You definitely weren't the first, and you (even at this late stage) won't be the last. I've never seen one and never will. I do, however, have cookies....robbed me of my one chance to see a shuttle launch...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FL--Engineers inspecting a suspect electrical distribution box removed from the shuttle Endeavour after a launch scrub last week have found blown internal fusing that could be the result of an external, yet-to-be-identified short circuit somewhere in the ship's complex electrical system, officials said Wednesday. But they cautioned that troubleshooting is not yet complete and a problem with the box itself has not yet been ruled out.
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Yes, but they have a spare one installed in Endeavour right now and it's undergoing retests right now.Doesn't Discovery have one, they could use?
NASASpaceflight via Twitter said:STS-134 UPDATE: Latest NET is May 12 (per KSC teams, not MOD etc). Still dependant on troubleshooting: http://tinyurl.com/3mq4htl
NASASpaceflight via Twitter said:STS-134 UPDATE: Program meeting to come, so not official, but we're up to NET May 16 due to work schedule: http://tinyurl.com/65gpxnf
Yes, but you have to take in account the 3-days needed for the actual countdown. If they want to launch on the 16th, the countdown needs to start sometime around 8am EDT on Friday May 13, in a week from now.Oh my, this date just keeps slipping and slipping. Now looking like NET May 16.
Oh my, this date just keeps slipping and slipping. Now looking like NET May 16.
And we would finally have the Soyuz fly around. :thumbup:
NASA said:NASA Managers Meet to Discuss Endeavour's Launch
Mon, 09 May 2011 08:37:35 AM EDT
NASA managers have retargeted space shuttle Endeavour's launch to no earlier than Monday, May 16. After a meeting on Friday, they also extended the length of Endeavour's STS-134 mission to the International Space Station from 14 to 16 days. If Endeavour launches on May 16, liftoff would be at 8:56 a.m. EDT.
At 3 p.m. today, NASA Space Shuttle Program Launch Integration Manager Mike Moses and Shuttle Launch Director Mike Leinbach will hold a news conference at Kennedy Space Center in Florida to discuss the progress of repairs since Endeavour's launch postponement on April 29. The news conference will air live on NASA Television and online at www.nasa.gov/ntv.
Over the weekend, Kennedy technicians installed and checked out new wiring that bypasses the suspect electrical wiring connecting the switchbox to the heaters. They also ran the heaters for up to 30 minutes to verify they are working properly and complete retesting of the other systems powered by the switchbox. Teams will begin closing out Endeavour's aft compartment and will begin launch countdown preps today.