The STS-115 crew is due to arrive at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida this afternoon for 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
more Info can be found here
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/main/index.html
and here
http://www.livescience.com/blogs/author/tariqmalik
so the The launch window for this mission to resume construction of the International Space Station opens Aug. 27.
hope all goes well...
Greetings from Germany
Sir Ulli
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
more Info can be found here
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/main/index.html
and here
http://www.livescience.com/blogs/author/tariqmalik
so the The launch window for this mission to resume construction of the International Space Station opens Aug. 27.
hope all goes well...
Greetings from Germany
Sir Ulli
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