What was the cause of NASA TV delayed?
The space shuttle Endeavour was due to launch last night after safety checks proved no damage had been done to its electrical systems by a lightning storm late on Friday. Saturday’s scheduled lift-off was expected to be delayed by more than 24 hours after the major electrical storm that struck near the Kennedy Space Centre in Florida. Ahead of last night’s launch scheduled for 7.13pm (2313 GMT), NASA began filling Endeavour’s external fuel tanks with liquid hydrogen and oxygen. The slow-fill “tanking began at 9:48 (1348 GMT) and there is no technical issue to report,” said NASA TV’s official commentator, Candrea Thomas. Earlier on Sunday engineers completed their test of the shuttle’s electronic systems, two days after at least 11 lightning strikes hit the space centre, some within 600 metres of the launch pad. NASA said it postponed Saturday’s launch in order to complete a thorough evaluation of the shuttle’s operating systems. Mike Moses, the head of the mission, said 38 items were s
NASA abandoned plans to launch the space shuttle Endeavour for the fourth time in a row on Sunday, this time because of stormy weather that crept too close to an emergency runway. Endeavour was slated to blast off from a seaside launch pad here at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center at 7:13 p.m. EDT (2313 GMT) after a string of setbacks that have delayed the shuttle’s beleaguered mission by a month. It was NASA’s second attempt in two days – and fourth try overall – to fly Endeavour after standing down on Saturday due to concerns over potential damage from recent lightning strikes near its launch pad. Endeavour is now slated to launch its crew of seven astronauts to the International Space Station Monday at 6:51 p.m. EDT (2251 GMT), with a 40 percent chance of good weather expected. [http://news.yahoo.com/s/space/20090712/sc_space/thunderstormsdelayspaceshuttlelaunch] Sources: http://n
The space shuttle Endeavour was due to launch last night after safety checks proved no damage had been done to its electrical systems by a lightning storm late on Friday. Saturday’s scheduled lift-off was expected to be delayed by more than 24 hours after the major electrical storm that struck near the Kennedy Space Centre in Florida. Ahead of last night’s launch scheduled for 7.13pm (2313 GMT), NASA began filling Endeavour’s external fuel tanks with liquid hydrogen and oxygen. The slow-fill “tanking began at 9:48 (1348 GMT) and there is no technical issue to report,” said NASA TV’s official commentator, Candrea Thomas. Earlier on Sunday engineers completed their test of the shuttle’s electronic systems, two days after at least 11 lightning strikes hit the space centre, some within 600 metres of the launch pad. NASA said it postponed Saturday’s launch in order to complete a thorough evaluation of the shuttle’s operating systems. Mike Moses, the head of the mission, said 38 items were s
NASA abandoned plans to launch the space shuttle Endeavour for the fourth time in a row on Sunday, this time because of stormy weather that crept too close to an emergency runway. Endeavour was slated to blast off from a seaside launch pad here at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center at 7:13 p.m. EDT (2313 GMT) after a string of setbacks that have delayed the shuttle’s beleaguered mission by a month. It was NASA’s second attempt in two days – and fourth try overall – to fly Endeavour after standing down on Saturday due to concerns over potential damage from recent lightning strikes near its launch pad. Endeavour is now slated to launch its crew of seven astronauts to the International Space Station Monday at 6:51 p.m. EDT (2251 GMT), with a 40 percent chance of good weather expected.
The space shuttle Endeavour was due to launch last night after safety checks proved no damage had been done to its electrical systems by a lightning storm late on Friday. Saturday’s scheduled lift-off was expected to be delayed by more than 24 hours after the major electrical storm that struck near the Kennedy Space Centre in Florida. Ahead of last night’s launch scheduled for 7.13pm (2313 GMT), NASA began filling Endeavour’s external fuel tanks with liquid hydrogen and oxygen.
