 STS-135 Updates (@STS_135)6/29/11 11:07 AM Teams at Launch Pad 39A are getting ready to close the Payload Bay Doors of Atlantis in about 2 hours. #sts135 |
Wednesday, June 29, 2011
Closing Payload Bay Doors
Tuesday, June 28, 2011
Flight Readiness Review
L-9 Days
NASA managers met today for the Flight Readiness Review. In this meeting, all systems were evaluated to determine if everrything is ready to support the launch of Shuttle Atlantis. Managers voted unanimously to proceed toward launch of STS-135. The launch was officially set for Friday July 8 at 11:25 a.m. from Launch Pad 39A at Kennedy Space Center.
NASA managers met today for the Flight Readiness Review. In this meeting, all systems were evaluated to determine if everrything is ready to support the launch of Shuttle Atlantis. Managers voted unanimously to proceed toward launch of STS-135. The launch was officially set for Friday July 8 at 11:25 a.m. from Launch Pad 39A at Kennedy Space Center.
Monday, June 27, 2011
Getting Ready for Launch (L-10 Days!)
STS-135 Crew is finishing their final training and preparation at Johnson Space Center (JSC), Houston. They will soon be entering quarantine and will fly back to Kennedy Space Center (KSC), Florida for the launch. Ground crews are finishing work preparing Shuttle Atlantis for launch. A leaky fuel pump was replaced on engine #3, final testing is underway.
Here in NY, we are preparing ourselves. Figuring out all the logistics, packing, travel times, all the various details as we get ready to head to KSC to view the launch! While I didn't get the NASATweetup tickets, I was able to get tickets for the whole family to watch from the visitors center! As we count down the days, then the hours, and those final 2 minutes, I will be sharing the experience on this blog.
On Saturday night, despite clouds, we were able to catch a couple glimpses of the International Space Station (ISS) as it flew over the northern sky. There is another flyover tonight (Monday) at 10:34 pm. The forecast isn't great, but if it clears enough, I will be back out there. It should be a great view tonight, very bright and almost directly overhead, just a bit to the north.
Meanwhile, we spent the weekend finishing this family Lego project... The cargo by contains a Canada arm and a satellite. Looks like Atlantis sitting on Launch Pad 39A don't you think?
Here in NY, we are preparing ourselves. Figuring out all the logistics, packing, travel times, all the various details as we get ready to head to KSC to view the launch! While I didn't get the NASATweetup tickets, I was able to get tickets for the whole family to watch from the visitors center! As we count down the days, then the hours, and those final 2 minutes, I will be sharing the experience on this blog.
On Saturday night, despite clouds, we were able to catch a couple glimpses of the International Space Station (ISS) as it flew over the northern sky. There is another flyover tonight (Monday) at 10:34 pm. The forecast isn't great, but if it clears enough, I will be back out there. It should be a great view tonight, very bright and almost directly overhead, just a bit to the north.
Meanwhile, we spent the weekend finishing this family Lego project... The cargo by contains a Canada arm and a satellite. Looks like Atlantis sitting on Launch Pad 39A don't you think?
Tuesday, June 21, 2011
Forwarding Tweet by @nextlaunch
June 21, 1438 UTC (10:38am EDT) Soyuz-U carrying Progress M-11M (43P). Webcast: http://bit.ly/mgSFqM , ( nasa.gov/ntv ) #launch #soyuz
Read it online: http://twitter.com/nextlaunch/status/83141171567796224
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Saturday, June 11, 2011
STS135 NASATweetup Announcements
Today was a very exciting or very disappointing day, depending on which side of the crowd you ended up. Along with 5500 other NASA Tweeps, I put my name in a lottery to take part in a two day event the day before and the day of the launch of STS135 Atlantis. 150 lucky Tweeps got an email today announcing that they had won the Tweetup lottery. The rest of us, got:
I'm still trying to find a way to see the launch in person. Haven't given up all hope yet!
Dear Michael Wilkinson,
We regret to inform you that you were not selected for the NASA Tweetup nor the wait list. Thank you for your interest in attending the NASA Tweetup in conjunction with the launch of space shuttle Atlantis on the STS-135 mission. We value your interest in space and wish we had room to invite all 5,500+ who applied! Thank you for your ongoing support of our nation’s space program and the men and women -- including astronauts living in orbit -- who work at NASA.
I'm still trying to find a way to see the launch in person. Haven't given up all hope yet!
Friday, June 10, 2011
Tuesday, June 7, 2011
Expedition 28 Launch
New Crew Members Prepare for Launch
Expedition 28 Flight Engineers Mike Fossum, Sergei Volkov and Satoshi Furukawa are scheduled to launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at 4:12 p.m. EDT Tuesday (2:12 a.m. Wednesday, Baikonur time) aboard the Soyuz TMA-02M spacecraft. They will arrive at the station Thursday to join the Expedition 28 crew. NASAtv will carry the launch live. Coverage begins Tuesday at 3:30 pm EDT.
Expedition 28 Flight Engineers Mike Fossum, Sergei Volkov and Satoshi Furukawa are scheduled to launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at 4:12 p.m. EDT Tuesday (2:12 a.m. Wednesday, Baikonur time) aboard the Soyuz TMA-02M spacecraft. They will arrive at the station Thursday to join the Expedition 28 crew. NASAtv will carry the launch live. Coverage begins Tuesday at 3:30 pm EDT.
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