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LIVE THREAD(2): DISCOVERY - Return to Flight
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| 7-25-05
Posted on 07/25/2005 4:24:13 PM PDT by OXENinFLA
Poised for Liftoff
Space Shuttle Discovery rests in full view on the launch pad. Image above: The rolling back of Launch Pad 39B's Rotating Service Structure reveals orbiter Discovery. + Click for larger image. Image credit: NASA/KSC
Launch of Space Shuttle Discovery on mission STS-114, NASA's Return to Flight mission, is set for Tuesday at 10:39 a.m. EDT.
The launch pad's Rotating Service Structure (RSS) was rolled away from Discovery at 3:38 p.m. on Monday. When in place, the giant enveloping appendage is used to install payloads into an orbiter's cargo bay and provide protection from inclement weather. With the RSS now out of the way, propellant loading is set to begin after midnight Tuesday morning with the pumping of more than 500,000 gallons of liquid oxygen and hydrogen into the vehicle's orange External Tank.
The chance of Kennedy weather cooperating for the launch remains at 60 percent.
First Lady Laura Bush will join other dignitaries and VIPs at Kennedy for the Return to Flight liftoff, White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan announced earlier today.
TOPICS: Announcements; Breaking News; News/Current Events; US: Florida
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To: SeaBiscuit
Prayers up, LIFTOFF!!Prayers up!
441
posted on
07/26/2005 7:40:15 AM PDT
by
kcvl
To: onyx
900 MPH now. Go at throttle up.
442
posted on
07/26/2005 7:40:17 AM PDT
by
Prime Choice
(Thanks to the Leftists, yesterday's deviants are today's "alternate lifestyles.")
To: Dashing Dasher
444
posted on
07/26/2005 7:40:27 AM PDT
by
MEG33
(GOD BLESS OUR ARMED FORCES)
To: Peach
Beat you! LOL!
Thank You, Lord! Keep these brave ones safe!
445
posted on
07/26/2005 7:40:33 AM PDT
by
ohioWfan
("If My people, which are called by My name, will humble themselves and pray.....")
To: Prime Choice
Have we ever seen such clear shots before. Awesome.
446
posted on
07/26/2005 7:40:43 AM PDT
by
Peach
To: BeforeISleep
447
posted on
07/26/2005 7:40:57 AM PDT
by
Prime Choice
(Thanks to the Leftists, yesterday's deviants are today's "alternate lifestyles.")
To: All
Prayers Up.
God Speed Discovery
To: Peach
Solid rockets jettisoned and away!
449
posted on
07/26/2005 7:41:16 AM PDT
by
Prime Choice
(Thanks to the Leftists, yesterday's deviants are today's "alternate lifestyles.")
To: Peach
Cspan feed is working for me great now! Very clear shots!
450
posted on
07/26/2005 7:41:23 AM PDT
by
Paradox
(Its a good thing that even when you dismiss the existence of God, he doesn't dismiss you.)
To: OXENinFLA
451
posted on
07/26/2005 7:41:23 AM PDT
by
JFC
( President Bush, You are being prayed for along with our country daily, by millions of us.)
To: MEG33
Separation of rocket boosters
452
posted on
07/26/2005 7:41:23 AM PDT
by
ohioWfan
("If My people, which are called by My name, will humble themselves and pray.....")
To: ohioWfan
Speed 3,030 miles per hour. A miracle.
453
posted on
07/26/2005 7:41:28 AM PDT
by
Peach
To: Peach
Beautiful day --- separation in 2 minutes or thereabout.
Nervous wreck, but it looks GOOD!
3,033 mph. WOW
454
posted on
07/26/2005 7:41:32 AM PDT
by
onyx
((Vicksburg, MS)) Pope John Paul II - May 18, 1920 - April 2, 2005 = SANTO SUBITO!)
To: Prime Choice
Twin solid rockets fall away cleanly.
455
posted on
07/26/2005 7:41:33 AM PDT
by
NormsRevenge
(Semper Fi ... "To remain silent when they should protest makes cowards of men." -- THOMAS JEFFERSON)
To: Prime Choice
I'm holding my breath....so awesome!
456
posted on
07/26/2005 7:41:44 AM PDT
by
Jrabbit
To: bentfeather
457
posted on
07/26/2005 7:41:48 AM PDT
by
Kathy in Alaska
((~ www.ProudPatriots.org ~ coming soon ~Operation Semper Fi ~a field hospital~)
To: bentfeather
458
posted on
07/26/2005 7:41:49 AM PDT
by
MEG33
(GOD BLESS OUR ARMED FORCES)
To: Paradox
459
posted on
07/26/2005 7:41:55 AM PDT
by
isthisnickcool
(Get all the incumbents out of politics!)
To: Kathy in Alaska
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