Weather Delays Landing -- Next Opportunity Saturday
After five heavy days of rain here in Florida, we're not
surprised to see that STS-125 is getting delayed in their return
home. Weather conditions at Kennedy Space Center have forced flight
controllers to pass on STS-125’s two landing opportunities
this morning.
NASA's return to the moon will get a boost in June with the
launch of two satellites that will return a wealth of data about
Earth's nearest neighbor. On Thursday, the agency outlined the
upcoming missions of the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, or LRO, and
the Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite, or LCROSS.
AgustaWestland is doing a little crowing over the selection of
Tim Peake, AgustaWestland Senior Test Pilot, by the European Space
Agency as the first British astronaut to join the European
Astronaut Corps. The Corps currently consists of eight members from
Germany, France, Italy, Belgium, the Netherlands and Sweden.
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