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Just a few things from the launch blog....

3:44 p.m. - More good news on the weather. Forecasters are removing isolated showers from this evening's forecast, according to Shuttle Weather Officer Kathy Winters, so the chance of weather preventing launch tonight has dropped to only 10 percent.

3:38 p.m. - As the astronauts are strapped in, they begin "comm checks," verifying that they are all able to communicate easily with the launch team at Kennedy and Mission Control personnel in Houston. This is a standard part of the boarding process.

3:30 p.m. - At T-minus 2 hours, 11 minutes and counting, Commander Scott Kelly, Pilot Charlie Hobaugh and Mission Specialists Alvin Drew and Dave Williams are already seated inside Endeavour. Inside the White Room, Mission Specialists Tracy Caldwell and Barbara Morgan are making final boarding preparations with the help of Closeout Crew members.
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Looks good for launch if I can keep my eyes on it.

what time?

chadtm80 wrote:what time?

3:30 p.m. - At T-minus 2 hours, 11 minutes and counting...

From this I surmise the scheduled launch will be at 5:41 PM.

According to the NASA site - lift off is set for 6:36 this evening.

http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shutt ... index.html

gtalum wrote:

chadtm80 wrote:what time?

3:30 p.m. - At T-minus 2 hours, 11 minutes and counting...

From this I surmise the scheduled launch will be at 5:41 PM.

Sorry.. Can you tell I didn't read it all???????

gtalum wrote:

chadtm80 wrote:what time?

3:30 p.m. - At T-minus 2 hours, 11 minutes and counting...

From this I surmise the scheduled launch will be at 5:41 PM.

There are always a few scheduled holds. Scheduled launch time is 6:36

Doh! Yes, x-y-no beat me to my correction. It's 6:36.

A crack in the foam has now been ruled safe. Also the hatch is now reclosed...

4:52 p.m. - The Closeout Crew members have run into a problem with "micro" switches associated with the crew hatch. They're going to start over by re-opening and closing the hatch once again in an effort to get a good latch and seal.

4:41 p.m. - T-1 hour and counting down toward launch of Space Shuttle Endeavour at 6:36 p.m. There are two more holds planned in the countdown. At T-20 minutes, the clock will hold for 10 minutes, and at T-9 minutes, the clock will hold again for about 45 minutes.

Another perfect liftoff.

BEAUTIFUL JOB, ENDEAVOUR!

Unfortunately, the light cirrus canopy obscured a good view of the shuttle from south Palm Beach County. All engines are functioning properly!

GOOD JOB!!! SPACE HAS TO BE CONQUERED!!!

Watched it on NASA TV on my computer...W00T!!! Beautiful launch!!

MiamiensisWx wrote::flag: BEAUTIFUL JOB, ENDEAVOUR!

Unfortunately, the light cirrus canopy obscured a good view of the shuttle from south Palm Beach County. All engines are functioning properly!

I was disappointed as well.


But it was a good liftoff! Yea!

I also watched it on NASA TV. Great liftoff.

I watched the launch on NASA TV....beautiful. Hopefully I'll get to see the Oct launch in person.....MGC

Shuttle Endeavour , this Buds for you!!

who knows - they may be carrying their own!

artist wrote:who knows - they may be carrying their own!

LOL... Your probably right !!!!

Question - why "Endeavour" and not the American English "Endeavor"?

It's named after Captain James Cook's ship:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HM_Bark_Endeavour

The command module of Apollo 15 also had the same name.