Shuttle faces longer launch delay

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla., May 1 (UPI) -- NASA says it has tracked down the glitch in the space shuttle Endeavour and will have to scrub Monday's launch in Florida.

A spokesman for the space agency told the Orlando (Fla.) Sentinel Sunday the problem that canceled Friday's launch was thought to be with a thermostat but turned out to be in a component called the load control assembly.

Mission controllers called off the launch when one of the heaters on a fuel line connected to the shuttle's hydraulic system failed.

The newspaper said engineers had thought they could get Endeavour off the ground on Monday by replacing the thermostat; however, the load control assembly will take longer to repair.

The Sentinel said a new launch date was not set but could be as late as a week from Monday.