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NASA Countdown Rehearsal Scheduled For This Week
Cape Canaveral (SPX) Aug 06, 2006 On Monday, the STS-115 crew is due to arrive at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida for the Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test activities. During the week, astronauts participate in spacesuit checks, training exercises, and a dress rehearsal with simulated countdown at the launch pad. Atlantis arrived at Launch Pad 39B on Aug. 2, riding atop the mobile launch platform and carried by the crawler transporter. Once at the pad, the vehicle was enclosed by the rotating service structure. Preparations for launch continue, including the installation of the payload in Atlantis' cargo bay The launch window for this mission to resume construction of the International Space Station opens Aug. 27. The STS-115 crew consists of Commander Brent W. Jett Jr., Pilot Christopher J. Ferguson and Mission Specialists Heidemarie M. Stefanyshyn-Piper, Joseph R. Tanner, Daniel C. Burbank and Steven G. MacLean, who represents the Canadian Space Agency. During their 11 days in space, the astronauts will install the integrated P3/P4 truss segment with its two large solar arrays that will provide one-fourth of the total power generation capability of the completed station. Community Email This Article Comment On This Article Related Links Shuttle at NASA Space Shuttle News at Space-Travel.Com
Atlantis Moved To Launch Pad
Kennedy Space Center FL (SPX) Aug 03, 2006After two weather-related delays, NASA technicians moved space shuttle Atlantis 4.2 miles early Wednesday morning from the Vehicle Assembly Building to launch pad 39B at Kennedy Space Center. Riding atop the mobile launch platform and carried by the huge crawler transporter was the orbiter attached to its external tank, flanked by two solid rocket boosters. |
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