Space Shuttle Atlantis departed Biggs Army Airfield, EL Paso, Texas at 8:45am EDT today, with a planned enroute stop at Kelly AFB (San Antonio), Texas to...
Atlantis left Kelly AFB for Columbus AFB, Mississippi and should have arrived at 2:40pm EDT. From Columbus AFB, the NASA team will evaluate the weather one...
Atlantis left Columbus AFB @ 4:45pm EDT on the last leg of its journey home and should arrive at KSC around 6:30pm. If the weather permits, the pilots will do...
FYI to the group, With an 80% chance of weather cooperating for a Saturday 7:17am EDT launch, Space Shuttle Endeavour and her crew are ready to go! The crew...
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Jun 13, 2009 5:51 pm
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FYI to the group, If repair work being made to the hydrogen vent line umbilical is successful (work is underway right now), NASA may try and launch Endeavour...
According to Space.com, NASA has offically decided to go with preparations for the launch of STS-127 on Wednesday morning @ 5:40:50am EDT, pending completion...
Update: Repair work to the hydrogen vent line umbilical connection is complete and the rotating service structure has been rolled back to it's launch position....
FYI to the group, I received the following email from the editor of "StarDate Magazine" and posted a link to the magazine in the "Astronomy Links (Resources)"...
Hello Astros, I have just updated the Calendar of Astronomical Events in my page "Astronomy for South Florida", at http://www.oarval.org/astroFL.htm , to...
Could anyone please respond with a schedule for start gazing and where? I want to take my wife as a surprise and would appreciate your help. Thanks....
Hello, No one knows how long our summer local monsoon season will last--not even the pro meteorologists! Weather permitting, SCAS Astros arrange hi-tech ...
BarbYager@...
Jun 21, 2009 6:52 pm
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Yes we were there, and it was a great night after 9pm. We stayed until 3am. I did not have access to a computer until now and I had asked someone to put a note...
Hello Everyone, I would like to take a moment to introduce myself. My name is Jose Bellas and I am new here to the SCAS yahoo group. I live South of Country...
Tim, glad you had a great night! Too bad the person forgot to post it, otherwise myself and Jose Bellas (he just joined) would have been there for sure! We...
Hello Jose, we usually post here, but sometimes we forget to do so. Anyways, summer is always a hot or miss. See you around. Tim ... From: Jose Bellas...
sorry about the post ( or lack ther of ) wont happen again. Its allways nice to have new people show up. Steve Van Ryn 24080 sw 157 av Homestead FL 33031 305...
Hello Astros, After reading the article "The Climate Change Climate Change" by Kimberley A. Strassel (http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124597505076157449.html ,...
BACK TO THE MOON Miami Science Museum & Planetarium present BACK TO THE MOON-- with Andrew Chaiken, renowned science journalist, speaker and author of A MAN...
BarbYager@...
Jul 3, 2009 9:47 pm
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Hi Barb, Astros, Great! I have posted the notices on my page "Observatorio ARVAL - Astronomy for South Florida", at http://www.oarval.org/astroFL.htm Clear...
FYI to the group, The July/August Edition of the Coal Sack Newsletter is now available for downloading at http://www.scas.org/coal%20sack.html Enjoy! Art...
Well, it starting to sound like a broken record! But, NASA is going to try one more time today to get Endeavour off the pad at 6:51:24pm EDT. Astronauts are...
Update: The crew are in their seats, cabin hatch has been closed for flight and leak checks are underway. Right now, Launch Control is "Green" for launch. The...
Update: Another weather scrub! The NASA Launch Director has just called it off because of weather...there is a nasty looking thunderstorm just north of KSC and...
The weather forecast for Tuesday is much the same as today. So, the decision was just made to go into a 48 hour turnaround with the next launch attempt set for...