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SHUTTLE APPEARS TO BE ON TIME!!FEBRUARY 12th
Space shuttle Discovery readies for Feb. launch
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS:
Posted: 01/14/2009 10:44:54 AM MST
Updated: 01/14/2009 10:44:55 AM MST
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.
—NASA has moved space shuttle Discovery to its launch pad for a February 12th supply run to the international space station.
Discovery moved out to the pad Wednesday. Seven astronauts are scheduled to blast off around sunrise Feb. 12 with the space station's final set of solar wings. The crew will conduct four spacewalks to hook up the new equipment and perform maintenance.
The space shuttle also will deliver, if it's ready, a machine designed to turn astronauts' urine into safe drinking water. A similar processor that went up in November is not working, and bringing it home could help engineers understand what's wrong.
One of Discovery's crew—Koichi Wakata—will replace an astronaut on the orbiting outpost and become the first Japanese to live up there.
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Glad to see there is a great group coming and per the Associated Press in previous post, the shuttle is on schedule.
Our group of 3 coaches, Coloradobus, The Neffs, the Lewis-Mathieus, however, will be leaving February 13th. We won't be able to participate in the Pot Luck on Saturday the 14th. That day, we have dinner rez's in Disney.:(
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Jim,Thanks for the AP report,we will be also leaving on the 13th,I am listed as John Finch on my reservation.Jack
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Jack,
Are you heading to Walt's place, too? We will be staying at Ft Wilderness in a dog loop.
St.V Day dinner will be at Artist Point in the Wilderness Lodge.;)
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I promised Donna that we would be home on Friday evening because she has a commitment for Saturday morning.
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Hi we are going to be at the rally and have our reservations even though they do not show us lised and I will call them today. Let me know what I need to do to help. Thanks Dani
