Atlantis shuttle prepares for blast off on Monday.NASA NASA: see National Aeronautics and Space Administration. NASA in full National Aeronautics and Space Administration Independent U.S. said Sunday that the weather is expected to be conducive for the launch of the space shuttle space shuttle, reusable U.S. space vehicle. Developed by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), it consists of a winged orbiter, two solid-rocket boosters, and an external tank. Atlantis to launch toward the International Space Station on Monday on a delivery mission. Atlantis is planned to lift off at 2:28 p.m. ET on Monday from Launch Pad 39A at Kennedy Space Center Kennedy Space Center (Cape Canaveral) U.S. launch site for manned space missions. [U.S. Hist.: WB, So:562] See : Astronautics in Florida. The shuttle will carry six astronauts and two cases of large spare parts Spare parts, also referred to as Service Parts is a term used to indicate extra parts available and in proximity to the mechanical item, such as a automobile, boat, engine, for which they might be used. Spare parts are also called “spares. to the station. Nasa said the weather outlook is optimistic for Monday, with a 90 percent chance of clear skies predicted. The 11-day mission is scheduled to include three spacewalks to store hardware on the outside of the orbiting outpost. The commander of Atlantis will be Charlie Hobaugh, a colonel in the US marines, and he will be accompanied by five other crew members; pilot Butch Willmore, and mission specialist's Randy Bresnik, Mike Foreman, Leland Melvin and Robert Satcher. They will return to Earth with a seventh crew member, Nicole Stott, who's been living at the space station for nearly three months. This will be the fifth and last shuttle mission for 2009. <object width="425" height="344" data="http://www.youtube.com/v/PMflZ_pI2AI&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&feature=player_embedded&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"> <param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /> <param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always" /> <param name="src" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/PMflZ_pI2AI&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&feature=player_embedded&fs=1" /> <param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /> </object> |
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