Guest guest Posted August 30, 2006 Report Share Posted August 30, 2006 Dear All, Shuttle launch window extended to Sept. 8BY WILLIAM HARWOODSTORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS "SPACE PLACE" & USED WITH PERMISSIONPosted: August 30, 2006 NASA and Russian space managers agreed today to extend the shuttle Atlantis' launch window by one day, to Sept. 8, to bolster the U.S. space agency's chances of getting the weather-delayed shuttle off the ground this month. To get the extra day, NASA managers agreed that Atlantis will undock from the international space station by Sept. 17 at the latest, clearing the way for launch of a Russian Soyuz rocket carrying the space station's next crew at 12:08 a.m. EDT on Sept. 18. NASA managers hope to have Atlantis ready for launch by Sept. 6, if possible, after tropical storm Ernesto passes through the Kennedy Space Center area. A launch on Sept. 6 or 7 would permit NASA to extend the docked phase of the mission by up to two days to give the crew time for additional heat shield inspections, if necessary, or to deal with other contingencies. A launch on Sept. 8, however, would force NASA to forego one additional docked day in order to ensure an undocking on Sept. 17. Any shuttle launch past Sept. 8 would force the Russians to delay the launch of Soyuz TMA-9. And that, in turn, would delay the return of the station's outgoing crew aboard the Soyuz TMA-8 spacecraft, resulting in a night landing. For safety reasons, the Russians want to avoid that scenario if at all possible. Under current planning, if Atlantis fails to get off the ground by Sept. 8 the flight will be delayed to around Oct. 26, barring a NASA decision to relax current rules requiring a daylight launch. In that case, the Russians had hoped to move the Soyuz TMA-9 launch back up to Sept. 14, the mission's original launch date before the Russians agreed to accommodate launch attempts through Sept. 7. Now that Sept. 8 is a possibility for Atlantis, the Russians have decided to forego any attempt to launch the Soyuz on Sept. 14 and to focus exclusively on Sept. 18. I am cast RP to conferm date when shuttal lanch. we have three date 6,7,8. Sept.2006 RP are: 31-08-2006 07:27:11 DATE DD,MM,YYYY e.g. 9,2,1997 ? 31,08,2006WANT GULBURGA METHOD Y/N ? TIME:24 HR BASIS not AM/PM,Hr,Mi.Sec ? 07,21,11 DAY LORD IS JUP. ASC= 146 28 34 SUN VEN MOON/CHANDRA 213 27 39 MARS SAT RAHU 332 18 59 JUP JUP KETU 152 18 59 MERC SUN ANOTHER TIME Y/N ? MOON transit in RAH on 6th,JUP on 7th and SAT on 8th. MOON is in the star of SAT in RP that's means PUNARPHOO is here so i profer last date 8th Sept. On 8th Sept day is Frieday ruled by VEN which is from RP. in my oipnion Shullte atlantis will launch on 8th sept.2006 regards Kanak >> I Love Walking In Rain Because Nobody Can See Me Crying << All-new Mail - Fire up a more powerful email and get things done faster. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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