NASA sets new shuttle launch date - May 15

Posted on: Feb. 20th, 2005 || Source: cnn.com | E-mail Article | Print Article

(CNN) -- More than two years after losing the space shuttle Columbia and its seven crew, NASA said Friday it has set May 15 as its target date for once again launching shuttles into space.

NASA said Discovery's launch is to be followed by a July 12 Atlantis launch.

Discovery's crew of seven is to be led by Commander Eileen Collins.

The shuttle fleet has been grounded since Columbia broke apart over Texas while on landing approach to Florida's Kennedy Space Center on February 1, 2003.

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