NASA postpones shuttle landing until Thursday

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla, Sep 19 (Reuters) NASA today postponed the landing of the space shuttle Atlantis by a day, partly because of poor weather forecast for the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

NASA also wanted extra time to review tapes showing an unidentified object flying out of the shuttle's cargo bay. Atlantis and its six-member crew are now scheduled to land in Florida on Thursday at 6:22 am EDT (1552 hrs IST), one day later than planned.

REUTERS PR PM2135