Endeavour Shuttle launch

[alan&pauline]

hopefully this shuttle will launch after 23rd june when we will be there

[Posiesmum]

NASA announce shuttle launch re scheduled for 17 June, see here
nasa.gov/missions/highlights/schedule.html
Hope this helps someone!

[tazman]

Looks like 2 launches that day if they both go ahead. The other is an Atlas 5 rocket

[Guest]

Rats! Was hoping for another weeks postponement - we fly out on 22nd!

[2waterford]

Originally Posted by MandyJ72

Rats! Was hoping for another weeks postponement - we fly out on 22nd!

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I am kinda hoping it will be postponed until after 24th. You never know.

[Ariel's Mum]

We hoped for after 25th...

[SnapperJohn]

Originally Posted by Enright78

NASA announce shuttle launch re scheduled for 17 June, see here
nasa.gov/missions/highlights/schedule.html
Hope this helps someone!

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Hi Fiona,

The actual decision has not been made yet, what they are saying is that it could go on the 17th but there is another launch scheduled as you know. It all depends on if they can fix it on time.

I am gonna plump for a Saturday launch cause we will be there by then!

Statement here:
Teams Make Leak Repairs, Consider Launch Options
Sun, 14 Jun 2009 11:23:49 PM GMT+0100

NASA managers will make a final decision by Monday afternoon about whether to launch space shuttle Endeavour on Wednesday, June 17 or wait until later in the week.

Technicians at NASA's Kennedy Space Center are working to fix a leak associated with the gaseous hydrogen venting system outside Endeavour's external fuel tank. The leak postponed Endeavour's Saturday morning scheduled launch to the International Space Station. Teams on Kennedy’s Launch Pad 39A are in the process of changing out internal seals in the Ground Umbilical Carrier Plate, or GUCP, which is attached to the external tank. The vent line runs from the GUCP, away from the launch pad to a "flare stack" where excess hydrogen is safely burned off.

Managers met Sunday afternoon to evaluate how repairs are going and assess when Endeavour's next launch attempt will be. The earliest the shuttle could be ready for liftoff is June 17, however there is a conflict on that date with the scheduled launch of NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter/Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla.

NASA managers are looking to maximize launch opportunities this week for both the shuttle and the LRO/LCROSS missions. If there are no issues with Endeavour’s repair work, the shuttle would attempt to launch on June 17 and LRO/LCROSS would have launch opportunities on June 19 and 20. If Endeavour doesn’t launch on June 17 and LRO/LCROSS launches on that day, the shuttle could make a launch attempt on June 20.

[Posiesmum]

Thanks for that detail, interesting! We are hoping to be there for the launch on 7 August.

[SnapperJohn]

EDITED TO CORRECT MY GLARING MISTAKE! THIS IS A 5.40 AM LAUNCH NOT PM

Now confirmed that they are gonna try to get this bird to fly on Wednesday at 5.40AM.

Endeavour 'in Good Shape' for Wednesday Launch
Mon, 15 Jun 2009 08:38:43 PM GMT+0100

At NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, space shuttle Endeavour is set to launch on its STS-127 mission at 5:40 a.m. EDT Wednesday, June 17.

Endeavour's planned June 13 liftoff was postponed because of a leak associated with the gaseous hydrogen venting system outside the shuttle's external fuel tank. The system is used to carry excess hydrogen safely away from the launch pad. Technicians have removed and replaced the ground umbilical carrier panel and seal, and repair work should be complete by 3 p.m. Tuesday.

"Our teams have been working very hard over the last couple of days to get this piece of equipment fixed," said NASA Test Director Steve Payne during a briefing Monday afternoon. "Endeavour is in good shape and the teams are excited to be back to working toward a launch on Wednesday morning."

According to Shuttle Weather Officer Kathy Winters, the weather is expected to cooperate with NASA's launch plans, with an 80 percent chance of favorable weather expected.

[bighal]

The other launch is now scheduled for the 18th.