Burial of Shuttle Debris Stalled

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. —  Storage of Challenger’s wreckage in a pair of abandoned missile silos was delayed today pending agreement with the Justice Department that no potential evidence will be destroyed, officials said.

The storage project had been scheduled to begin today, but NASA spokesman James Ball said until the plan is formally approved in Washington, the shuttle wreckage remains in other facilities at the Kennedy Space Center. NASA has refurbished two aging Minuteman ICBM silos at the nearby Cape Canaveral Air Force Station for use as long-term storage sites for the 20,000 cubic feet of shuttle wreckage recovered from the Jan. 28 disaster.