To: All
Running a few minutes ahead of schedule, crew just departed their quarters. The astronauts are boarding the AstroVan for the ride from the Industrial Area to launch pad 39A on the edge of the Atlantic Ocean. Commander Mark Polansky, pilot Doug Hurley, flight engineer Julie Payette, spacewalkers Chris Cassidy, Tom Marshburn and Dave Wolf, and station-bound astronaut Tim Kopra emerged from crew quarters at 2:12 p.m. EDT.
30 posted on
08/24/2009 6:51:02 PM PDT by
KevinDavis
(Can't Stop the Signal!)
To: All
The AstroVan is passing the 52-story Vehicle Assembly Building where Discovery was attached to its external tank and solid rocket boosters and the adjacent Launch Control Center.
The Press Site is located across the street, and reporters went outside to watch at the passing convoy. This is a launch day tradition to say farewell and good luck to the astronaut crews.
The rain has stopped and the concern about lightning has passed.
32 posted on
08/24/2009 6:59:13 PM PDT by
KevinDavis
(Can't Stop the Signal!)
To: KevinDavis
Or a few months Quantum leap back in time LOL.
33 posted on
08/24/2009 7:02:54 PM PDT by
cva66snipe
(Two Choices left for U.S. One Nation Under GOD or One Nation Under Judgment? Which one say ye?)
To: KevinDavis
What launch are you watching? That crew went up a month or so ago.
35 posted on
08/24/2009 7:13:00 PM PDT by
NCC-1701
(ON 1-19-09 GAS WAS, ON AVERAGE IN MEMPHIS, $1.43 A GALLON.)
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