Didn’t catch the Shuttle liftoff? Try this one then

US East Coasters may get another chance to see a spectacular launch: a powerful rocket is scheduled to lift off from NASA’s Wallops Island (Virginia) facility on Friday December 15 at 7:00 a.m. local time. Space.com has the details.

December 12th, 2006 2:28 PM by Phil Plait in Cool stuff, NASA | 2 comments | RSS feed | Trackback >

2 Responses to “Didn’t catch the Shuttle liftoff? Try this one then”

1. csrster Says:
December 13th, 2006 at 1:01 am

According to the various news sources I consult daily, the principle highlight of this mission is either
“fourth Briton in Space” or “first Scandinavian in Space”. Is the USA also involved?
2. gerald miller Says:
December 13th, 2006 at 5:54 am

This event was originally scheduled for Monday but was canceled due to the shuttle
postponement. Apparently Wallops uses the same communications stations as Florida. I guess the only question is why. Wallops is officially a “space port” and i am looking forward to many more flights from there since I live in Delaware and its a short drive to Wallops. The station was mostly used for launching weather balloons in the past.

Ger

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