 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
Atlantis Awaits Rollout While Crew Awaits Launch Drill
Kennedy Space Center FL (SPX) Jul 31, 2006 Due to weather conditions, NASA delayed the scheduled rollout of Atlantis to Launch Pad 39B until late Monday evening. The launch window for the next shuttle mission, designated as STS-115, opens Aug. 27. The Atlantis crew is due to spend 11 days in space installing the integrated P3/P4 truss segment on the International Space Station, which along with its two large solar arrays will provide one-fourth of the total power generation capability of the facility when it is completed. Meanwhile, the astronauts and ground crews for STS-115 will participate in a full launch dress rehearsal Aug. 7 to Aug. 10 at Kennedy Space Center. The test will provide the crew with an opportunity to participate in various simulated countdown activities, including equipment familiarization and emergency egress training. Atlantis, now fully assembled, will be moved via the huge crawler transporter and delivered to the pad in a process that takes about six hours. The STS-115 mission launch window will run through Sept. 7. After that, a launch would conflict with a Soyuz mission scheduled to fly to the ISS in mid-September. The STS-115 crew consists of commander Brent W. Jett Jr., pilot Christopher J. Ferguson, mission specialists Heidemarie M. Stefanyshyn-Piper, Joseph R. Tanner, Daniel C. Burbank and Steven G. MacLean, who represents the Canadian Space Agency. Community Email This Article Comment On This Article Related Links Shuttle at NASA Rocket Science News at Space-Travel.Com Space Shuttle News at Space-Travel.Com
Mission Accomplished
Washington (SPX) Jul 28, 2006Independence Day fireworks started a little early on July 4, 2006, with the spectacular launch of Space Shuttle Discovery from NASA's Kennedy Space Center. The changeable Florida weather cooperated and clear skies prevailed. Thousands of spectators across the Space Coast could be heard cheering and applauding when the orbiter rumbled into the sky. |
|
|
| The content herein, unless otherwise known to be public domain, are Copyright 1995-2006 - SpaceDaily.AFP and UPI Wire Stories are copyright Agence France-Presse and United Press International. ESA PortalReports are copyright European Space Agency. All NASA sourced material is public domain. Additionalcopyrights may apply in whole or part to other bona fide parties. Advertising does not imply endorsement,agreement or approval of any opinions, statements or information provided by SpaceDaily on any Web page published or hosted by SpaceDaily. Privacy Statement |
