Space Shuttle Endeavour is scheduled to land tomorrow, Friday, at 10:48 CDT (GMT-6)
Once again you can see it at
http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/index.html?param=publicSince it's awhile since then I'll bump the topic an hour or so before, if I remember that is.
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Space Shuttle Endeavour docks with the station today at 12:55 pm CDT (GMT-6)! (1 hour and 20 minutes from now)
The shuttle and station are already within site of eachother, you can watch the approach live on NASA TV:
http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/index.html?param=publicIt might not be as exciting as a launch (to me it is) but I doubt a lot of you guys see spacecraft docking or when a shuttle crew enters the station for the first time. I'll post again at about 15 minutes before docking.
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You might have heard about this mission already due to weather postponing the past two launch attempts.
Basically the Endeavour crew will attach the last part of the Japanese "Kibo" module, an outside platform for experiments directly in the space environment.
Launch today is scheduled at 6:03 pm eastern (GMT-5).
Currently on Nasa tv you can see the launch pad is in the middle of some heavy rain.
Stream:
http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/index.html?param=publicTalk about the launch and if you feel like it, how NASA is a waste of money
after the launch.
Updates:-Hold has ended, T-3 hours and counting.
-Astronauts in the Astrovan heading towards the pad.
-Crew has arrived at the pad, exiting vehicle, will enter white room soon. (Looking at Shuttle right now)
-Lightning warning phase 2, shouldn't affect the crew. First crew member is in the white room.
-Currently doing COM checks with commander.
-Lightning warning has been moved down to phase 1, Christopher Cassidy is wearing his rally cap.
-Back to the Phase2 lightning warning.
-All crew members are in the shuttle, last one is currently setting up in her seat. Also the white room crew viciously attacked the camera we were watching through (grabbed it).
-All COM checks are complete, white room crew is preparing stuff just outside the shuttle.
-Hatch is all set up, ready for white room break down.
-White room team is done and is taking the elevator down.
-At T-20 min we're on a planned hold, will resume in 10 minutes. Weather is looking optimistic.
-Coming out the hold, T-20 min and counting.
-One minute remaining in T-9 min hold, we are GO for launch.
-T-9 minutes and counting, ground launcher sequence has been initiated.
Liftoff! Houston now taking control
Nominal MECO, external tank detached.
