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September 18th, 2012, 12:20 PM
Not sure if most people would classify it as news, but whatever, I'm a space junkie. (beware, this is a long post.) :P
1602 GMT (12:02 p.m. EDT)
In this morning's weather briefing, the decision was made to proceed toward a takeoff of Endeavour tomorrow morning from the Kennedy Space Center, pending a final check of conditions and the forecast at 5 a.m. EDT.
That cold front continues to push its way through region today. If the shuttle can escape tomorrow, forecasters say the path is clear all the way to California throughout the week, allowing the low-altitude flybys of Stennis and Michoud and the aerial display over Houston.
1500 GMT (11:00 a.m. EDT)
The ferry flight weather briefing is getting underway at this hour to assess conditions for beginning the trek tomorrow morning. Here is the latest satellite view of the southeastern U.S. showing the cold front pushing through.
A short time ago at the Shuttle Landing Facility, the Shuttle Carrier Aircraft will Endeavour was pushed back into the Mate-Demate Device to use the structure as some added shelter for thunderstorms expected at Kennedy Space Center later today.
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2012
2315 GMT (7:15 p.m. EDT)
The revised ferry flight plan for space shuttle Endeavour has been established and will give all of the communities en route to Los Angeles their glimpses of the spaceplane as originally expected.
Endeavour will depart Kennedy Space Center at sunrise Wednesday and fly to Houston, making low-altitude buzzes of NASA's Stennis Space Center in Mississippi and the Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans along the way before a late-morning touchdown at Ellington Field.
The trek resumes at dawn Thursday and continues to a refueling stop in El Paso. The next leg will make a flyby of White Sands before landing at Edwards Air Force Base in California around mid-day for an overnight stay.
Friday sees the Shuttle Carrier Aircraft tour Endeavour around California, flying over Sacramento, San Francisco and Los Angeles before landing late-morning at LA International Airport.
That final arrival is one day later than originally planned, a change that was forced into the schedule due to the two-day weather delay taking off from Florida.
source: http://spaceflightnow.com/shuttle/ferry/status105.html
From NASA.gov, basically explaining the projected path of the Shuttle.
At sunrise on Sept. 19, the SCA and Endeavour will depart Kennedy's Shuttle Landing Facility and perform a flyover of various areas of the Space Coast, including Kennedy, the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station and Patrick Air Force Base.
The aircraft will fly west and conduct low flyovers of NASA's Stennis Space Center in Mississippi and the agency's Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans. As it arrives over the Texas Gulf Coast area, the SCA will perform low flyovers above various areas of Houston and Clear Lake before landing at Ellington Field near NASA's Johnson Space Center.
At sunrise on Thursday, Sept. 20, the aircraft will depart Houston, make a refueling stop at Biggs Army Airfield in El Paso, Texas, and conduct low-level flyovers of White Sands Test Facility near Las Cruces, N.M., and NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center at Edwards Air Force Base in California, before landing around mid-day at Dryden.
Options for the NASA Social at Dryden are being evaluated. Attendees for the event will be notified by the NASA social media team once plans are decided.
On the morning of Sept. 21, the SCA and Endeavour will take off from Dryden and perform a low-level flyover of northern California, passing near NASA's Ames Research Center at Moffett Field, Calif., and various landmarks in multiple cities, including Sacramento and San Francisco. The aircraft also will conduct a flyover of many Los Angeles sites before landing about 11 a.m. PDT at LAX.
Social media users are encouraged to share their Endeavour sightings using the hashtags #spottheshuttle and #OV105, Endeavour's orbiter vehicle designation.
After arrival at LAX, Endeavour will be removed from the SCA and spend a few weeks at a United Airlines hangar undergoing preparations for transport and display. Endeavour then will travel through Inglewood and Los Angeles city streets on a 12-mile journey from the airport to the science center, arriving in the evening on Oct. 13.
Beginning Oct. 30, the shuttle will be on display in the science center's Samuel Oschin Space Shuttle Endeavour Display Pavilion, embarking on its new mission to commemorate past achievements in space and educate and inspire future generations of explorers.
http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2012/sep/HQ_M12-184_Endeavour_LA_Arrival_Moves_to_Sept-21.html
So, if you live along the flight path, or in San Fran/Sacramento/Los Angeles, get a chance to see the shuttle if you can! It's pretty awesome stuff.
Again, if the weather doesn't cooperate, then these plans might change. Moving a shuttle on top of a modified Boeing jet is some rocket science ;)
1602 GMT (12:02 p.m. EDT)
In this morning's weather briefing, the decision was made to proceed toward a takeoff of Endeavour tomorrow morning from the Kennedy Space Center, pending a final check of conditions and the forecast at 5 a.m. EDT.
That cold front continues to push its way through region today. If the shuttle can escape tomorrow, forecasters say the path is clear all the way to California throughout the week, allowing the low-altitude flybys of Stennis and Michoud and the aerial display over Houston.
1500 GMT (11:00 a.m. EDT)
The ferry flight weather briefing is getting underway at this hour to assess conditions for beginning the trek tomorrow morning. Here is the latest satellite view of the southeastern U.S. showing the cold front pushing through.
A short time ago at the Shuttle Landing Facility, the Shuttle Carrier Aircraft will Endeavour was pushed back into the Mate-Demate Device to use the structure as some added shelter for thunderstorms expected at Kennedy Space Center later today.
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2012
2315 GMT (7:15 p.m. EDT)
The revised ferry flight plan for space shuttle Endeavour has been established and will give all of the communities en route to Los Angeles their glimpses of the spaceplane as originally expected.
Endeavour will depart Kennedy Space Center at sunrise Wednesday and fly to Houston, making low-altitude buzzes of NASA's Stennis Space Center in Mississippi and the Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans along the way before a late-morning touchdown at Ellington Field.
The trek resumes at dawn Thursday and continues to a refueling stop in El Paso. The next leg will make a flyby of White Sands before landing at Edwards Air Force Base in California around mid-day for an overnight stay.
Friday sees the Shuttle Carrier Aircraft tour Endeavour around California, flying over Sacramento, San Francisco and Los Angeles before landing late-morning at LA International Airport.
That final arrival is one day later than originally planned, a change that was forced into the schedule due to the two-day weather delay taking off from Florida.
source: http://spaceflightnow.com/shuttle/ferry/status105.html
From NASA.gov, basically explaining the projected path of the Shuttle.
At sunrise on Sept. 19, the SCA and Endeavour will depart Kennedy's Shuttle Landing Facility and perform a flyover of various areas of the Space Coast, including Kennedy, the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station and Patrick Air Force Base.
The aircraft will fly west and conduct low flyovers of NASA's Stennis Space Center in Mississippi and the agency's Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans. As it arrives over the Texas Gulf Coast area, the SCA will perform low flyovers above various areas of Houston and Clear Lake before landing at Ellington Field near NASA's Johnson Space Center.
At sunrise on Thursday, Sept. 20, the aircraft will depart Houston, make a refueling stop at Biggs Army Airfield in El Paso, Texas, and conduct low-level flyovers of White Sands Test Facility near Las Cruces, N.M., and NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center at Edwards Air Force Base in California, before landing around mid-day at Dryden.
Options for the NASA Social at Dryden are being evaluated. Attendees for the event will be notified by the NASA social media team once plans are decided.
On the morning of Sept. 21, the SCA and Endeavour will take off from Dryden and perform a low-level flyover of northern California, passing near NASA's Ames Research Center at Moffett Field, Calif., and various landmarks in multiple cities, including Sacramento and San Francisco. The aircraft also will conduct a flyover of many Los Angeles sites before landing about 11 a.m. PDT at LAX.
Social media users are encouraged to share their Endeavour sightings using the hashtags #spottheshuttle and #OV105, Endeavour's orbiter vehicle designation.
After arrival at LAX, Endeavour will be removed from the SCA and spend a few weeks at a United Airlines hangar undergoing preparations for transport and display. Endeavour then will travel through Inglewood and Los Angeles city streets on a 12-mile journey from the airport to the science center, arriving in the evening on Oct. 13.
Beginning Oct. 30, the shuttle will be on display in the science center's Samuel Oschin Space Shuttle Endeavour Display Pavilion, embarking on its new mission to commemorate past achievements in space and educate and inspire future generations of explorers.
http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2012/sep/HQ_M12-184_Endeavour_LA_Arrival_Moves_to_Sept-21.html
So, if you live along the flight path, or in San Fran/Sacramento/Los Angeles, get a chance to see the shuttle if you can! It's pretty awesome stuff.
Again, if the weather doesn't cooperate, then these plans might change. Moving a shuttle on top of a modified Boeing jet is some rocket science ;)