NASA Finds Ice on Shuttle Plumbing

By MARCIA DUNN, AP Aerospace Writer, Space & Earth science / Space Exploration

Space Shuttle crew leave the Crew and Check-Out building at the Kennedy Space Center, Fla. Tuesday Oct. 23, 2007. From left to right: First row: Pilot George Zamka, left, Commander Pamela Melroy. Second row: Mission Specialist Stephanie Wilson. Third row: Astronaut Daniel Tani , left, and Douglas Wheelock. Last row: Astronaut Scott Parazynski and European Space Agency astronaut Paolo Nespoli. Discovery is scheduled to lift off Tuesday. (AP Photo/Terry Renna)

(AP) -- With just two hours remaining before liftoff, NASA reported Tuesday that a chunk of ice had formed on the plumbing for space shuttle Discovery's fuel tank and debated how much of a hazard it might pose during launch.

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