Thu, 12 Mar 2009 08:50:18 AM PDT
Technicians will take their first up-close look this afternoon at the gaseous hydrogen vent line that began leaking during the countdown to Wednesday night's launch attempt. The leak prompted a postponement of the STS-119 launch of space shuttle Discovery to the International Space Station. Shuttle managers and engineers will meet at 4 p.m. today to evaluate the plan to troubleshoot the leak.
Today's inspection could set a course for repair options that would allow another launch attempt as soon as Sunday.
Discovery's astronauts remain at Kennedy Space Center. They're spending today reviewing their mission objectives, monitoring developments arising from yesterday's launch scrub, spending time with their families at crew quarters and making phone calls to family and friends.
