more than three years ago. The launch is planned for 3:49 p.m. EDT (1949 GMT)."It's really great to lastly be here in Florida for the launch," said Discovery's flight engineer Lisa Nowak, one of three recruit astronauts on the crew, which flew to Florida from Houston.
"I'm hoping the weather is going to improve over the next couple of days," said astronaut Piers Sellers, who is planned to make at least two spacewalks during Discovery's 12-day mission to the space station.
NASA was to begin forecasting the weather for launch day on Wednesday.
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