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Stormy weather threatened to delay Endeavour's launch

Cape Canaveral, Usa - The launch is due at 7.44 pm local time

Stormy weather threatened to delay the space shuttle Endeavour's launch on a mission to deliver a new crew to the international space station Alpha. Forecasters said thunderstorms could interfere with today's scheduled launch, and increasingly rough weather is expected Friday and Saturday at Cape Canaveral. On the mission, Endeavour is to drop off American astronaut Peggy Whitson and her two Russian...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 29125
Rome, Italy, 05/30/2002 17:10
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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