Tue, Apr 05, 2011
Earlier Launch Would Have Conflicted With Russian Progress
Vehicle Docking
Following discussions among the International Space Station
partners on Sunday, NASA has targeted the launch of space shuttle
Endeavour's STS-134 mission for 1547 EDT on Friday, April 29. The
delay removes a scheduling conflict with a Russian Progress supply
vehicle scheduled to launch April 27 and arrive at the station
April 29.
NASA managers will hold a Flight Readiness Review on Tuesday,
April 19, to assess the team's readiness to support launch. An
official launch date will be selected at the conclusion of the
meeting.
The Progress 42 spacecraft will be delivering supplies to the
station. Three more members of the Expedition 27 crew are scheduled
to launch at 6:18 pm EDT on Monday, April 4, from the Baikonur
Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Their arrival will return the station
crew's size to six members. Russian cosmonauts Andrey Borisenko and
Alexander Samokutyaev and NASA astronaut Ron Garan are scheduled to
arrive at the station at 7:18 p.m., Wednesday, April 6, to join
cosmonaut Expedition 27 Commander Dmitry Kondratyev, European Space
Agency astronaut Paolo Nespoli and NASA astronaut Cady Coleman, who
have been aboard the station since mid-December.
STS-134 Crew
Meanwhile only minor damage was found to space shuttle
Endeavour's external fuel tank foam during detailed inspections
Saturday by technicians and engineers on Launch Pad 39A at NASA's
Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Evaluations indicate there was no
damage to the spacecraft. Teams were assessing any possible damage
from severe storms that hit Kennedy on Wednesday and Thursday.
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