Weather delays Thursday's launch attempt for shuttle Discovery

NASA has delayed today's scheduled launch of space shuttle Discovery, due to rain showers and low clouds expected at launch time. Discovery was set to launch on its final mission at 3:39 p.m. Thursday, but weather forecasts called for multiple weather violations during that time. "Our team was prepared and ready to execute tanking this morning," said Pete Nickolenko, the assistant launch director. "Our tanking weather would have been acceptable, however the launch forecast continues to be poor More

(Source: Central Florida News - Nov 4)