Does anyone know if this is valid?
http://www.nasa.gov/missions/highlights/schedule.html

Looks like May 12th and then 15th - Shuttles to be launched 3 days apart?

Only thing that I can figure is that they are sending the 2nd one up to be ready in case there is a rescue mission needed... Either way, I have already booked the camp site in titusville, and plan on being down there for both of them.

cull contact with mike finke onbord iss on december 28 2008.

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MIKE FINKE NA ISS 28 DEZEMBRO 2008.mp3

The seven astronauts killed during the 2003 loss of NASA's space shuttle Columbia survived less than a minute after their spacecraft began breaking apart, according to a new report released Tuesday that suggests changes to astronaut training and spacecraft cabin design.

The 400-page "Columbia Crew Survival Investigation Report" released today states that Columbia's ill-fated crew had a period of just 40 seconds between the loss of control of their spacecraft and its lethal depressurization in which to act on Feb. 1, 2003.

The crew's response was hampered by delays in donning their re-entry pressure suits, which ultimately would not have saved them during the searing plunge into the atmosphere anyway.