liftoff on Wednesday night around 6 pm PDT. Shuttle Discovery and its seven person crew and cargo is almost ready to launch from Cape Kennedy to the International Space Station (ISS.)
Follow the activities here: NASA STS-119 Shuttle Discovery.
This 14-day mission involves four spacewalks in order to install the the final truss segment and solar arrays for the ISS, thus completing the power grid for the space outpost. This will allow the ISS to support a crew of six ape-descendants at a time, thereby doubling the present crew capacity of three.
UPDATE: Weather forecast is good for the scheduled 6:20 pm PDT liftoff tomorrow evening.
Tuesday, March 10, 2009
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