NASA approves July 8 launch date for final shuttle mission
Posted: Wed, Jun 29, 2011, 8:26 AM ET (1226 GMT)
NASA officials gave the formal go-ahead Tuesday for plans to launch the space shuttle Atlantis on July 8 on the final mission of the shuttle program. Atlantis is slated to lift off at 11:26 am EDT (1526 GMT) July 8 from the Kennedy Space Center on mission STS-135. The four-person crew will fly to the International Space Station and deliver supplies and other equipment to the station on its 12-day mission. As many as one million people are expected to attend the launch, the final one in the 30-year shuttle program.
NASA officials gave the formal go-ahead Tuesday for plans to launch the space shuttle Atlantis on July 8 on the final mission of the shuttle program. Atlantis is slated to lift off at 11:26 am EDT (1526 GMT) July 8 from the Kennedy Space Center on mission STS-135. The four-person crew will fly to the International Space Station and deliver supplies and other equipment to the station on its 12-day mission. As many as one million people are expected to attend the launch, the final one in the 30-year shuttle program.| <<previous article | next article>> |
|
news in brief
|
|
|
|
news links
|
|
Friday, February 6
A presidential greeting ahead of Sophie Adenot's first spaceflight
ESA — 6:34 am ET (1134 GMT) Ukrainian Defense Ministry says Starlink terminals used by Russia in Ukraine are ‘cut off’
CNN — 6:33 am ET (1133 GMT) Russian troops on front lines lose access to Starlink internet terminals, Ukraine says
Washington Times — 6:32 am ET (1132 GMT) United Launch Alliance’s Vulcan rocket prepares for national security mission
WFTV Orlando — 6:28 am ET (1128 GMT) SpaceX prepares to launch 25 Starlink satellites from Vandenberg Space Force Base
KSBY-TV San Luis Obispo, CA — 6:27 am ET (1127 GMT) |
