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STS-133 Mission Specialist Tim Kopra was injured today [Saturday, Jan. 15] in a bicycle accident, but he will be okay. However, there could be an impact to his mission duties for STS-133 -- that concern is still being evaluated. Further details of his injury are not available at this time due to concerns for his medical privacy.
[i]The injury was not life threatening and the NASA official, citing medical privacy issues, provided no additional details. But multiple sources said Kopra may have broken his hip, raising the prospect of a significant impact to the already-delayed mission. In training to serve as flight engineer for launch and entry, Kopra also is the mission's lead spacewalker for a pair of excursions outside the station. He and his crewmates have been in training since September 2009... NASA does not train backup crews and a replacement, even a recently flown veteran, would need time to rehearse spacewalk scenarios and receive mission-specific training for Discovery's flight. How long that might take, if required, and what impact it might have on the shuttle's launch date is not yet known.[/i]
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