Shuttle Update

Author: Tom* Comments(5)

Shuttle Endeavour (STS-130) launches on Feb 8, 2010. Image credit: NASA/Ben Cooper

It’s been a long time since I changed out my desktop background and this picture was too good to pass up.

A quick shuttle update, experts on the ground are going over images of the shuttle looking for damage.  So far as far as

I’ve heard things look good.  Currently the shuttle is chasing down the ISS and should catch up Wednesday just after midnight.

There will be further inspections at that time as there always is, but like I said, things look good.

This is the next to the last scheduled flight of Endeavour.  The final flight is scheduled for July 29, 2010 as STS-134 and that flight will be the next to the last scheduled shuttle flight ever.  After that, well I’m not going there.

Grab a desktop below if you are so inclined (you can also get standard sizes at the NASA site).

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5 Comments so far

  1. Tom on February 9th, 2010

    Oh BTW, I’m the one with the 1366 screen, who ever heard of that?

  2. Trudy B on February 9th, 2010

    LOL you just wanted to be different

  3. Gary Wigle on February 9th, 2010

    Still have a CRT? I tried it…ugly to the bone.

  4. Chris on February 10th, 2010

    Tom, I just got a new widescreen laptop and apparently I use 1366, too.

  5. Tom on February 10th, 2010

    Me too.

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