Archive - Sep 5, 2008
NASA Changes 2008 Shuttle Target Launch Dates, Schedules TCDT
NASA has adjusted the target launch dates for the two remaining space shuttle missions in 2008. Shuttle Atlantis' STS-125 mission to the Hubble Space Telescope is targeted for Oct. 10, while Endeavour's STS-126 supply mission to the International Space Station has moved to Nov. 12.
Shuttle managers made the decision after Atlantis was rolled to the launch pad and the effects of Tropical Storm Hanna were beyond NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. That allowed managers to more accurately assess the impacts of recent tropical systems on the launch schedule.
Atlantis began rolling from Kennedy's Vehicle Assembly Building to Launch Pad 39A Thursday at 9:19 a.m. EDT. The shuttle arrived at the pad at approximately 2 p.m. and was secured at 3:52 p.m. Atlantis now is targeted to launch at approximately 12:33 a.m. EDT, Friday, Oct. 10. NASA Television coverage of launch will begin at 7:30 p.m. EDT on Thursday, Oct. 9. The 11-day flight will include five spacewalks to repair and upgrade the Hubble telescope. Atlantis is scheduled to land at approximately 10:21 p.m., Oct. 20.
ISS Radio Report
New Tracking System (finally)
All right guys, this is it.
I rewrote the tracking system. The other one was quite old and it needed a rewrite from scratch.
Its all build upon predict by John Magliacane. A lot of others copied the idea (including Amsat) but believe me this site was the first one that exposed John's program on the web.
Now, before you take a look at the ugly code, please consider that this is my first and only Javascript/AJAX/Google Maps attempt and that I am doing this after work, generally between 11PM and 2AM.
I still have to finish the job but I could not wait any longer to see it online.
Feel free to correct, propose new things and report bugs in this thread.