Space Shuttle Landing

Great! thanks for the info!

It looks like it'll show up in the southwest at around 7:34 AM. If they abort the first attempt the second attempt would be somewhere around 9:09 AM. If they put it off for a day or more they may land at Kennedy or Edwards in California. Won't be able to see it in the sky if it lands at Edwards.

They won't land it in the rain and at Kennedy as of 10 PM they are looking at a 50-60% chance of rain from 7-9 AM.

NASA has a program that will tell you where to look. I can't access it on this computer, so my above info may be off or completely wrong. So check the link.
Skywatch 2.0

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When selecting a satellite, scroll to either KSC 222 (ENTRY) or KSC 223 (ENTRY) for the options for Monday, April 19. If there is one-day delay in the landing because of weather concerns, there are also options for Tuesday, April 20 for a landing at either the Kennedy Space Center: KSC 237 or 238 or for Edwards Air Force Base in California: EDW 238 or 239.

Thanks to hope and change this might be the last one you see.

I saw Challenger's last lift-off and Columbia's last descent (both first hand). I don't need any more 'bad' memories.

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Originally posted by dogsoldier0513:
I saw Challenger's last lift-off and Columbia's last descent (both first hand). I don't need any more 'bad' memories.

I saw both of those live myself dogsoldier.

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Originally posted by Ronnie P.:
Thanks to hope and change this might be the last one you see.

Wrong as usual. Get your facts straight. I believe there are three more scheduled flights of the shuttle before its service is finished.

It is time that the space program got to where it should have been all along, namely a dominant emphasis on un-manned flight, which is capable of gathering any information we need about distant planets, stars, asteroids, etc. without the huge additional expense and trouble of sending people along. This is not a unique view. Many experts believe that this is the way the program should go. But NASA keeps insisting on manned flights, even when un-manned ones would suffice, because it makes the program sexier and easier to sell to the public and the Congress. Go to Mars--but go with a rocketload of high-tech remote sensing gear that will tell us all we need to know about Mars!

I hope we get to see the shuttle land! I watched Challenger take off in person years ago. It was an awe inspiring sight.

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Originally posted by dogsoldier0513:
I saw Challenger's last lift-off and Columbia's last descent (both first hand). I don't need any more 'bad' memories.

I was sitting in 6th grade math class when we got the news of the Challenger disaster from the Vice Principal at our door. My teacher just started crying. It was a very sad day.

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Originally posted by beternU:

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Originally posted by Ronnie P.:
Thanks to hope and change this might be the last one you see.

Wrong as usual. Get your facts straight. I believe there are three more scheduled flights of the shuttle before its service is finished.

Actually you're wrong. In all likelihood this will be the last one we see the 3 other scheduled flights will have landing orbits over oceans and Central America. We can still go to Florida to watch it but this will be the last flight path across the U.S.

It's funny that you mention that this is a good step for the space program to become mainly unmanned and that Obama is doing it right. Obama has mentioned exploring the possibilities of a manned trip to an asteroid and a manned landing on mars.

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Originally posted by ffemt:

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Originally posted by beternU:

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Originally posted by Ronnie P.:
Thanks to hope and change this might be the last one you see.

Wrong as usual. Get your facts straight. I believe there are three more scheduled flights of the shuttle before its service is finished.

Actually you're wrong. In all likelihood this will be the last one we see the 3 other scheduled flights will have landing orbits over oceans and Central America. We can still go to Florida to watch it but this will be the last flight path across the U.S.

It's funny that you mention that this is a good step for the space program to become mainly unmanned and that Obama is doing it right. Obama has mentioned exploring the possibilities of a manned trip to an asteroid and a manned landing on mars.

The next shuttle flights will be SEEN, whether on TV or otherwise. The post that I was responding to implied that the most recent landing was the last one, period.

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Originally posted by beternU:

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Originally posted by ffemt:

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Originally posted by beternU:

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Originally posted by Ronnie P.:
Thanks to hope and change this might be the last one you see.

Wrong as usual. Get your facts straight. I believe there are three more scheduled flights of the shuttle before its service is finished.

Actually you're wrong. In all likelihood this will be the last one we see the 3 other scheduled flights will have landing orbits over oceans and Central America. We can still go to Florida to watch it but this will be the last flight path across the U.S.

It's funny that you mention that this is a good step for the space program to become mainly unmanned and that Obama is doing it right. Obama has mentioned exploring the possibilities of a manned trip to an asteroid and a manned landing on mars.

The next shuttle flights will be SEEN, whether on TV or otherwise. The post that I was responding to implied that the most recent landing was the last one, period.

i took it to mean ' might'. as in, there's only a couple left, make a point of catching this one, you might not get another chance like this.

but that's just how i read it.