Atlantis Landing Delayed By Storms

Posted on 23 May 2009
Tags: Life

Space Shuttle Atlantis

Kennedy Space Center in Florida has been forced to delay the landing of the Space Shuttle Atlantis until tomorrow due to bad weather.This is the second day in a row that the shuttle landing has had to be put off.

The space agency have now said that the shuttle landing will be on Sunday at either the Kennedy or Edwards Air Force Base in California. NASA prefers the landing to be at the shuttles home port in Florida but the weather at Edwards are said to be fine for a landing.

The crew of Atlantis have enough provisions to last until Monday but the agency are to try another landing at in Florida on Sunday morning at 10:11 a.m. Eastern time with a second chance to see the landing at 11:49 a.m, Landing opportunities at Edwards happen about 10 minutes earlier on each orbit.

THECATEGORIES

Advertisements (28)
Cool (24)
Entertainment (38)
Gadgets (6)
Humour (78)
Life (53)
Movies (14)
Music (45)
Online (29)
Sexy Men (144)
Sport (28)
Travel (27)
Videos (33)

MYSPONSORS

HOTPICKS

COOLSITES

Entertainment News

Fassbender scoops Standard award - Shame actor Michael Fassbender wins the best actor prize at the Evening Standard British Film Awards, while Olivia Colman takes the best actress prize for Tyrannosaur.
Prince leads Dickens celebrations - The Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall will lead global celebrations marking the 200th anniversary of Charles Dickens's birth later.
'BBC journalists' held in Iran - Reports from Iran say several people have been detained for alleged links to the BBC's Persian Service, which is banned in the country.
Madonna announces next world tour - Madonna announces the dates for her latest world tour, which will start in Israel in March.
Military Wives song raises £500k - A song by Devon's Military Wives choir which topped the Christmas singles chart has raised more than £500,000 for two forces' charities, it is revealed.
Pulp to be honoured at NME awards - The band are to be handed the outstanding contribution to music prize at the NME Awards later this month.
Zombie actor Hinzman dies at 75 - Bill Hinzman, star of cult zombie movie Night of the Living Dead, dies at the age of 75.
Contest to boost reading for fun - The government is planning to create a national reading competition in England to encourage a love of books and boost children's literacy.
Being Human exit was 'horrendous' - The death of character George Sands left cast and crew in tears says actress Lenora Crichlow.
Oban fiddler wins BBC music award - A 22-year-old fiddler from Oban has been crowned BBC Radio Scotland's Young Traditional Musician of the Year 2012.
Phil Spector death case settled - The mother of the actress Phil Spector murdered has settled a wrongful death case against the music producer, according to her lawyer.
Brits dominate 2011 album market - British music acts accounted for 52.7% of the overall UK album market last year, figures show.
Artist set for Facebook windfall - A US graffiti artist who painted Facebook's offices is set to become a millionaire when the social network begins trading as a public company.
Dickens 'beyond' modern children - Charles Dickens biographer Claire Tomalin says children are not being taught to read with the attention span necessary to appreciate the novelist's works.
Finborough scoops theatre awards - The Finborough Theatre is the big winner at this year's Off West End Theatre Awards.

blogpig.co.uk