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6:03pm EDT
Endeavour Gets a "Go" for Tanking
7:58am CDT
About photo: The above file photo is from July 11th and shows the Space Shuttle Endeavour framed by a windsock at Launch Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
Let’s hope we have no worries today over the weather or anything else and finally get these seven brave men and woman into space. Fingers crossed on having a successful launch today!
May this Sixth Launch Attempt be the Lucky Charm!!!
AJ
Photo credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls
Tanking operations are under way at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The loading of the space shuttle's external tank with a half-million gallons of liquid oxygen and liquid hydrogen began at 8:38 a.m. EDT. The three-hour process will provide the fuel and oxidizer Endeavour's three main engines need for the 8 1/2 minute trip to orbit.
Weather at Kennedy remains at 60-percent chance for favorable weather for an early-evening liftoff at 6:03 p.m. The primary weather concerns for launch are the potential for showers and thunderstorms near the Shuttle Landing Facility.
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Today's live tanking coverage began at 8:30 a.m. Full countdown coverage will begin at 12:30 p.m. on NASA Television and NASA's Launch Blog.
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T-3 Hours and Holding; Tanking Complete
10:45am CDT
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At NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the countdown to launch of Space Shuttle Endeavour on its STS-127 has entered a two-hour, 30-minute built-in hold at T-3 hours. This hold will last until 2:08 p.m. EDT.
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Tanking operations are complete... with both propellants -- liquid oxygen and liquid hydrogen -- now in stable replenish. The loading of the space shuttle's external tank began at 8:38 a.m. and proceeded smoothly throughout the three-hour process.
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Weather at Kennedy remains at 60-percent chance for favorable weather for an early-evening liftoff at 6:03 p.m. The primary weather concerns for launch are the potential for showers and thunderstorms near the Shuttle Landing Facility.
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T-9 Minutes and Holding
4:10pm CDT
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At NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, countdown clocks are holding at T-9 minutes. This is today's final built-in hold and is scheduled to last 45 minutes. Space Shuttle Endeavour and a crew of seven astronauts are awaiting liftoff at 6:03:10pm EDT.
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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 all constraints.
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The astronauts are strapped into Endeavour's crew module. Once the launch pad closeout crew closed and latched Endeavour's side hatch for flight, they finished up their work in the pad's environmentally controlled White Room before departing to a roadblock a safe distance away.
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Endeavour is "Go" for Launch
4:54pm CDT
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The countdown has resumed and there are no further holds planned as NASA awaits liftoff of space shuttle Endeavour on its STS-127 mission. No technical issues and no weather violations are being discussed as launch time approaches. Endeavour and its crew of seven astronauts are "go" for launch at 6:03 p.m. EDT.
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Watching it LIVE on NASA TV!
Looks like a GO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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What a Picture Perfect Launch!!!
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About above image: Liftoff of Space Shuttle Endeavour from Launch Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
Photo credit: NASA TV
Endeavour Reaches Orbit
5:12pm CDT
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Main engine cutoff is confirmed: Space Shuttle Endeavour has reached orbit. The shuttle lifted off from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida as planned at 7:17 a.m. EDT and began its orbital chase of the International Space Station, orbiting 225 miles above Earth's surface...
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That’s it for me today. Keep up with mission progress at link below.
I’ll be updating this post again Thursday morning so check BACK!!!
Safe and Successful Mission, STS-127!
AJF...
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Just In Case You Missed It Yesterday Evening…
Here it is again.
STS-127 Launch in HD!
This video posted on YouTube by NASAtelevision
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This post now closed
I’ll put up a new one right before the 1st Spacewalk this weekend.
Until then, keep up with the latest at link below…
AJF
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* STS-127 Mission Overview *
The 16-day mission will feature five spacewalks and complete construction of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's Kibo laboratory. Astronauts will attach a platform to the outside of the Japanese module that will allow experiments to be exposed to space.
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The STS-127 crew members are Commander Mark Polansky, Pilot Doug Hurley and Mission Specialists Dave Wolf, Christopher Cassidy, Tom Marshburn, Tim Kopra and Canadian Space Agency astronaut Julie Payette. Kopra will join the space station crew and replace Japanese astronaut Koichi Wakata. Wakata will return to Earth on Endeavour to conclude a three-month stay at the station.
Taken from the NASA.gov website
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Watch Mission LIVE
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ENJOY!!!
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NOTE: I’ll be updating this post on the mission and spacewalks over the next few days so check back!!!
GOD SPEED to the Crew of STS-127 Endeavour...
AubreyJ.........
All info in this post taken from the NASA.gov website unless otherwise stated
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