NASA had considered an additional space walk to repair parts of a thermal blanket that was torn near the cockpit window.
But the agency decided that the loose fibers do not pose a threat to the shuttle when it reenters the atmosphere early Monday.
The "Discovery" astronauts, meanwhile, continued to move provisions into the International Space Station before the shuttle undocks on 6 August for its return to Cape Canaveral, Florida.
(Reuters)
But the agency decided that the loose fibers do not pose a threat to the shuttle when it reenters the atmosphere early Monday.
The "Discovery" astronauts, meanwhile, continued to move provisions into the International Space Station before the shuttle undocks on 6 August for its return to Cape Canaveral, Florida.
(Reuters)