Original URL: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/05/23/atlantis_landing_delayed/
Atlantis homecoming delayed again
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Posted in Science, 23rd May 2009 19:33 GMT
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Space shuttle Atlantis will land tomorrow following the second postponement [1] of its homecoming due to bad weather.
NASA explained that "the weather did not permit a Kennedy landing today". Capsule Communicator Greg Johnson elaborated: "There's a chance for a landing at Kennedy [space center] tomorrow, and we're going to keep that option open. Edwards [air force base, California] remains good for tomorrow and Monday, if needed."
During five space walks, the Atlantis crew (pictured front row L-R Pilot Gregory C. Johnson, Commander Scott Altman and Mission Specialist Megan McArthur, back row L-R mission specialists Andrew Feustel, John Grunsfeld, Mike Massimino and Michael Good) installed the new Wide Field Camera 3 [2] and Cosmic Origins Spectrograph [3], replaced the troublesome Science Instrument Command and Data Handling Unit [4], gyros [5] and nickel-hydrogen battery units [6], and repaired the Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph [7] and the Advanced Camera for Surveys [8].
All being well, the venerable eye in the sky is now in good shape to continue working until at least 2014. ®
Links
- http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/05/22/atlantis_landing_postponed/
- http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/hubble/servicing/SM4/main/WFC3_FS_HTML.html
- http://sm4.gsfc.nasa.gov/technology/sm4_cos.php
- http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/hubble/servicing/SM4/main/SICDH_FS_HTML.html
- http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/hubble/servicing/SM4/main/Gyro_FS_HTML.html
- http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/hubble/servicing/SM4/main/Battery_FS_HTML.html
- http://sm4.gsfc.nasa.gov/technology/sm4_stis.php
- http://sm4.gsfc.nasa.gov/technology/sm4_acs.php