Endeavour Rolls To Pad

[straitman]

For anyone planning to be in Florida in early February.


Endeavour Rolls To Pad


Jan 7, 2010


By Staff

Crews moved the space shuttle Endeavour from the Vehicle Assembly Building at Kennedy Space Center, Fla., to Launch Complex 39A on Jan. 6 in preparation for next month’s STS-130 mission to the International Space Station (ISS).

The six-hour trip for the shuttle stack — orbiter, external tank and two solid-rocket boosters — started at 4:13 a.m. EST. Endeavour is scheduled to lift off at 4:39 a.m. EST Feb. 7 for a 13-day orbital sortie to the ISS.

 

[Mal]

It would be great to see one take off - but as they're often delayed and rescheduled it is quite hard to be at the right place at the right time...

At least I've seen one on it's take-off pad, which is a great sight from up close. (close being still quite a distance away!).

Not many chances left now to see them take off!

 

[straitman]

I was nearby for a launch in 1982.

There was a lot of noise, the ground rumbled something fierce and we saw nothing as it was foggy where we were. Extremely disappointing :!: