STS 126 Ready for launch Friday

Blast off set for Friday at 8:00 PM EST.

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Awesome pic. I wish them well.

 

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I'll be praying for them.

And in case you're wondering who I'll be praying to, His name is God.

 

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And I will be hopeful that all the technicians have done their jobs correctly to get this bird up , up, and away!

 

Kinda wonder what will be the last shuttle mission...

 

125 February 12 2009 STS-119 Discovery ~14d ISS assembly flight 15A: S6 Truss, Solar Arrays

126 TBD 2009 STS-125 Atlantis ~11d Last Hubble Space Telescope servicing mission (HST SM-04). Final Non-ISS flight.

127 May 15 2009 STS-127 Endeavour ~15d ISS assembly flight 2J/A: JEM Exposed Facility (EF) & JEM ELM ES.

128 July 30 2009 STS-128 Discovery ~11d ISS assembly flight 17A: MPLM Leonardo & 6 person ISS crew.

129 October 15 2009 STS-129 Atlantis ~15d ISS assembly flight ULF3: EXPRESS Logistics Carriers (ELCs) 1 & 2.


130 December 10 2009 STS-130 Endeavour ~11d ISS assembly flight 20A: Node 3 and Cupola.

131 February 11 2010 STS-131 Atlantis ~11d ISS assembly flight Utility and Logistics Flight 4: Multi-Purpose Logistics Module Raffaelo. Final planned flight of Atlantis.

132 April 8 2010 STS-132 Discovery ISS assembly flight 19A: Mini-Research Module 1. Final planned flight of Discovery.

133 May 31 2010 STS-133 Endeavour ~15d ISS assembly flight ULF5, ELCs 3 & 4. Final flight of Endeavour; final Shuttle flight of the program.

 

And you really think the shuttle program will live up to STS-133? With all the funding cuts...shuttle mulfunctions?

 

Funding for the next 6 years has already been allocated so yes I think it will continue until the final mission.

 

Liftoff remains on schedule for 7:55 p.m. EST today.
Fri, 14 Nov 2008 07:47:32 AM EST


The countdown is on track for the launch of space shuttle Endeavour on its STS-126 mission to the International Space Station. Liftoff is scheduled for 7:55 p.m. EST today.

Filling the external tank flight load of liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen propellants will start at about 10:30 a.m. Fueling should be complete at approximately 1:30 p.m.

 

Getting close now!

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Lift off was a little early but a perfect launch, nice job team!

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awsome