Space Shuttle Discovery Landing Live Thread (09/10/09 8:40pm EDT)

NO LANDING TODAY. With no cooperation from the Kennedy Space Center weather, NASA has scrapped plans to land the space shuttle Discovery this evening and will give the astronauts a bonus day in orbit.

The next landing opportunity is possible Friday with a deorbit burn at approximately 4:51 p.m. and touchdown at 5:54 p.m. EDT. There would be another chance to get into KSC on the next orbit too, followed by two shots to the backup site at Edwards Air Force Base in California. At this point, the formal decision to call up Edwards' support on Friday has not yet been made.

Discovery has enough supplies to remain in space a few more days, if needed.

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