Thursday 12 March 2009

STS-119 almost... almost

Sadly another problem with Discovery led to STS-119 being delayed. A Gas Leak was the problem - Corgi Fitter to the Launch Pad...
Try again Sunday - maybe?

Full story at SPACE.com -- Gas Leak Delays Space Shuttle Launch - http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/090311-sts119-launch-scrub.html

Picture of the offending Vent Line here at he NASA Space Shuttle Blog - http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/main/index.html

Monday 9 March 2009

We have an STS-119 date…

Discovery should ‘clear the tower’ for a night time launch at 9.30pm on March 11th 2009.

See the NASA - STS-119 Launch Blog - http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/launch/launch_blog.html