Space Shuttle Landing Postponed

Space shuttle Discovery postponed its planned Monday landing because of bad weather.
Space Shuttle Landing Postponed
Fog surrounds the Vehicle Assembly Building April 19, 2010 at Kennedy Space Center in Florida just after NASA waved off the first landing attempt due to weather problems for the space shuttle Discovery. (Stan Honda/AFP/Getty Images)
4/19/2010
Updated:
10/1/2015
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Fog surrounds the Vehicle Assembly Building April 19, 2010 at Kennedy Space Center in Florida just after NASA waved off the first landing attempt due to weather problems for the space shuttle Discovery. (Stan Honda/AFP/Getty Images)
Space shuttle Discovery postponed its planned Monday landing because of bad weather. Rain and clouds made landing less safe, and NASA forbids landings in rainy, cloudy, or stormy weather.

The craft is set to land Tuesday, either at Kennedy Space Center in Florida or at Edwards Air Force Base in California. Kennedy is the preferred landing site. If the shuttle lands in California it would have to be transported back to its home in Florida.

The craft spent two weeks in space, delivering supplies to the International Space Station.

This was one of the last planned American space shuttle missions, and President Obama plans to end that part of NASA’s program. Three more shuttles will fly before the program ends.

Though the president called for an end to the shuttle program, he has spoken of adventurous new initiatives for NASA, including a manned trip to an asteroid and a possible manned exploration of Mars.