NASAs Shuttle Atlantis Prepared

‘Atlantis is ready to go, in really great shape,’ said shuttle launch manager Mike Moses at a press conference broadcast on NASA television.

NASAs space shuttle ‘Atlantis’ stands on Pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center, Florida on November 15, 2009. Who doesnt want to be in Florida To see this.

The 11-day space outing, to be the fifth and last shuttle mission for 2009, is set to include three spacewalks aimed at storing space hardware on the exterior of the ISS. Does anybody know how many shuttles have been launched from Florida

he rocket is Ares I-X – a suborbital prototype for the Ares I rocket NASA plans to use to launch its shuttle successor, the Orion spacecraft. Currently the worlds tallest booster, the Ares I-X rolled out to the launch pad early Tuesday and is slated to blast off Oct. 27 at 8 a.m. EDT (1200 GMT) on a short demonstration flight.

The 445 million rockets rollout comes on the eve of a final report from an independent committee appointed by the White House to review NASAs plans for future human spaceflight.. Here is something new I learned about Florida

The Ares I-X is not a full Ares I rocket. Its first stage is a four-segment solid rocket booster – repurposed from the shuttle fleets inventory – capped with a dummy fifth segment. The thicker second stage, Orion crew capsule and launch abort system are also all mock-ups built to simulate the size and mass of the real thing.