U.S. shuttle Discovery prepares for Florida to jump-start Thursday in his recent trip into space, carrying six astronauts, including a woman, on a trip takes eleven days to the International Space Station. It Voyage before last by the American shuttle, and the last flight of the shuttle in particular.
Journey ahead, which will be conducted by the shuttle Endeavour on the nineteenth of April, is likely to be the last space flight carried out by an American shuttle, before pulling out of the three U.S. shuttles from service and sent to museums in 2011.
Has added another mission in 2011 when the U.S. Congress allocated the money necessary to them.
He had earlier delayed the U.S. space agency launch Discovery of the fifth of November to mid-December due to leakage of hydrogen in the external tank during filling.
After the dump about two million liters of liquid hydrogen and oxygen at a temperature very low, were discovered a long crack in the foam, and some cracks in the metal cover.
Then the agency decided to postpone the launch again to the third of February, for all Alvhsos necessary to show the cause of these cracks in the metal casing that surrounds the tank.
Agency and then returned and announced that it plans to launch Discovery on February 24 after found a solution to a technical problem was Pthqqat on the shuttle's external tank.
Said Mike Sovredeni director of the International Space Station during a press conference, "We think that we can launch the shuttle in the February 24" next.
It is scheduled for launch the shuttle at 21.50 T.. G., From the launch pad 39 - ie, in the Kennedy in Florida.
The countdown has begun at 20.00 T.. G. On Monday, the weather forecast indicated the possibility of 80% to be the weather conditions suitable for the launch at the scheduled time.
, "Said Kathy Winters, an expert in meteorology" the weather will be excellent during all stages of preparation to launch, "as stated in the statement of NASA.
During this mission will last 11 days, will carry the crew and the shuttle "Robonot 2", the first humanoid robot, flying in space, and will stay permanently in the International Space Station to complete several tasks.
The weight of this robot 150 kilograms and a length of one meter, is the fruit of cooperation between NASA and the General Motors group. This robot will be sent daily messages on Twitter about space activities.
Discovery also will carry cargo cabin Leonardo CD-ROM, which will remain permanently docked with the ISS to form additional storage space.
The shuttle also will carry a platform for Foreign Affairs of the International Space Station "Express Logistics 4", designed for extra storage, too.
Discovery will carry, in addition to the captain, Eric Poe (46 years), Assistant Commandant, and two thousand specialists Drew (48 years), and Michael Pratt (51 years), and Nicole Stott (48 years) and Steve Bowen (47 years).
It is expected to be completed compilation of the International Space Station this year, where work has been extended from 2015 to 2020.
And participate in the affordable $ 100 billion in 17 countries, including the United States.
Journey ahead, which will be conducted by the shuttle Endeavour on the nineteenth of April, is likely to be the last space flight carried out by an American shuttle, before pulling out of the three U.S. shuttles from service and sent to museums in 2011.
Has added another mission in 2011 when the U.S. Congress allocated the money necessary to them.
He had earlier delayed the U.S. space agency launch Discovery of the fifth of November to mid-December due to leakage of hydrogen in the external tank during filling.
After the dump about two million liters of liquid hydrogen and oxygen at a temperature very low, were discovered a long crack in the foam, and some cracks in the metal cover.
Then the agency decided to postpone the launch again to the third of February, for all Alvhsos necessary to show the cause of these cracks in the metal casing that surrounds the tank.
Agency and then returned and announced that it plans to launch Discovery on February 24 after found a solution to a technical problem was Pthqqat on the shuttle's external tank.
Said Mike Sovredeni director of the International Space Station during a press conference, "We think that we can launch the shuttle in the February 24" next.
It is scheduled for launch the shuttle at 21.50 T.. G., From the launch pad 39 - ie, in the Kennedy in Florida.
The countdown has begun at 20.00 T.. G. On Monday, the weather forecast indicated the possibility of 80% to be the weather conditions suitable for the launch at the scheduled time.
, "Said Kathy Winters, an expert in meteorology" the weather will be excellent during all stages of preparation to launch, "as stated in the statement of NASA.
During this mission will last 11 days, will carry the crew and the shuttle "Robonot 2", the first humanoid robot, flying in space, and will stay permanently in the International Space Station to complete several tasks.
The weight of this robot 150 kilograms and a length of one meter, is the fruit of cooperation between NASA and the General Motors group. This robot will be sent daily messages on Twitter about space activities.
Discovery also will carry cargo cabin Leonardo CD-ROM, which will remain permanently docked with the ISS to form additional storage space.
The shuttle also will carry a platform for Foreign Affairs of the International Space Station "Express Logistics 4", designed for extra storage, too.
Discovery will carry, in addition to the captain, Eric Poe (46 years), Assistant Commandant, and two thousand specialists Drew (48 years), and Michael Pratt (51 years), and Nicole Stott (48 years) and Steve Bowen (47 years).
It is expected to be completed compilation of the International Space Station this year, where work has been extended from 2015 to 2020.
And participate in the affordable $ 100 billion in 17 countries, including the United States.
And to remove all of the shuttles service the United States will depend only on the Russian Soyuz vehicles to transport American astronauts to the International Space Station waiting for the vehicles equipped with commercial space, or the American shuttles, which will replace the current American vehicles. Is not likely to become the new American shuttles ready before the year 2015.
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