NASA Sets Dates For Space Shuttle Finale 56
coondoggie writes "After some debate, NASA today said it has set the final two launch dates for its venerable space shuttles: Nov. 1 for space shuttle Discovery's STS-133 mission, and Feb. 26, 2011, for the liftoff of shuttle Endeavour's STS-134 mission. NASA said the dates needed to be adjusted because critical payload hardware for STS-133 will not be ready in time to support the planned Sept. 16 launch."
Crossing my fingers for AMS (Score:4, Interesting)
This certainly looks like it's a big experiment
Let's hope the last minute changes only make it better.
Also there is 1 more at the end of that? the back (Score:3, Interesting)
Also there is 1 more at the end of that? the back up shuttle will go up at the end with a light crew?.
Sadness (Score:3, Interesting)
It will be sad to see the fleet retired...nothing quite like watching the shuttle take off. It's quite possibly the loudest thing you will ever hear on Earth.
Re:Also there is 1 more at the end of that? the ba (Score:3, Interesting)
The backup shuttle is for emergencies only. It has to be ready to go, but (if all goes well) shouldn't actually launch.
Sigh (Score:4, Interesting)