U.S. shuttle launch delayed until end of month

2010-11-06 10:29:02 GMT Xinhua English WASHINGTON, Nov. 5 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) decided Friday to delay the launch of space shuttle Discovery until the end of the month.

Rain delays space shuttle launch; now set for Fri.

2010-11-05 02:10:37 GMT SINA.com CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – NASA will try again Friday to send Discovery off on its final journey, after a series of postponements for the oldest and most traveled space shuttle.

NASA greenlights Thursday launch of shuttle Discovery

2010-11-04 03:31:25 GMT SINA.com CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida – NASA gave the go-ahead for Thursday's launch of the Discovery space shuttle mission to the International Space Station, but warned of another delay if weather does not improve.

Space Shuttle Discovery waits for final voyage

2010-11-04 03:13:01 GMT SINA.com The Space Shuttle Discovery sits on Pad 39-A after the rotating service structure rollback before Thursday's scheduled launch at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, November 3, 2010. The US National Aeronautics and Space Administration decided Tuesday to delay by at least one day the launch of shuttle Discovery to begin its 11-day mission to the International Space Station, which would be its final scheduled flight.

Space shuttle Discovery's legacy: 26 years of the right stuff

2010-11-02 08:45:51 GMT SINA.com Space shuttle Discovery is set to launch on its final flight next week, concluding a nearly three-decade legacy as arguably the most historic orbiter in NASA's fleet.

After its last flight, Discovery may be homeless

2010-11-02 08:04:57 GMT SINA.com Space shuttle Discovery is ready to fly its final flight this week, but where it will make its last landing is still up in the air.

Discovery is a tougher bird for its last flight

2010-11-02 08:00:13 GMT SINA.com When space shuttle Discovery thunders off the launch pad Wednesday afternoon, it will be a cleaner, tougher and vastly improved spaceship compared with the one that rolled off an assembly line in California in October 1983.