WASHINGTON: The launch of space shuttle Endeavour has been cancelled due to a hydrogen leak, Nasa officials have announced.
Endeavour was due to take off from Cape Canaveral with seven astronauts at 0717 local time (1117 GMT), but was cancelled several hours beforehand.
The problem was discovered during fuelling, before the astronauts had donned their spacesuits.
The shuttle was to deliver equipment for space experiments, as well as drop off a new station crewmember.
The ship would have taken three days to reach the International Space Station, where six astronauts work. It was to deliver the final components of Japan's Kibo laboratory.
Endeavour was due to take off from Cape Canaveral with seven astronauts at 0717 local time (1117 GMT), but was cancelled several hours beforehand.
The problem was discovered during fuelling, before the astronauts had donned their spacesuits.
The shuttle was to deliver equipment for space experiments, as well as drop off a new station crewmember.
The ship would have taken three days to reach the International Space Station, where six astronauts work. It was to deliver the final components of Japan's Kibo laboratory.
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