The U.S. space agency has declared the space shuttle Endeavour will not initiate for its ultimate mission before Friday, due to electrical problems.
NASA authorities said Sunday that the defective switch box that driven them to wash Friday's launch will take many days to stick. They also informed the next launch effort must stay awaiting after the intended launch of a military satellite Friday.
The Technicians say the switch box in the engine section powers a heating system considered to safe a fuel line from chilling in space.
After Sunday's declaration the Endeavour squad headed from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida back to Houston, where they will take on some more days' preparation.
Endeavour and its six-person squad are to distribute $2 billion scientific tools to the International Space Station. The gadget is intended to locate for cosmic rays all over the World.
The mission is the 25th and last one for Endeavour, which will be decommissioned and put on stable demonstrate at a science center in Los Angeles after persisting to Earth.
NASA's 30-year space shuttle program is probably to finish in June after the shuttle Atlantis makes its concluding tour to the space station.
NASA's 30-year space shuttle program is probably to finish in June after the shuttle Atlantis makes its concluding tour to the space station.
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