Friday, August 21, 2009

Weather Cooperating, So Far

The fickle Florida weather looks good for the early Tuesday morning launch of space shuttle Discovery. NASA plans to start the countdown August 22.

This launch could potentially be the end of an era. It is scheduled to be the final nighttime shuttle launch. NASA has kept such events fairly rare because, in an energency, operating in the dark would be more difficult, but when they come off, night launches are extraordinary sights.

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