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Launch Delay of the Space Shuttle Discovery
(STS-114 / International Space Station Assembly Resumption Mission (LF-1) with Astronaut Noguchi onboard)

July 14, 2005 (JST)

Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)

At around 4:30 p.m. on July 13 Eastern Daylight Time (EDT), or 5:30 a.m. July 14 Japan Standard Time (JST), the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) announced that it has postponed the launch of the Space Shuttle Discovery (STS-114 / International Space Station Assembly Resumption Mission (LF-1)) from NASA Kennedy Space Center in Florida, U.S.A.
The following is the new official launch schedule announced by NASA.

The earliest possible attempt will be no earlier than July 16 (EDT) or July 17 (JST).


NASA revealed that the launch was delayed because an anomaly was found in the liquid fuel tank sensor system during countdown operations. NASA is now investigating the cause.

* This information is also available on the following websites:
http://www.nasa.gov/centers/kennedy/shuttleoperations/status/2005/index.html


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