Shuttle edges to night launches

Posted on: Jul. 20th, 2006 || Source: news.bbc.co.uk | E-mail Article | Print Article

The US space agency wants at least one more daylight launch for the shuttle before it will allow a night lift-off.

Nasa administrator Mike Griffin says flights in darkness will resume once engineers are satisfied with safety changes made to the orbiter system.

The daylight-only rule was set after the Columbia disaster in order that photographers could record a shuttle's climb to space in minute detail.

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