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canarymoon · 09-02-2009, 08:19 PM

NASA really does amazing things....

canarymoon · 11-16-2009, 09:39 AM

next scheduled space shuttle launch:

2:28 pm today
ATLANTIS

canarymoon · 11-16-2009, 09:40 AM

Shuttle Atlantis is being fueled for flight at Kennedy Space Center this morning as NASA gears up for a planned launch this afternoon of Atlantis and six astronauts on an International Space Station outfitting mission.

The 18-story spaceship and its crew are slated to blast off from Launch Complex 39A at 2:28 p.m., the middle of a 10-minute opportunity to put the shuttle on course for a ground-up rendezvous and docking at the station just before noon Wednesday.

The weather forecast has gotten a bit worse. Air Force meteorologists say there is a 70 percent chance conditions will be acceptable for launch. That's down from 90 percent on Sunday. The prime concern remains the chance of low-level clouds in the area at liftoff time. Forecasters are concerned that a layer of scattered clouds around 3,000 feet could go broken.

NASA launch rules call for ceilings of at least 6,000 feet for two reasons: the mission commander must be able to see the shuttle runway in the event of an emergency landing, and range safety officers must be able to see the vehicle in the crucial early minutes of flight.

canarymoon · 11-16-2009, 11:43 AM

3 hours, 46 minutes to lift off of Atlantis
Astronauts now heading to the launch pad

canarymoon · 11-16-2009, 01:07 PM

T Minus 2 hours 20 minutes
Astronauts are all aboard
Atlantis Space Shuttle

Char · 11-16-2009, 01:23 PM

Hope the weather holds!

The forecast is for 40% cloud cover between 1:00 and 4:00.

canarymoon · 11-16-2009, 03:52 PM

Another beautiful launch from
a bunch of REAL heroes
at NASA

Char · 11-16-2009, 03:54 PM