Space Travel News  
Endeavour Nears Launch Pad 39A

Space shuttle Endeavour begins its slow move from launch Pad 39B to Launch Pad 39A on Thursday morning. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett
by Staff Writers
Cape Canveral FL (SPX) Oct 24, 2008
Space shuttle Endeavour is expected to complete its rollaround this evening from Launch Pad 39B at NASA's Kennedy Space Center to Launch Pad 39A on Thursday. The move began at 8:28 a.m. EDT and will leave Endeavour positioned for the last steps in processing before launch. Liftoff is targeted for Nov. 14 at 7:55 p.m. EST.

Endeavour was moved from Launch Pad 39B so workers there could continue modifications to the launch complex for the Ares I-X test flight in 2009.

Seven astronauts will fly Endeavour to the International Space Station during STS-126, carrying about 19,000 pounds of equipment and supplies, in the Multi-purpose Logistics Module Leonardo, that will eventually allow the station to host six residents instead of the current three.

Related Links
Space shuttle
Shuttle at NASA
Watch NASA TV via Space.TV
Space Shuttle News at Space-Travel.Com



Memory Foam Mattress Review
Newsletters :: SpaceDaily :: SpaceWar :: TerraDaily :: Energy Daily
XML Feeds :: Space News :: Earth News :: War News :: Solar Energy News


STS-126 Mission Moves Forward
Cape Canaverl FL (SPX) Oct 22, 2008
The Space Shuttle Program's two-day Flight Readiness Review, or FRR, for Endeavour's STS-126 mission will wrap up Wednesday. From this week's FRR discussions, decisions about preparedness for launch will be taken to the agency-level Flight Readiness Review that will be held Oct. 30-31 at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida.







  • Brazil hopes to launch satellite rocket in 2011: report
  • NASA And Air Force Work To Establish Hypersonic Science Centers
  • Iran To Conduct First Satellite Launch Soon
  • Outside View: Reusable rocket breakthrough

  • Launch Complex Now Available For Civil, Commercial Launches
  • Arianespace To Launch New Pan-African Satellite Rascom-QAF 1R
  • Pratt And Whitney Rocketdyne Boosts Disaster Management Satellite
  • SES Confirms Three New Arianespace Launches

  • Endeavour Nears Launch Pad 39A
  • STS-126 Mission Moves Forward
  • Atlantis Reaches VAB
  • NASA's Space Shuttle Atlantis Rolls Off Launch Pad Monday

  • Expedition 17 Set To Undock Today
  • Expedition 18 Takes Charge
  • Expedition 18 Crew Docks With Space Station
  • Expedition 18 Crew Launches From Baikonur

  • Soyuz Lands In Kazakhstan With Two Russian cosmonauts And Tourist
  • Center To Study Acute Effects Of Space Radiation
  • ISRO Eyes Manned Moon Mission By 2015
  • India To Build New Launch-Pad, Astronaut Training Centre

  • China To Launch FY-4 Weather Satellite Around 2013
  • Shenzhou 7 Astronauts In Good Health
  • Chinese Scientists Start Studying Samples From Shenzhou-7
  • Analysis: China space launch raises fears

  • VIPeR Robot Demonstrates Exceptional Agility
  • iRobot Receives Order From TARDEC For iRobot Warrior 700
  • iRobot Awarded US Army Contract For Robotic Systems
  • Robots Learn To Follow

  • Mars pioneers should stay there permanently, says Buzz Aldrin
  • Phoenix Lander Finishes Soil Delivery To Onboard Labs
  • Laser could aid search for life on Mars
  • Europe delays ExoMars mission, again

  • The content herein, unless otherwise known to be public domain, are Copyright Space.TV Corporation. AFP and UPI Wire Stories are copyright Agence France-Presse and United Press International. ESA Portal Reports are copyright European Space Agency. All NASA sourced material is public domain. Additional copyrights may apply in whole or part to other bona fide parties. Advertising does not imply endorsement, agreement or approval of any opinions, statements or information provided by Space.TV Corp on any Web page published or hosted by Space.TV Corp. Privacy Statement