Space Shuttle Discovery landing delayed due to bad weather

Information Week reports that rain and clouds over the Atlantic Coast in Florida will cause a delay in the landing of the Space Shuttle Discovery early Monday. NASA officials say they will try a second attempt to land the spacecraft Monday morning.

Discovery just finished a 14-day mission docked with the International Space Station. Eight tons of cargo were delivered to the International Space Station during that trip using the Leonardo Multi-Purpose Logistics Module.

The module was developed by the Italian Space Agency as a kind of "moving van" in space that takes cargo from the Space Shuttle to the International Space Station. For this trip it had science racks, new sleeping quarters, and other supplies.

Discovery pilot Jim Dutton, mission specialist Dottie Metcalf-Lindenburger, and mission specialist Yamakazi of the Japanese Space Agency are all on their first Shuttle flight.