http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/melvin.html
Its been scrubbed again, this time til January. So Dan Tani was ready to come home and wanted to be home for Christmas. Sorry bout that Dan
And it looks like it'll finally launch tommorow. The Detroit Lion will be on board.
Doomed.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tahoe
RIP
Send Millen in his place.
I would NEVER go up in that thing.
The hatch just closed. About an hour to blast off.
BTW...the Progress space craft docked with the ISS about 3am. So the ISS is fully fueled, watered, loaded with food and supplies.
The US has a new craft that will have 3 times(? or more) capacity of the Progress.
Guys, GUys GUYS take it easy. I'll give the updates as I can. Don't be all impatient. I work you know.
That must have been a helluva 8.5 minute ride.
They dock on Saturday.
Payload bay doors have been opened.
Mike Tirico (a renowned space expert) said yesterday that the astronauts travel 5 miles every single time their heart beats.