My dreams of becoming a rocket scientist were put to rest but that wont stop me from pursuing this wonderful piece of science. And here's my first post about it. Thursday's space shuttle launch was scrubbed due to patch of clouds directly over the launch pad meaning that Discovery and her seven astronauts would have to wait couple more days to rocket towards the ISS.
Launch time is now set for Saturday at 8:47:34 p.m. EST (0147:34 Dec. 10 GMT).Discovery’s STS-116 astronaut crew planned to launch at 9:35:48 p.m. EST (0235:48 Dec. 8 GMT), but thick clouds prompted a one-day delay in the ISS construction mission. A heavy cloud layer, with clouds estimated at 500 feet thick, violated NASA’s flight rules for the space shot.
Discovery’s launch window currently runs from Dec. 7 to 17, and could be extended to Dec. 26 if mission managers approve the shuttle for flight during the year-end switch from 2006 to 2007.
Launch time is pushed back about 23 minutes for every day of delay, so that the spacecraft can reach the ISS, which is orbiting about 220 miles (352 kilometers) above Earth at a rate of about five miles per second.
Discovery’s launch window currently runs from Dec. 7 to 17, and could be extended to Dec. 26 if mission managers approve the shuttle for flight during the year-end switch from 2006 to 2007.
Launch time is pushed back about 23 minutes for every day of delay, so that the spacecraft can reach the ISS, which is orbiting about 220 miles (352 kilometers) above Earth at a rate of about five miles per second.
