Shuttle Endeavour launch for 4/29/11

[Rico]

Shuttle launch delayed until Monday due to troubles with the APU's again.

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-shuttle-launch-20110430,0,7986332.story

[Bryancd]

Here's a pic my buddy at the launch took this morning!

[turtlesrock]

Blue skies, smiling at me! ;D

[Rico]

That's a great pic.  Too bad they couldn't launch yesterday.  The weather looked perfect.

[Bryancd]

He flew home last night, looks like the delay will be at least until May 8th.

[turtlesrock]

He flew home last night, looks like the delay will be at least until May 8th.

:( i hope it's sooner. *yawns* wake me up when it launches  :sleep  ;D

[Bryancd]

He flew home last night, looks like the delay will be at least until May 8th.

:( i hope it's sooner. *yawns* wake me up when it launches  :sleep  ;D

Based on the time needed to repair the APU and the launch window timing, Sunday is the earliest.

[billybob476]

Levar Burton was at the NASA tweetup, they should have just asked him to fix it!

[Rico]

Levar Burton was at the NASA tweetup, they should have just asked him to fix it!

Where's Scotty when you need him?  :)

[turtlesrock]

Levar Burton was at the NASA tweetup, they should have just asked him to fix it!

Where's Scotty when you need him?  :)

:laugh: scotty can fix everything!

[Rico]

Looks like the launch has been reset to one week from now on May 16th if all still continues to go well.

NASA Managers Meet to Discuss Endeavour's Launch
Mon, 09 May 2011 08:37:35 AM EDT

NASA managers have retargeted space shuttle Endeavour's launch to no earlier than Monday, May 16. After a meeting on Friday, they also extended the length of Endeavour's STS-134 mission to the International Space Station from 14 to 16 days. If Endeavour launches on May 16, liftoff would be at 8:56 a.m. EDT.

At 3 p.m. today, NASA Space Shuttle Program Launch Integration Manager Mike Moses and Shuttle Launch Director Mike Leinbach will hold a news conference at Kennedy Space Center in Florida to discuss the progress of repairs since Endeavour's launch postponement on April 29. The news conference will air live on NASA Television and online at www.nasa.gov/ntv.

Over the weekend, Kennedy technicians installed and checked out new wiring that bypasses the suspect electrical wiring connecting the switchbox to the heaters. They also ran the heaters for up to 30 minutes to verify they are working properly and complete retesting of the other systems powered by the switchbox. Teams will begin closing out Endeavour's aft compartment and will begin launch countdown preps today.

http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/main/index.html

[Bryancd]

And my buddy is heading back!

[turtlesrock]

that's one of the problems with watching a launch in-the-flesh, you never know when it's really going to be.  :-\

[Bryancd]

that's one of the problems with watching a launch in-the-flesh, you never know when it's really going to be.  :-\

Traveling through hyperspace ain't like dustin' crops, boy!

[Rico]

Still looking good for a lunch this coming Monday.

The astronauts for NASA's next-to-last space shuttle flight are back in Florida for another try at launching into orbit.
The six crewmen — led by Commander Mark Kelly, the husband of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords — arrived at Kennedy Space Center on Thursday morning.
Shuttle Endeavour is due to blast off Monday morning. The first launch attempt on April 29 was halted by electrical trouble. A switch box was replaced, and new wiring installed.
Kelly's wife was critically wounded in the head four months ago. The Arizona congresswoman recovered well enough to travel for her husband's first launch effort. She will return to Kennedy later this week.
Astronaut Gregory Chamitoff commended Kelly for giving the mission his all, and called him "truly an amazing commander."


Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2011/05/12/astronauts-flight-shuttle-endeavour/#ixzz1M9aBB2rp