The decision to postpone was made only fifteen minutes before the planned launch tonight due to the weather
Not going to the seven astronauts of flight STS-127. Their launch was postponed today for the third time, after twice in June due to a hydrogen leak, and one postponement in 24 hours due to the need to examine 11 lightning strikes in the area of the launch pad. Apparently, this test passed successfully and the ferry was almost launched tonight (02:13 Israel time).
Fifteen minutes before the launch at 19:00 local time (02:00 Israel time), it was decided to postpone the launch after the weather officer of the Kennedy Space Center, Cathy Winters, announced that the cloudiness in the area surrounding the launch pad did not allow the launch.
The 16-day mission will include five spacewalks and with their help the installation of the Japanese space laboratory Kibo will be completed, a platform will be added to the outer side of the component that will allow exposure of experiments to space conditions and necessary maintenance work will be carried out.
The team includes Commander Mark Polonsky, pilot Douglas Hurley, as well as astronauts David Wolfe, Christopher Cassidy, Thomas Marshboom and Timothy Cooper, as well as the Canadian Julie Pettit.
