Shuttle Discovery atop its 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft again is in the air on its way to its next refueling stop, Ft. Worth Naval Air Station, Texas.
The Shuttle Carrier Aircraft took off from Rick Husband International Airport in Amarillo, Texas at about 2:20 p.m. EDT to begin the second leg of its cross-country trip to NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
After landing in Ft. Worth in about an hour, the teams will assess the weather and determine whether they can still get to Barksdale Air Force Base in Shreveport, Louisiana this afternoon where they plan to stay overnight.
Managers plan to have Discovery back at Kennedy on Monday.