ENDEAVOUR—The graveyard shift
March 10, 2008—Overnighters at the
As bad as this early morning launch may be, the worst night like this has to have been STS-48, back in 1991. The Shuttle’s payload was the fourteen thousand pound, school bus sized, Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite. It was known by the nickname UARS. The launch went fine, and deployment of the satellite went fine. Then, Discovery’s crew was supposed to make the first-ever night-time landing at the
We’d have to wait until 1993, when Shuttle Discovery, Commanded by Astronaut Frank Culbertson made the first
Everything looks good for Endeavour’s launch Tuesday morning. At least, NASA can’t switch launch sites at the last minute.
BTW, I look forward to seeing everybody at the College Park Family Picnic, this Sunday 3/16, at 12 noon at Dartmouth Park at the corner of Edgewater Drive and Dartmouth Avenue. They made a generous invitation for me to have a book signing for "Final Countdown". So come get a hot dog, and a book! Copies are also available at Barnes and Noble, amazon.com, and through Scientific American's Book Club at...
More to come.
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