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| A view of the shuttle launchpad at Kennedy Space Center as seen by astronaut Mick Fincke flying in his T-38. |
The Space Shuttle Endeavour is scheduled for liftoff at 3:47 P.M. EDT Friday and everything looks like a "Go" for launch.
Endeavour is on the launch pad, prepping for its final flight. The flight crew of the mission, STS-134 is on sight, also prepping for flight. U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords is there, after recovering from being shot in the head at a public event in January in Tuscon, AZ. She is supporting her husband and mission commander Mark Kelly. President Obama is also going to attend the launch.
The forecast calls for an 80 percent chance of favorable conditions for the launch. Storms may delay the rollback of the support structure tomorrow, but shouldn't affect the Friday morning external tank fueling.
Endeavour final flight is a 14-day mission to the International Space Station. There it will deliver the Express Logistics Carrier-3, Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer-2 (AMS), a high-pressure gas tank and additional spare parts for the Dextre robotic helper.
More info on the shuttle mission from NASA, and you can watch the launch on NASA TV.
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21 comments:
I hope one day I get to go to the space station!
Excited to watch the launch :)
it;s very cool that the president will be there. :D
that looks trippy :]
Thanks for the reminder (:
Thanks for the heads up, I wasn't aware. A 14 day mission doesn't sound so bad.
Sometimes this things are not so exciting live, I was watching the LHC live (they were doing something special) and nothing "extraordinary" happened. Not that I expected zombies...
Very cool! Hadn't even known.
Offtopic: yeah, I think in spanish and when I try to write it down in english, sometimes it looks weird.
It's the end of an era.
Blast off
Lift off
Hope this era end with those and not with a bang :/
woww that looks exciting, cant wait :D
I'm looking forward to watching the launch!
It's sad that these shuttles are now being retired but I can't wait to see what's next in space exploration.
Thanks for sharing this!
thanks for the heads up
Thanks for this! I did not know this was happening. Also sorry for not commenting your posts for a while, been off the internet a bit and just downright lazy.
How is life going?
Can't wait. All the launches are monumental.
I forget. Who's getting this one when it's retired??
This is awesome!
Looking forward to it - kind of makes me sad though...
awesome. it looks futuristic.
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