Wednesday, August 30, 2006

Shuttle Launch Back On

Space.com
Despite being pulled off the pad yesterday, Atlantis has been returned as tropical storm Ernesto landed in south Florida and gradually weakened, with winds now expected to be no more than 55 knots. The quick turnaround on the ground allows for a possible launch on either Sep 6 or 7, so long as countdown restarts on Sep 3. An additional day is possible on Sep 8 due to an agreement with the Russians to use their Soyuz mission's fallback date of Sep 18 if the shuttle fails to launch on the two earlier dates.

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