STS-134 Shuttle Mission to the International Space Station Launches Monday 16th @ 13:56 BST

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EDIT: Endeavour will now launch on Monday, May 16 at 13:56 BST (08:56 EDT).

Coming up on the Royal Wedding bank holiday:

Endeavour’s 14-day mission will deliver the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer-2 (AMS) to the International Space Station. AMS, a particle physics detector, is designed to search for various types of unusual matter by measuring cosmic rays. Its experiments are designed to help researchers study the formation of the universe and search for evidence of dark matter, strange matter and antimatter. Endeavour also will fly the Expedite the Processing of Experiment to Space Station (Express) Logistics Carrier 3 (ELC-3), a platform that carries spare parts that will sustain space station operations once the shuttles are retired from service. The mission will feature four spacewalks to do maintenance work and install new components. These are the last scheduled spacewalks by shuttle crew members. Shuttle mission STS-134 is the final flight for Endeavour and the second to last flight for the Space Shuttle Program.

I’m sure that many of you will want to watch this. Scheduled for launch at 20:47 BST on Friday 29th of April (15:47 EDT).

Here is where to watch it:

The new NASA TV link

NASA TV in HD on UStream

The Spaceflight Now link

Another 1200kbps stream​

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Is this the revised launch date to avoid the Soyuz launch? Not sure if it's already launched.

It is the revised date (was planned for 19th) for STS-134 launch. Progress 41P will leave the ISS on the 22nd and Progress 42P will be launching on the 27th and arriving on the 29th. STS-134 will dock with ISS on the 1st of May so avoiding the Russian traffic.
 
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While we wait for tomorrow’s press conference let’s go back to Endeavour's maiden flight, STS-49 all the back to 1992.

Departure for Kennedy May 2, 1991:

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Lift-off, May 7, 1992:

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Capturing INTELSAT VI:

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Today’s snippet is the Endeavour Tribute:

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The space shuttle Endeavour orbiter tribute, or OV-105, hangs in Firing Room 4 of the Launch Control Center at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. It features Endeavour soaring into orbit above the sailing vessel HMS Endeavour for which it was named. The Cupola, delivered to the International Space Station by Endeavour on STS-130, frames various images that represent the processing and execution of the Space Shuttle Program. Clockwise from top, are the first-ever use of a drag chute during the STS-49 landing, rollout to a launch pad, a ferry flight return to Kennedy, rolling into an orbiter processing facility, docking to the International Space Station, and lifting operations before being mated to an external fuel tank and solid rocket boosters in the Vehicle Assembly Building. The background image was captured by the Hubble Space Telescope and signifies the first shuttle servicing mission, which was performed by Endeavour's STS-61 crew. Crew-designed patches from Endeavour’s maiden voyage through its final mission are shown ascending toward the stars. Five orbiter tributes are on display in the firing room, representing Atlantis, Challenger, Columbia, Endeavour and Discovery.

Graphic design credit: NASA/Amy Lombardo

See the full size image.
 
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It is the revised date (was planned for 19th) for STS-134 launch. Progress 41P will leave the ISS on the 22nd and Progress 42P will be launching on the 27th and arriving on the 29th. STS-134 will dock with ISS on the 1st of May so avoiding the Russian traffic.

Even in space terms that's quite some traffic up there.

As always another top thread Simulatorman:D
 
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We knew it but official confirmation that we are go for Friday week:


More history, STS-61 with Endeavour on the first Hubble space telescope servicing mission in 1993:

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More Endeavour history. On STS-126 Endeavour had to land at Edwards Air Force Base due to bad weather. Here is the return journey to Kennedy Space Center:


 
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