Navigator News (Coverage Ranks) Activities41806 Event41654 2005 Discovery Mission 12 2005 Discovery Mission Year 2005 12 Occur U.S. 12 Nature Discovery Related Events 2003 Shuttle Columbia Tragedy 1

Foam dilemma helps delay next NASA shuttle launch WASHINGTON - NASA will delay the next launch of a space shuttle until March 2006 in part because more time is needed to fix a problem with foam flying off the external fuel tank, space agency officials said on Thursday. 2005-08-18 Activities: [2005 Discovery Mission] Discovery Lands Safely in California EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. - Discovery and its crew of seven glided safely back to Earth on Tuesday, ending a riveting, at times agonizing, 14-day test of space shuttle safety that was shadowed by the ghosts of Columbia. 2005-08-09 Activities: [2005 Discovery Mission] NASA Skips Discovery's 1st Landing Attempt SPACE CENTER, Houston - NASA ordered the astronauts aboard space shuttle Discovery to bypass the first landing opportunity of the day on Tuesday because of stormy weather off the Florida coast. 2005-08-09 Activities: [2005 Discovery Mission] Weather delays shuttle's return to Earth CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Cloudy skies over its Florida landing site on Monday forced NASA to postpone the return to Earth of space shuttle Discovery, prolonging by at least a day the first shuttle mission since the 2003 Columbia disaster. 2005-08-08 Activities: [2005 Discovery Mission] Discovery Crew Honors Fallen Astronauts On a day when her crew remembered those who died on space shuttle Columbia, Discovery Commander Eileen Collins said Thursday she's confident about returning home safely next week. 2005-08-04 Activities: [2005 Discovery Mission] [2003 Shuttle Columbia Tragedy] Headlines Foam dilemma helps delay next NASA shuttle launch 2005-08-18 Discovery Lands Safely in California 2005-08-09 NASA Skips Discovery's 1st Landing Attempt 2005-08-09 Weather delays shuttle's return to Earth 2005-08-08 Discovery Crew Honors Fallen Astronauts 2005-08-04 Spacewalking astronaut goes to work on heat shield 2005-08-03 Discovery docks with international space station 2005-07-28 NASA Halts Shuttle Flights Over Foam Issue 2005-07-27 NASA Studies Debris Recorded During Launch 2005-07-26 Shuttle Discovery Blasts Into Orbit 2005-07-26 NASA Delays Discovery Launch Indefinitely 2005-07-17 NASA Cruises Through Flight Countdown 2005-07-11 Most-viewed Discovery Lands Safely in California 2005-08-09 Discovery Crew Honors Fallen Astronauts 2005-08-04

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