The launch of the shuttle Discovery was scrubbed this morning after NASA detected a leak of dangerous gaseous hydrogen.
Weather delayed yesterday's original launch date.
NASA scrubbed Friday's planned" launch of shuttle" Discovery as a result of a potentially dangerous leak of gaseous hydrogen that could force the agency to delay an International Space Station outfitting mission until December.
The mission is being delayed at least until Monday.
The June mission was delayed a month.
A three-man station crew also is scheduled to depart the outpost Nov. 29 and an ongoing shuttle mission would interrupt that operation.
A fuel leak has been threatening to further delay the launch of space shuttle Discovery.
Hydrogen fuel began leaking early on Friday morning, midway through the fuelling process.
Launch controllers were now considering their options as the countdown continued towards the scheduled lift-off of 3.04pm local time (7.04pm GMT).
Nasa has until Sunday to send the shuttle to the International Space Station.
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