And in the meantime, NASA announced the postponement of the launch of the shuttle Endeavor due to the constraints of the space station * Instead of April 19, it will only be launched on April 29
A Soyuz spacecraft was launched yesterday from the same launch pad in Baikonur that was used by Yuri Gagarin when he became the first man in space 50 years ago. The launch was made yesterday at 01:18 at night. Inside the spacecraft were two cosmonauts and one astronaut taking off to the International Space Station.
Soyuz commander Alexander Somokutiev, flight engineer Andrey Borisenko and NASA astronaut Ron Garan.
Delay in the launch of the shuttle Endeavor
Following discussions between the partners on the International Space Station held on Sunday this week, NASA changed the date of the launch of the space shuttle Endeavor for mission STS-134 to Friday, April 29, at 15:27 p.m. (22:27 p.m. Israel time). The delay will remove the complication With the launch of the Russian Progress resupply spacecraft scheduled for the 27th before the shuttle reaches the station.
NASA administrators will conduct a launch readiness review on Tuesday, April 19. An official launch date will be chosen at that meeting. And in the process, it turns out that only a few cracks were found in the shuttle's external fuel tank, mainly in the insulating foam.
The estimates are that there was no damage to the spacecraft itself. The teams assessed whether the shuttle would be damaged due to the severe storms that hit the Kennedy Space Center last Wednesday and Thursday.
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Let my father know that the Soyuz spacecraft has arrived at the station