The US space agency reported Thursday that wires in a computer box meant for the International Space Station were cut in an act of sabotage.

According to NASA officials, the affected computer had no command and control or navigation functions, and the damage would not have affected the astronauts. The computer is to be installed in the U.S. laboratory to monitor sensors on the space station's truss.

But the sabotaged computer will not delay the planned August 7 launch of the Space Shuttle Endeavour.

"It will be repaired, and it will fly on this flight," NASA associate administrator Bill Gerstenmaier told reporters, according to the website Space.com.

The computer is designed to collect data about the space station's structure, and would not have jeopardized either the shuttle or ISS astronauts even if the damage had gone undiscovered, Gerstenmaier was quoted as saying.

Meanwhile NASA managers concluded today that space Shuttle Endeavour is ready to fly, after wrapping up the two-day flight readiness review at Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

"On behalf of all the people that work on Endeavour, both here and really across the country, it's a great, great feeling to have Endeavour back on the pad," said Shuttle Launch Director Mike Leinbach. "We're looking forward to a great launch."