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Shuttle Discovery (STS-133) launch

Storm 10 · 2010-11-05 12:03:24

Weather permitting the Shuttle Discovery is due to launch at 19.04 Irish time and if the sky is clear should be visable as it passes over Ireland appx 20 milutes later. This could be the last chance to see a Space Shuttle after launch in Ireland

05-11-2010 12:03pm

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Weather permitting the Shuttle Discovery is due to launch at 19.04 Irish time and if the sky is clear should be visable as it passes over Ireland appx 20 milutes later. This could be the last chance to see a Space Shuttle after launch in Ireland

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#2 05-11-2010 1:17pm

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looks they've found a leak and delayed it till Monday at least.

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#3 05-11-2010 1:17pm

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Cancelled unfortunately

Launch Scrubbed Due to Hydrogen Leak at Ground Umbilical Carrier Plate
Fri, 05 Nov 2010 12:29:30 PM GMT

Space shuttle managers have scrubbed Discovery’s launch attempt for today due to a hydrogen leak a the Ground Umbilical Carrier Plate, or GUCP (pronounced GUP). The next launch attempt would be no earlier than Monday.

During the process of filling the external tank, the hydrogen leak was detected at the GUCP, an attachment point between the external tank and a 17-inch pipe that carries gaseous hydrogen safely away from Discovery to the flare stack, where it is burned off.

Managers will meet to determine the next steps and NASA Television will air a news conference later today.

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#4 05-11-2010 1:22pm

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Here thread here:

Astronomy & Space, STS-133/Discovery

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