ATK’s Solid Rocket Boosters Launch NASA’s Space Shuttle Endeavour

Reusable Solid Rocket Motors (RSRM) successfully ignited earlier today to send NASA’s Space Shuttle Endeavour & its crew on their mission to deliver equipment to the International Space Station (ISS) that will enable larger crews to reside aboard the complex. ATK’s two solid rocket motors provided the main thrust at liftoff & carried the orbiter and its payload to an altitude of approximately 28 miles in two minutes of flight, producing the equivalent of 15 million horsepower per booster. (www.marketwatch.com)

Shuttle Endeavour successfully launches into space

The space shuttle Endeavour roared into space Friday night for the start of its 15 day mission that will see its astronauts going to the International Space Station (ISS) for a bit of home decor renovation. The launch is the 31st out of 124 overall missions to go at night.
Although a night launch makes for great light show, it results in fewer photographs for NASA engineers to study. (www.ctv.ca)

Endeavour blasts off from Florida

The Space Shuttle Endeavour launched into space Friday night to begin a 15 day mission to remodel the International Space Station. The launch, which took place at 7:55 pm. ET from Cape Canaveral, Fla. was on schedule despite speculation that it could be delayed by bad weather.
NASA officials had said earlier in the day there was about a 70 per cent chance the weather would co-operate & allow the launch to go ahead, after a cold front on its way to Florida was forecasted to bring high winds and a chance of rain. (www.cbc.ca)

Shuttle Departs With Gear for Space Station

The space shuttle Endeavour lighted the evening skies over Florida on Friday, rising beneath a brilliant moon as it raced toward the ISS (International Space Station). Michael T. Suffredini, the NASA station program manager, told reporters in a recent briefing that “when the crew leaves, the station won’t look any different on the outside, but it’ll be dramatically different on the inside.”
Shuttle missions are often delayed by technical problems and/or weather, but the preparations for this launching were smooth & relatively free of glitches. (www.nytimes.com)