NASA Delays Space Shuttle's Return to Earth

The space shuttle Discovery lifts off from launch pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center March 15, 2009 in Cape Canaveral, Florida. (Eliot J. Schechter/Getty Images)

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.—NASA officials delayed the landing of space shuttle Discovery Saturday due to bad weather at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

NASA decided to skip its first opportunity to bring Discovery back to Earth at 1:39 p.m. EDT. The U.S. space agency has one more chance to land the shuttle Saturday, at 3:14 p.m. EDT.