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slay Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-07-10 03:43 AM
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Final night launch of space shuttle ever in less than an hour!
Edited on Sun Feb-07-10 03:54 AM by slay
Scheduled to happen at 4:39am EST.

Watch streaming live here: http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/index.html


NASA Fuels Space Shuttle to Launch on Super Bowl Sunday

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – NASA has begun fueling the space shuttle Endeavour for the mother of all Super Bowl pregame shows – a predawn blastoff on Sunday that is expected to be the last night launch of an orbiter ever.

Endeavour and a crew of six astronauts are slated launch toward the International Space Station from a seaside pad here at NASA's Kennedy Space Center. Liftoff is set for 4:39 a.m. EST (0939 GMT),

more: http://news.yahoo.com/s/space/nasafuelsspaceshuttletolaunchonsuperbowlsunday

*on edit - fixed weird sentence fragment bout early launch sounded weird i mean hey it's 3:53am sheesh! heheh
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Suich Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-07-10 03:50 AM
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1. Watching it now!
:bounce: :bounce: :bounce:
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slay Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-07-10 04:58 AM
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2. Well... that was dissapointing..
DOH! 24 hr to 72hr for the next launch window.. maybe tomorrow at 4:14am or 3 something the next day..
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Orsino Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-07-10 05:00 AM
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3. Scrubbed.
Edited on Sun Feb-07-10 05:11 AM by Orsino
I live on the edge of being able to see something, too. :-(
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