ORB-1 Resupply mission delayed due to ISS issue.

[Motokid600]

So Orbital Science was supposed to shoot off a resupply mission to the ISS tomorrow at 10pm from Wallops, VA. Sucks Ive had been looking forward to this since the launch last month. Now i read about the cooling loop issue on the ISS when it first happened, but never thought to check up on the status of this launch and sure enough...

At NASA's direction we have postponed the launch of our commercial cargo resupply mission to the International Space Station that was scheduled to occur on December 19, 2013 while the space agency proceeds with a series of spacewalks to replace a faulty pump module on the space station. The Antares rocket that is currently on the launch pad at Wallops Island, Virginia will be returned to a horizontal position and transported back to the Horizontal Integration Facility (HIF). At the HIF, the Antares payload fairing will be removed to allow the Cygnus team to open the payload module hatch and remove time-critical payloads for safekeeping until the next launch attempt, which will occur no earlier than mid-January.

http://www.orbital.com/NewsInfo/MissionUpdates/Orb-1/MissionUpdate/index.shtml

Its ashame this busted up my plans for tomorrow night lol. This is the first thing Ive read that's been significantly affected by the ISS issue. Have any other launches been canceled? I hope those EVA's go well.. and i hope the other pump doesn't shut down. How old are these things? Id think they would replace both just in case.

Edited December 19, 2013 by Motokid600

[RedKosmos]

The russians are setting up the cameras for the spacewalk, cant remember who is doing the actual repairing. It'll take about 3 spacewalks to repair. I've been following this event everyday at work lol