Jacques van Oene
August 8th 05, 03:17 PM
Monday, August 8, 2005 - 7:00 a.m. CDT
Mission Control Center, Houston, Texas
STS-114 MCC Status Report #27
Discovery's seven astronauts will spend another day in space after weather
conditions at the Kennedy Space Center landing site prevented a return to
Earth today.
Discovery's two landing opportunities to Florida were waved off this morning
due to unpredictable cloud cover at the landing site.
All three primary Shuttle landing sites will be activated on Tuesday. NASA's
Kennedy Space Center, Florida, will remain the preferred landing site.
Edwards Air Force Base, California, will be second in preference for landing
and White Sands Space Harbor, New Mexico, will be third in preference. Two
Shuttle landing opportunities will be available at each site.
Weather conditions at KSC for Tuesday are forecast to be similar to today
with a slight chance of showers offshore. Edwards is forecast to have
acceptable conditions for landing. White Sands' forecast includes a chance
of showers.
Preparations are now focused on the first opportunity to land Tuesday which
would begin with an engine firing by Discovery at 3:01 a.m. CDT and lead to
a touchdown at KSC at 4:07 a.m. CDT. The additional landing opportunities
include: a 4:33 a.m. Shuttle engine firing leading to a 5:39 a.m. landing at
White Sands; a 4:37 a.m. engine firing leading to a 5:43 a.m. touchdown at
KSC; a 6:06 a.m. engine firing leading to 7:12 a.m. touchdown at Edwards; a
6:09 a.m. engine firing leading to a 7:13 a.m. landing at White Sands; and a
7:44 a.m. engine firing leading to a 8:47 a.m. landing at Edwards.
The Shuttle crew will fire Discovery's engines at 7:19 a.m. today to adjust
the Shuttle's orbit and optimize the landing opportunities for tomorrow. The
crew will go to sleep at 11:39 a.m. and awaken at 7:39 p.m. to begin deorbit
preparations.
The next STS-114 status report will be issued following landing Tuesday or
earlier if events warrant.
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Jacques :-)
www.spacepatches.info
Mission Control Center, Houston, Texas
STS-114 MCC Status Report #27
Discovery's seven astronauts will spend another day in space after weather
conditions at the Kennedy Space Center landing site prevented a return to
Earth today.
Discovery's two landing opportunities to Florida were waved off this morning
due to unpredictable cloud cover at the landing site.
All three primary Shuttle landing sites will be activated on Tuesday. NASA's
Kennedy Space Center, Florida, will remain the preferred landing site.
Edwards Air Force Base, California, will be second in preference for landing
and White Sands Space Harbor, New Mexico, will be third in preference. Two
Shuttle landing opportunities will be available at each site.
Weather conditions at KSC for Tuesday are forecast to be similar to today
with a slight chance of showers offshore. Edwards is forecast to have
acceptable conditions for landing. White Sands' forecast includes a chance
of showers.
Preparations are now focused on the first opportunity to land Tuesday which
would begin with an engine firing by Discovery at 3:01 a.m. CDT and lead to
a touchdown at KSC at 4:07 a.m. CDT. The additional landing opportunities
include: a 4:33 a.m. Shuttle engine firing leading to a 5:39 a.m. landing at
White Sands; a 4:37 a.m. engine firing leading to a 5:43 a.m. touchdown at
KSC; a 6:06 a.m. engine firing leading to 7:12 a.m. touchdown at Edwards; a
6:09 a.m. engine firing leading to a 7:13 a.m. landing at White Sands; and a
7:44 a.m. engine firing leading to a 8:47 a.m. landing at Edwards.
The Shuttle crew will fire Discovery's engines at 7:19 a.m. today to adjust
the Shuttle's orbit and optimize the landing opportunities for tomorrow. The
crew will go to sleep at 11:39 a.m. and awaken at 7:39 p.m. to begin deorbit
preparations.
The next STS-114 status report will be issued following landing Tuesday or
earlier if events warrant.
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Jacques :-)
www.spacepatches.info