Canadian astronaut Julie Payette and her six American crew mates could be on their way to the International Space Station on Wednesday.
They were set to blast off aboard the space shuttle Endeavour on Saturday, but the launch was scrubbed because of a gaseous hydrogen leak near the external fuel tank.
NASA engineer Leroy Cain said yesterday that repairs on Endeavour are coming along and the U-S space agency has found no other problems with the shuttle. NASA managers have to juggle Endeavour's liftoff with a scheduled launch of a moon probe this week.
The agency will commit to set launch dates for the probe and the shuttle today. (The Canadian Press, ccg)
ASC-CSA.gc.ca: CSA Biography of Julie Payette
JSC.NASA.gov: Julie Payette (NASA BIO)
NASA.gov: Space Shuttle Endeavour’s STS-127 mission to the I.S.S.
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