Space Shuttle Landing – April 19 Schedule Postponed

NASA announced that the Space Shuttle landing that is supposed to happen today, Monday, has been canceled due to weather conditions.

Mission: STS-131
Space Shuttle: Discovery
Primary Payload: Leonardo multi-purpose logistics module
Launch Date: April 5, 2010
Launch Time: 6:21 a.m. EDT
Launch Pad: 39A
Landing: April 20, 2010
Landing Time: 7:34 a.m. EDT
Landing Site: Kennedy Space Center, Fla.
Mission Duration: 15 days
Inclination/Altitude: 51.6 degrees/122 nautical miles

No Monday Landing for Space Shuttle Discovery
Mission Control in Houston waved off both landing opportunities on Monday because of low cloud coverage at Kennedy Space Center’s Shuttle Landing Facility in Florida. The first chance for landing at Kennedy on Tuesday comes at 7:34 a.m. EDT.