Astronauts arrive for shuttle launch
Posted: Mon, Nov 26, 2001, 10:12 AM ET (1512 GMT)
The crew of the space shuttle Endeavour arrived at the Kennedy Space Center late Sunday as preparations continue for Thursday night's launch. The seven-person crew of STS-108, including the three members of the Expedition Four space station crew, flew into KSC Sunday evening in advance of the launch, scheduled for 7:41 pm EST Thursday (0041 GMT Friday). The countdown for the launch is slated to begin Monday night. Security around the complex is the highest for a launch since a series of Department of Defense shuttle missions in the mid and late 1980s. NASA has backed off from earlier plans not to publicize the countdown or launch time, as the launch time had been published prior to the post-September 11 security enhancements.
The crew of the space shuttle Endeavour arrived at the Kennedy Space Center late Sunday as preparations continue for Thursday night's launch. The seven-person crew of STS-108, including the three members of the Expedition Four space station crew, flew into KSC Sunday evening in advance of the launch, scheduled for 7:41 pm EST Thursday (0041 GMT Friday). The countdown for the launch is slated to begin Monday night. Security around the complex is the highest for a launch since a series of Department of Defense shuttle missions in the mid and late 1980s. NASA has backed off from earlier plans not to publicize the countdown or launch time, as the launch time had been published prior to the post-September 11 security enhancements.
Related Links:
| <<previous article | next article>> |
|
news in brief
|
|
|
|
news links
|
|
Sunday, June 21
Space Exploration Technologies Corp. Announces Closing of Initial Public Offering, Including Full Exercise of Underwriters’ Option to Purchase Additional Shares
SpaceX — 11:19 am ET (1519 GMT) NordSpace Opens Rocket Factory 1 (RF-1), Scales to Production for Canada's Sovereign Light & Medium-Lift Launch Program
EINPresswire.com — 11:17 am ET (1517 GMT) Tracing a Neutrino Ghost to Distant “Shadow Blaster” Galaxy
National Optical-Infrared Astronomy Research Laboratory — 11:17 am ET (1517 GMT) A Star's Death Throes Involves a Lot of Kicking
Caltech — 11:16 am ET (1516 GMT) NASA's Chandra Finds Unexpected Fireworks in Aftermath of Stellar Explosions
Chandra X-Ray Observatory Center — 11:15 am ET (1515 GMT) |
