Wednesday, August 26, 2009

Maybe Friday?


Friday Morning Forecast: 70 Percent "Go"
Wed, 26 Aug 2009 10:47:12 AM CDT

The weather outlook for Friday morning's targeted launch of Discovery calls for a 70 percent chance of acceptable conditions at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Liftoff would be at 12:22 a.m. Meteorologists will watch the conditions carefully throughout the countdown, with the greatest expected concern being for anvil clouds and thunderstorms within 20 nautical miles of the Shuttle Landing Facility. The mission management team will evaluate analysis of a fill-and-drain valve problem before Discovery's massive external tank is loaded with propellant. The valve issue developed during Tuesday's countdown and forced a postponement of the launch of the STS-128 mission.

No comments:

Post a Comment

Your comments are welcome - just remember this is a family blog so keep it clean.

Your BEST business option!

Begin your search here:

LinkWithin

Blog Widget by LinkWithin

Chron TV