11 March 2008 01:28:00 EST
Pleasant conditions continue this evening. Skies will stay mainly clear overnight and weather will be favorable for the launch of Endeavour around 2:30 Tuesday morning! Forecast lows will near the upper 40s north of the Bay, and mid to upper 50s inland and along the coast.
Press Kit
Endeavour’s Countdown Proceeding Smoothly
March 10, 2008 - 6:30 p.m. EDT
The loading of the space shuttle's external tank with 500,000 gallons of liquid oxygen and hydrogen began at 5:04 p.m. EDT, and the "topping off" of the tank's propellants will continue until launch time. All systems are functioning normally.
The liftoff of space shuttle Endeavour on the STS-123 mission remains on schedule for 2:28 a.m. EDT Tuesday, March 11.
There is still a 90 percent chance that weather will not affect the launch. The only concern is for low clouds moving onshore at the time of launch.
The forecast is also favorable at the Kennedy Space Center Shuttle Landing Facility and at least one of the Trans Atlantic sites, should an abort landing be necessary.
NASA astronaut Dominic Gorie commands a crew of six, including Pilot Gregory H. Johnson and Mission Specialists Rick Linnehan, Robert L. Behnken, Mike Foreman, Garrett Reisman and Japanese astronaut Takao Doi. Johnson, Behnken and Foreman will be making their first spaceflight.
During the 16-day mission, the crew's two prime objectives are to deliver and attach to the International Space Station the first component of Japan's new laboratory called Kibo, as well as Canada's new robotics system, the Special Purpose Dexterous Manipulator, or Dextre. STS-123 is the 25th shuttle mission to the International Space Station.
NASA TV will cover the launch
Pleasant conditions continue this evening. Skies will stay mainly clear overnight and weather will be favorable for the launch of Endeavour around 2:30 Tuesday morning! Forecast lows will near the upper 40s north of the Bay, and mid to upper 50s inland and along the coast.
Press Kit
Endeavour’s Countdown Proceeding Smoothly
March 10, 2008 - 6:30 p.m. EDT
The loading of the space shuttle's external tank with 500,000 gallons of liquid oxygen and hydrogen began at 5:04 p.m. EDT, and the "topping off" of the tank's propellants will continue until launch time. All systems are functioning normally.
The liftoff of space shuttle Endeavour on the STS-123 mission remains on schedule for 2:28 a.m. EDT Tuesday, March 11.
There is still a 90 percent chance that weather will not affect the launch. The only concern is for low clouds moving onshore at the time of launch.
The forecast is also favorable at the Kennedy Space Center Shuttle Landing Facility and at least one of the Trans Atlantic sites, should an abort landing be necessary.
NASA astronaut Dominic Gorie commands a crew of six, including Pilot Gregory H. Johnson and Mission Specialists Rick Linnehan, Robert L. Behnken, Mike Foreman, Garrett Reisman and Japanese astronaut Takao Doi. Johnson, Behnken and Foreman will be making their first spaceflight.
During the 16-day mission, the crew's two prime objectives are to deliver and attach to the International Space Station the first component of Japan's new laboratory called Kibo, as well as Canada's new robotics system, the Special Purpose Dexterous Manipulator, or Dextre. STS-123 is the 25th shuttle mission to the International Space Station.
NASA TV will cover the launch
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