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Space Shuttle Discovery to Launch This Morning
The space shuttle Discovery sits on the launching pad on Monday, Oct. 22, 2007 at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla. ready for launch Tuesday. NASA kept close watch on the weather on both sides of the Atlantic on Monday as Discovery’s launch countdown entered its final hours with no major technical problems
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Watch the preparation and countdown here at NASA TV.
35 minutes or so to go for launch.
Update:
Weather is good: 26 minutes to go to launch.
Update #2
NASA Engineers have found “clear ice” on shuttle umbilical cord. Hold
Update #3
T minus 20 minutes and counting as hold is lifted.
Update #4
T minus 9 minutes and holding. Launch proceeding.
11:05 AM: 25 minutes remain on T minus 9 minute hold; ice on bottom of orange booster rocket still a concern; weather is good.
11:30 AM: T minus 9 minutes and counting; launch countdown has resumed.
11:35 AM: T minus 3 minutes and counting.
11:38 AM: Lift off
At Launch
Photo at 10:30 AM EDT from NASA TV
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Space Shuttle Atlantis – Welcome to California
In this image from NASA TV, Space Shuttle Atlantis lands at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., Friday, June 22, 2007.
Shuttle heads for California landing
Waiting for the landing at Edwards Air Force Base.
Update:
A successful landing on runway 22 at Edwards AFB, California
Congratulations Atlantis on your 5.8 million mile mission.
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Michael Ramirez on Astronaut Lisa Marie Nowak
NASA orders review of astronaut screening
Hours after its suddenly best-known astronaut returned home an object of national derision, unwilling to show her face, NASA said Wednesday that it will reassess long-standing mental health processes for evaluating its space travelers.
Lisa Nowak covered her head with a black windbreaker as she disembarked from a commercial flight from Florida on Wednesday morning. She walked down steps from the jetway to a police car, later switching to another car that took her to Johnson Space Center. There, medical personnel examined her.
As doctors tried to determine Nowak’s mental and emotional state, the media continued their scrutiny of a life that veered from remarkable to sordid in the time it took for her to drive from Houston to a parking lot outside the Orlando, Fla., airport, where she is accused of assaulting a romantic rival with pepper spray as a prelude to what prosecutors contend was murder.
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Space Shuttle Discovery Watch: Discovery Goes Into Orbit
The Space Shuttle Discovery lifts off at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla., on mission STS-121 Tuesday, July 4, 2006.
AP: Space shuttle Discovery goes into orbit
In a majestic Independence Day liftoff, Discovery and its crew of seven blasted into orbit Tuesday on the first space shuttle launch in a year, flying over objections from those within NASA who argued for more fuel-tank repairs.
NASA’s first-ever Fourth of July launch came after two weather delays and last-minute foam trouble that conjured up worries that have dogged NASA since Columbia was brought down by a chunk of fuel tank insulation foam 3 1/2 years ago.
The foam problem resurfaced during last July’s flight of Discovery and again Monday, keeping the space agency debating safety all the way up to the eve of liftoff.
As Discovery thundered away from its seaside pad at 2:38 p.m. and into space Tuesday, video showed was no initial sign of significant foam loss. Engineers will spend the next few days poring over the video before the shuttle returns to Earth.
Commander Steven Lindsey, an Air Force fighter pilot, was at Discovery’s controls and aiming for a Thursday linkup with the international space station.
A magnificent launch on America’s birthday.
A slideshow of photos is here.
And watch the NASA TV feed here.
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