Launch Day!

Author: Tom* Comments(3)

UPDATE:  BEAUTIFUL LAUNCH!

Mission/Orbiter:STS-129 / Atlantis

Crew: Commander: Charlie Hobaugh, Pilot: Barry Wilmore, Mission Specialists: Robert Satcher, Michael Foreman, Randy Bresnik and Leland Melvin. Crew bios here.

Note: This is the last scheduled space shuttle crew rotation flight to or from the International Space Station.

Current Status: Go

Launch Date: Monday November 16, 2009 14:28 EST

Odds of Launch: 90 percent.


Launch Pad 39A — Webcam Image courtesy: NASA/Kennedy Space Center

NOAA’s Forecast:

Monday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 76. North northwest wind between 5 and 10 mph.

To keep current with the news about the launch, I recommend you go to NASA’s Launch Blog which should be live by noon or before, just be sure to refresh your browser to get the latest from that site.

You can catch the launch at NASA-TV

Image Credits: NASA / NOAA

3 Comments so far

  1. Trudy on November 16th, 2009

    I hear we are supposed to be able to see a bunch of meteors tonight up til around dawn

    hope we have clear skies

    Trudy

  2. Steady on November 17th, 2009

    Dude, as awesome as this is, but are you seriously not gonna mention that they discovered loads of water on the moon?

  3. Bill on November 18th, 2009

    Yea,

    at first I heard that the “moon bombing” was inconclusive at best and now I heard on NPR that there was all this water found. What’s the scoop?

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