Jacques van Oene
April 14th 05, 06:47 PM
Final countdown to the Eneide Mission
14 April 2005
The State Commission at Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, declared the Soyuz
TMA-6 crew, including Italian ESA astronaut Roberto Vittori, Russian
cosmonaut Sergei Krikalev and NASA astronaut John L. Phillips, fit for
flight this morning. The launch of the Eneide Mission is set for 02:46 CEST
(00:46 UT) on Friday.
After sandstorms in the Kazakh Steppe yesterday, the weather forecast of low
winds and good visibility is highly favourable for launch day.
The launch can be followed live via satellite on the ESA Television Service
(see http://television.esa.int for details) - the Italian TV channel RAI
News 24 will also transmit the ESA TV coverage. NASA TV will be showing the
launch live via Internet.
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Jacques :-)
www.spacepatches.info
14 April 2005
The State Commission at Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, declared the Soyuz
TMA-6 crew, including Italian ESA astronaut Roberto Vittori, Russian
cosmonaut Sergei Krikalev and NASA astronaut John L. Phillips, fit for
flight this morning. The launch of the Eneide Mission is set for 02:46 CEST
(00:46 UT) on Friday.
After sandstorms in the Kazakh Steppe yesterday, the weather forecast of low
winds and good visibility is highly favourable for launch day.
The launch can be followed live via satellite on the ESA Television Service
(see http://television.esa.int for details) - the Italian TV channel RAI
News 24 will also transmit the ESA TV coverage. NASA TV will be showing the
launch live via Internet.
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Jacques :-)
www.spacepatches.info