![]() Send us your comments - Selected responses are posted daily.Ĭopyright © 1996 Cable News Network, Inc.Įxternal sites are not endorsed by CNN Interactive.CNN's STS-72 mission page with updated images from NASA TV.Endeavour is dueīack at the Kennedy Space Center on January 20. Takes into account low temperature, wind and humidity inĭetermining whether it is safe to launch. Stiffened the O-rings in the shuttle's booster rockets,Īfter the accident, NASA adopted an elaborate formula that Was 36 degrees, the coldest ever for a shuttle launch, whenĬhallenger exploded 10 years ago this month, killing all Heaters to protect crucial shuttle parts. It was 44 degrees at liftoff, warm enough under the rulesĮstablished after the 1986 Challenger disaster. Station partners, and is aiming for a manned moon base of its Hours of spacewalks per year from 1999 through 2001 toĪssemble the international space station. Where those usually bring about 4 million to 5 million in to the area, Endeavours launch is. During the two spacewalks, the astronauts also will practice with tools to be used to build the space station.Īmerican astronauts alone will have to perform 200 to 250 In comparison, most regular shuttle launches draw between 150,000 and 200,000 visitors, Varley said. Will plunge to minus 100 degrees Fahrenheit (minus 73 Celsius) while Scott stays at rest. Orbiter will be rotated away from the sun and the temperature Scott will give his spacesuit the biggest workout. Leroy Chiao will conduct spacewalks to check out whetherĬhanges made to spacesuits are enough to keep astronauts warmįor the long hours they'll need to build the planned Satellites, while crew members Dan Barry, Winston Scott and ![]() Pilot Brent Jett will help with the rendezvous of the Will look at ways near-zero gravity affects baby rats - some It carries four experiments, including one that science satellite that will be retrieved twoĭays later. Lift a NASA science satellite from the shuttle's payload bayĮndeavour Commander Brian Duffy ( 68K AIFF sound or 68K WAV sound) and his crew will also On Sunday, Wakata will use the shuttle's robot arm again to Shuttle has grabbed a spacecraft launched by another nation. Picked up and returned to Earth, marking the first time the Japan will pay NASA about $50 million to have the satellite It also contains crystal-growth furnaces and infrared Japan last March - and fertilized newt eggs, all part of aīiological experiment on spawning habits in weightlessness. The four-ton reusable satellite holds twoĭead newts - they died shortly after being launched from Home nation almost a year ago and now in orbit nearly 300 Shuttle's robot arm to retrieve a satellite launched by his On Saturday, Japanese astronaut, Koichi Wakata ( 68K AIFF sound or 68K WAV sound), will use the Lighting the sky for miles around ( 536K QuickTime movie). Spaceship rose from its seaside pad at 4:41 a.m. ![]() Launch and retrieval, and two spacewalks. Mission includes a satellite retrieval, a separate satellite mission dedicated to the assembly of the International Space Station. ![]() Orbit before dawn Thursday morning ( 128K AIFF sound or 128K WAV sound). The Space Shuttle Endeavour lights up the night sky as it embarks on the first U.S. Space shuttle Endeavour and its six-member crew rocketed into 11, 1996 Fire in the night - Endeavour launched Busy nine-day mission aheadĬAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (CNN) - After a 23-minute delay, We'll send you the top local news stories every morning at 8 a.m.CNN - Fire in the night - Endeavour launched - Jan. The effort will begin with installation of “aft skirts,” on which the solid rocket motors will be stacked to form the solid rocket boosters. The new center is not expected to open until 2025, but July 20 will mark the beginning of a six-month “Go for Stack” process. But construction began last year on the center’s $400 million Samuel Oschin Air and Space Center, which will house the shuttle in the vertical launch position with the rocket boosters and fuel tank. The shuttle has been on display horizontally at the Science Center for 11 years. Courtesy California Science CenterĬalifornia Science Center officials later this month will begin the process of reconfiguring the space shuttle Endeavour into a planned vertical display with rocket boosters and external fuel tank, marking the first time such a feat will have been performed with a shuttle outside of a NASA facility. A rendering of how the space shuttle will appear in the museum’s new air and space center. ![]()
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