Return Of Astronaut On Mir Delayed

After more than five months in orbit, Shannon Lucid will have to wait yet another two days before she gets to come home.

NASA on Thursday moved back the scheduled launch of the space shuttle Atlantis - Lucid’s ride home - from Sept. 12 to Sept. 14 at 5:39 a.m.

So now Lucid, who is aboard the Russian space station Mir, won’t make it back to Earth until Sept. 23 at the earliest.

If all had gone right with the shuttle, Lucid would have been home weeks ago, after a July 31 Atlantis launch. But one thing after another has kept Atlantis on the ground.