Date: December 8th 2006

Dec 7, 2006

Jessica Rye/Katherine Trinidad Kennedy Space Center, Fla 321-867-2468

RELEASE: 06-368

NASA RESCHEDULES SPACE SHUTTLE LAUNCH FOR SATURDAY

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla - NASA managers postponed Thursday's space shuttle launch until Saturday because of low cloud cover Friday's weather is not expected to be favorable for a launch attempt but mission managers believe conditions will improve by the weekend

Launch of Discovery is now scheduled for 8:47 p m EST Dec 9

Tomorrow's weather is not expected to be favorable for a launch attempt but mission managers believe conditions will improve by the weekend

During STS-116, the astronauts will deliver and install a girder-like structure, known as the P5 truss, aboard the station The 4,000-pound component will make possible future installation of solar arrays The crew will also reconfigure the station's electrical and cooling systems from temporary to permanent mode

Discovery's crew is Commander Mark Polansky, Pilot Bill Oefelein and mission specialists Bob Curbeam, Joan Higginbotham, Nicholas Patrick, Sunita Williams and Christer Fuglesang, a European Space Agency astronaut

For the latest information about the STS-116 mission and its crew, visit:

http://www nasa gov/shuttle

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