STS-125

[bradleyjs]

23May09 - 2050hrs,

Just got heard the Central FL news report for tomorrow's weather: Looks like KSC will have a 30% chance of rain/cloud cover and they don't seem to think that it will be favorable for a landing at 1009 hrs.

FYI

[Steven]

Can almost guarantee they will get her down tomorrow, whether it's EDW or KSC.  That's just my gut speaking...  Don't kill me if it doesn't happen!

[bradleyjs]

Honestly, my best guess will be an Edwards landing... the weather at KSC has been too unstable because of the severe low pressure we've had for the last 5 days... Nut let's keep our fingers crossed.

As I understand the situation, they only have enough "reserves" (oxygen, etc) to last them till tomorrow and will have to deorbit regardless.

[simking]

LOL watching Nasa TV now The crew played their own wake up music to MC take me home by phil colins, their up early this AM,0115

[USA~Driver]

24May09 - 0055hrs

Atlantis astronauts will try to land today at Kennedy Space Center or at a backup landing site in California after stormy weather in Central Florida prompted NASA to keep the crew in orbit Saturday.

NASA will have two chances to bring the shuttle down to KSC: at 10:09 a.m. and 11:48 a.m. But forecasters expect showers, thunderstorms, lightning and low cloud decks -- conditions similar to those that forced landing postponements Friday and Saturday. The weather at Edwards Air Force Base north of Los Angeles is expected to be nearly pristine. Landing opportunities there will come at 11:38 a.m. and 1:17 p.m.

NASA prefers to land at KSC because it costs $1.8 million to ferry an Shuttle from California to Florida.

Atlantis has enough electrical power to remain in space only until Monday, so NASA expects to send the shuttle and its crew to one site or the other today. A decision to keep the Shuttle in space another day would happen only if a major systems problem occurred today.

[bradleyjs]

Very good update -- Thanks

[Admin]

24May09 - 0055hrs

Atlantis astronauts will try to land today at Kennedy Space Center or at a backup landing site in California after stormy weather in Central Florida prompted NASA to keep the crew in orbit Saturday.

NASA will have two chances to bring the shuttle down to KSC: at 10:09 a.m. and 11:48 a.m. But forecasters expect showers, thunderstorms, lightning and low cloud decks -- conditions similar to those that forced landing postponements Friday and Saturday. The weather at Edwards Air Force Base north of Los Angeles is expected to be nearly pristine. Landing opportunities there will come at 11:38 a.m. and 1:17 p.m.

NASA prefers to land at KSC because it costs $1.8 million to ferry an Shuttle from California to Florida.

Atlantis has enough electrical power to remain in space only until Monday, so NASA expects to send the shuttle and its crew to one site or the other today. A decision to keep the Shuttle in space another day would happen only if a major systems problem occurred today.

I keep thinking about drinking that recycled urine for two more days...

/Admin

[uri_ba]

24May09 - 0055hrs

Atlantis astronauts will try to land today at Kennedy Space Center or at a backup landing site in California after stormy weather in Central Florida prompted NASA to keep the crew in orbit Saturday.

NASA will have two chances to bring the shuttle down to KSC: at 10:09 a.m. and 11:48 a.m. But forecasters expect showers, thunderstorms, lightning and low cloud decks -- conditions similar to those that forced landing postponements Friday and Saturday. The weather at Edwards Air Force Base north of Los Angeles is expected to be nearly pristine. Landing opportunities there will come at 11:38 a.m. and 1:17 p.m.

NASA prefers to land at KSC because it costs $1.8 million to ferry an Shuttle from California to Florida.

Atlantis has enough electrical power to remain in space only until Monday, so NASA expects to send the shuttle and its crew to one site or the other today. A decision to keep the Shuttle in space another day would happen only if a major systems problem occurred today.

I keep thinking about drinking that recycled urine for two more days...

/Admin

no those are the ISS  guys.

shuttle folks drink fuelcell water that has been sterilized with Chlorine..

yummy! :|

[Nephi]

Go for deorbit burn, landing in Edwards !
Long wait but great weather in edwards in runway 22.

[USA~Driver]

24May09 - 0917 hrs.

NASA on Sunday gave up waiting for weather to clear for space shuttle Atlantis to land in Florida, diverting it to Edwards instead as it wrapped an extended 13-day mission to refurbish the Hubble Telescope.

Touchdown is scheduled for 11:39 EDT (1539 GMT).   

[schmidtrock]

De-orbit burn complete. Godspeed Atlantis.

[bradleyjs]

Beautiful Landing Atlantis!!!!

[schmidtrock]

Welcome home Atlantis and congratulations STS 125! Go Hubble!

[bradleyjs]

I just noticed something, well actually a couple of days ago, I keep hearing MC say "Heading Alignment Circle" (HAC) and in the manual it's called "Heading Alignment Cone" -- is the manual incorrect?

[USA~Driver]

Space Shuttle Atlantis safely touched down this morning at 11:39 a.m., Eastern Daylight Time, at Edwards Air Force Base in California.

13 days
197 orbits
5,276,000 miles
5 spacewalks for a record 37hrs.