NASA Prepares for Nighttime Shuttle Launch
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NASA Prepares for Nighttime Shuttle Launch
Officials say there’s about a 70 percent chance the weather will cooperate for the shuttle launch.
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(November, 14 2008) – Crews at Cape Canaveral are getting ready to fuel up space shuttle Endeavour for a nighttime launch on a space station remodeling mission.

Liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen are to begin flowing into the shuttle's external tanks at 10:30 a.m. Friday.

A cold front is on its way to Florida but NASA officials say there's about a 70 percent chance the weather will cooperate enough to go ahead with the 7:55 p.m. launch. About a fourth of all shuttle missions start at night.

The shuttle's crew is heading to the international space station to deliver a new bathroom, kitchenette, an exercise machine, two bedrooms and a system capable of turning urine into drinking water.

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Posted by: Anonymous1 Location: Waco on Nov 14, 2008 at 10:44 AM

"system capable of turning urine into drinking water." Can we not afford for our space crew to have a supply of purified water? :( Poor guys.
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