Space Mission Delayed Again

Friday, 28 August 2009 01:00

Manx Man\'s Wife Should Be Setting off to Space Later Tonight

The space mission which will be taking the wife of a Manx man upto the international space station has yet again been postponed.

First of all it was the weather, then a technical issue put it back – it would appear that may be an issue as today’s launch has been delayed again.

Nicole Stott is the wife of Manx man Chris, she’ll be onboard the space station for 3 months conducting experiments and research.

It’s expected to be taking off now at 11.59pm American time, 4.59am our time.

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