STS-119, Discovery

[Brando14100]

Discovery given "No go" for February 27 during the flight readiness review.

[tcco94]

Ahhhhh
Crudd
Another delay...


So this one might be a few months or so then probally? :-?

[Brando14100]

Ahhhhh
Crudd
Another delay...


So this one might be a few months or so then probally? :-?

They want to get it launched by March. They expect a long term re-design, but want too fly with modified exsisting hardware.* They do not want to launch between March 13 and April 6th due to a Soyuz launch.

*If I am understanding the press conference I am watching. It's getting confusing at times.

8-)

[Brando14100]

Launch now unofficially targeted for March 12.

8-)

[tcco94]

Sweet!

[Brando14100]

The launch is set for March 11 at 9:20pm EST, according to the NASA website.

8-)

[tcco94]

Alright  ;)
Hopefully I wont miss this one but that 6pm my time soo  8-)

[Fozzer]

...its on its way...Someone lit the blue Touch-paper at 3:45 AM GMT today...>>>>

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/7926277.stm

...it all seems a bit academic, (and expensive), to me......!

It makes interesting reading, as always, but as regards Space Travel to the new-found Worlds......you can forget it, Chums...

...its all much too far away...even in our own Galaxy!...and we don't live long enough to get there and back again...(...even with my Old Age Pensioners 'Bus Pass, and the Driver with his foot to the floor!)

...trust me........ ...!

Captain Kirk and his Starship "Enterprise" has a lot to answer for... ...!

Paul...Beam me up, Scotty!... 8-)...!

[Brando14100]

...its on its way...Someone lit the blue Touch-paper at 3:45 AM GMT today...>>>>

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/7926277.stm

...it all seems a bit academic, (and expensive), to me......!

It makes interesting reading, as always, but as regards Space Travel to the new-found Worlds......you can forget it, Chums...

...its all much too far away...even in our own Galaxy!...and we don't live long enough to get there and back again...(...even with my Old Age Pensioners 'Bus Pass, and the Driver with his foot to the floor!)

...trust me........ ...!

Captain Kirk and his Starship "Enterprise" has a lot to answer for... ...!

Paul...Beam me up, Scotty!... 8-)...!

Kepler is on it's way.  :)

Discovery Launches In:

 4        06     48   27
Days  Hours  Min  Sec

8-)

[Brando14100]

"Mission: STS-119
Orbiter: Discovery
Primary Payload: S6 Truss Segment and U.S. Solar Arrays
Launch Date: March 11
Launch Time: 9:20 p.m. EDT
Launch Pad: 39A
Mission Duration: 14 days
Landing Site: Kennedy Space Center, Florida
Inclination/Altitude: 51.6 degrees/122 nautical miles


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Discovery

[tcco94]

[quote]"Mission: STS-119
Orbiter: Discovery
Primary Payload: S6 Truss Segment and U.S. Solar Arrays
Launch Date: March 11
Launch Time: 9:20 p.m. EDT
Launch Pad: 39A
Mission Duration: 14 days
Landing Site: Kennedy Space Center, Florida
Inclination/Altitude: 51.6 degrees/122 nautical miles


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Discovery

[Brando14100]

80% chance of good weather for the launch.
Trans Atlantic Abort sites look good.
Discovery looks good.


As of now, everything looks good for a launch at 7:43:46pm EST tonight.

8-)

[Mictheslik]

Here's hoping for an abort and a landing at Fairford....

.mic

[Mushroom_Farmer]

Watched on MSNBC, never will I make that mistake agian!

[tcco94]

Watched on MSNBC, never will I make that mistake agian!

Yep thats where I saw it?
You didn't like watching in on MSNBC? :-?