Shuttle Endeavour

At NASA ’s Kennedy Space Center, the countdown clock is holding at T-9 minutes. This is today’s final built-in hold. Space shuttle Endeavour and a crew of seven astronauts are awaiting liftoff at 6:03pm EDT. There are no technical issues being reported by the launch team, and weather conditions continue to improve. Storms to the northwest have dissipated, while a system to the northeast is not interfering with the countdown at this point. At this point, weather is “go” on... Read Full Story

Posted by reji 2 hours 40 minutes ago ( http://ratevin.com ) View profile Category : Sci/Tech | Tags : nasa nasa tv endeavour shuttle launch Nasa Space Shuttle launch today,delayed Heavy clouds moved near the Florida site less than an hour before launching forcing the delay. NASA shuttle "Endeavour" was scheduled to launch few minutes ago, specifically at 7:13 p.m. EDT... Read Full Story

Space shuttle Endeavour and its seven-member crew are scheduled to return to Earth on Friday, July 31, after a 16-day mission. There are two landing opportunities at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 10:48 a.m. and 12:23 p.m. EDT. NASA will evaluate weather conditions at Kennedy before permitting Endeavour and its crew to land. If weather prevents a return to Kennedy on Friday, the backup landing site at Edwards Air Force Base in California will be activated Saturday for... Read Full Story

11 lightning strikes were reported near the seaside launch pad of space shuttle Endeavour. For that reason NASA scrubbed space shuttle Endeavour's Saturday evening launch. NASA technicians said they will need at least another day to check critical systems. They did not found any damage after an electrical storm Friday afternoon yet. After all the testing has been completed and whether to fuel Endeavour for a possible Sunday evening launch. Liftoff would be at 7:13 p.m. if NASA attempts to... Read Full Story

The space shuttle Endeavour was grounded for the fifth time on Monday with stormy weather again causing NASA to cancel a scheduled launch. A storm south of the Cape Canaveral, Florida launch site threatened not just the launch, but also a landing site should the flight need to be aborted after lift-off. The decision to scrub the launch came shortly before the planned 6.51 p.m. (2251 GMT) launch. NASA said it would try again Wednesday at 6.03 p.m. (2203 GMT). "When the time is... Read Full Story

NASA was again forced to postpone the launch of the space shuttle Endeavour on Monday because of bad weather near the Kennedy Space Center. “The weather has just bitten us again,” launch director Pete Nickolenko told the Endeavour crew. Endeavour was set to lift off at 6:51pm EDT, prior to the postponement.  It’s mission is to install a Japanese-built outdoor research platform at the International Space Station . The flight has been on hold for a month, delayed by... Read Full Story

NASA has decided to postpone the scheduled July 12th launch of space shuttle Endeavour to the International Space Station (ISS) until July 13th due to thunderstorms near the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Sensors indicted there were 11 lightning strikes within 0.35 miles, which is inside the launch pad’s threshold. Teams have seen nothing so far that indicates anything has been affected. “Looks like the team is ready, but the weather is not. At this time we are no-go,” NASA’s launch... Read Full Story

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA scrubbed space shuttle Endeavour’s Saturday evening launch after 11 lightning strikes were reported near the seaside launch pad. NASA technicians found no damage after an electrical storm Friday afternoon, but said they will need at least another day to check critical systems. A mission management team plans to meet early Sunday to determine if all the testing has been completed and whether to fuel Endeavour for a possible Sunday evening launch. Liftoff... Read Full Story

Several pieces of insulation broke free from the space shuttle Endeavour's external fuel tank when it took off and at least one piece hit the orbiter, The New York Times reported. Three heat-resistant tiles on the shuttle's underside were affected, but the damage during Wednesday's launch was superficial, the associate administrator for space operations William H. Gerstenmaier said. The crew would check the shuttle after arrival at the International Space Station (ISS). In 2003... Read Full Story

Space shuttle Endeavour blasted off Wednesday on its sixth attempt to launch since June, headed to the International Space Station to expand Japan's Kibo module. The seven-member crew is to deliver an outside porch on the module at the station to expose scientific experiments to the extremities of space. The mission has suffered a slew of delays that kept the craft on the ground for weeks longer than planned. A planned Sunday launch was cancelled due to storms and a Saturday... Read Full Story