NASA Shuttle Atalntis Ready for Final Flight; To Carry Two iPhone 4s to ISS
NASA Shuttle Atlantis Ready for Final Flight; To Carry Two iPhone 4s to ISSBy IB Times Staff Reporter | Jun 23, 2011 02:28 AM EDT
NASA space shuttle Atlantis is getting ready for its targeted July 8 launch to the International Space Station, which will end the 30-year space shuttle program. The shuttle is expected to launch on July 8 at 11:26 am EDT.
The trip will last for 12 days, during which 8,000 pounds of spare parts will be delivered to the International Space Station. The shuttle will also test whether it is possible to robotically refuel existing orbiting satellites.
The crew members for the STS-135 mission are: Commander Christopher Ferguson, Pilot Douglas Hurley and Mission Specialists Sandra Magnus and Rex Walheim.
The four astronauts are undergoing prelaunch training at Launch Pad 39A of NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. "They practiced emergency escape procedures and inspected the payloads inside Atlantis' cargo bay. Later they received operations and payload briefings inside Kennedy's Launch Control Center," NASA said in a statement.
Before beginning their training this morning, the crew members answered questions from the news media during a live NASA TV broadcast from the launch pad. Reflecting on the significance of this final space shuttle mission, Commander Ferguson said, "I don't think that the full magnitude of the moment will really hit us until the wheels have stopped on the runway. I'm not sure words will really be able to capture for the crew and for the entire shuttle workforce just how much the shuttle program has meant to us for the last 30 years."
On Wednesday, the Space Shuttle Program held its level program Flight Readiness Review at the Johnson Space Center in Houston. The team recommended a "go" to conduct the review at the agency level next Tuesday, with a targeted launch date of July 8 for STS-135 to the International Space Station.
Technicians have completed the wafer high-tech X-ray scans of Atlantis' external fuel tank beams support Stringer. Technicians will analyze the merits of 21-foot long beams of the shuttle. Other Technicians replaced the main fuel valve in the engines of the Space Shuttle Main # 3 yesterday.New test of the valve is in place next.
In addition to spare parts to be brought to the International Space Station, shuttle transportation iPhone 4 two Apple Inc U.S. National Laboratory. The iPhone will probably do the return trip on a Russian Soyuz vehicle in the fall of 2011.
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