Due to bad weather, the launch of space shuttle Endeavour has been called off. Officials at NASA decided not to launch the shuttle after clouds enveloped Cape Canaveral early Sunday morning.

Visibly upset, shuttle commander George Zamka said, “Sometimes you just got to make the call. We understand and we’ll give it another try tomorrow night.”

The decision to cancel the shuttle was taken at the last moment. Administrators were expecting the clouds to clear but when that did not happen, they were left with no option except to call it off.

“We tried really, really hard to work the weather. It was just too dynamic,” launch director Mike Leinbach said to the six Endeavour astronauts. “We just were not comfortable with launching a space shuttle tonight.”

However, it has been decided to launch the space shuttle on Monday, depending on the weather. Weather forecasters predicted that things would be normal by Monday. Administrators are girding up for the big moment. If everything goes according to plan then Endeavour will take off soon.

(article source: Khabrein, photo source: CBC)