La agencia espacial estadounidense NASA ha postergado el aterrizaje del transbordador Atlantis, en parte debido a las condiciones meteorológicas en torno al Centro Espacial Kennedy, en el sur de Florida.

A ello se suma que los técnicos de la NASA quieren disponer de más tiempo para examinar las imágenes tomadas por una cámara en la bodega de la nave que muestran un objeto no identificado que se mueve cerca del Atlantis.

CNN.com muestra en su página el vídeo en el que aparece el objeto no identificado.

El aterrizaje del Atlantis, con seis tripulantes, estaba previsto para mañana, miércoles, a las 09:57 GMT, al término de una misión de 12 días.

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HOUSTON, Texas (AP) -- NASA delayed the planned landing of space shuttle Atlantis by at least a day Tuesday after engineers spotted an object that may have accidentally flown out of its cargo bay.

Landing had been scheduled for Wednesday morning. But a poor weather forecast and concerns that something crucial floated out of the craft prompted the delay, space shuttle communicator Terry Virts told the crew. (Watch the mystery object -- :56)

"Big interest in whether we're going to be doing any robotics tomorrow," responded Atlantis commander Brent Jett, referring to using the shuttle's robotic arm to inspect the spacecraft.

NASA engineers think the object may have shook loose from the shuttle during the firing of jets in preparation for landing.

Sensors on the inside of the craft's wings picked up some very light vibrations, the officials said, but the firing of the jets may account for those readings.

NASA managers may order Atlantis' robotic arm to be taken out again for an inspection, and the space agency hasn't ruled out the possibility of having the crew return to the space station.

A Russian Soyuz TMA-9 capsule with an Iranian-American telecommunications entrepreneur, an astronaut and a cosmonaut was heading to the space station for a docking set for early Wednesday. (Full story)

Engineers are concerned because they don't know what the object is or whether it's a crucial piece of the shuttle.

"The question is what is it? Is it something benign? Or is it someth

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