{"id":36965,"date":"2011-07-10T15:47:54","date_gmt":"2011-07-10T15:47:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/this-is-it-%e2%80%93-the-final-launch-day\/"},"modified":"2011-07-10T15:47:54","modified_gmt":"2011-07-10T15:47:54","slug":"this-is-it-%e2%80%93-the-final-launch-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/astronomy\/this-is-it-%e2%80%93-the-final-launch-day.php","title":{"rendered":"This is it \u2013 the Final Launch Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>But will it launch?<\/p><p><strong>Current Status:<\/strong> <span><strong>GO<\/strong> <\/span><\/p><p><strong>Launch Date:<\/strong> Friday July 8, 2011, 11:26 am ET<\/p><p><strong>Odds of Launch: <\/strong> 30 percent<\/p><p><strong>Shuttle:<\/strong> Atlantis<\/p><p><strong>Mission:<\/strong> STS-135<\/p><p><strong>Launch Pad:<\/strong> 39A<\/p><p><strong>Mission Length:<\/strong> 12 days<\/p><p><strong>EVA&rsquo;s:<\/strong> 1<\/p><p><strong>Primary Objectives:<\/strong> multi-purpose logistics module.<\/p><p><strong>Commander:<\/strong> Chris Ferguson<\/p><p><strong>Pilot:<\/strong> Doug Hurley<\/p><p><strong>Mission Specialists:<\/strong> Rex Walheim and Sandy Magnus<\/p><div align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-o-matic\/cache\/39650_chan4large.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"430\" height=\"298\" style=\"padding-left:10px; padding-right: 10px;\"><br><span>Launch Pad <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/mission_pages\/shuttle\/launch\/launch-complex39-toc.html\">39A<\/a> &mdash; Webcam Image courtesy: NASA\/Kennedy Space Center<\/span><\/div><p><strong>NOAA&rsquo;s Forecast:<\/strong><\/p><p><strong>Today: <\/strong>Showers likely before 8am, then scattered showers and thunderstorms between 8am and noon, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after noon. Cloudy, with a high near 86. South southwest wind between 10 and 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%.<\/p><table border=\"0\" align=\"center\"><tbody><tr><td><div align=\"center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/radar.weather.gov\/radar.php?rid=mlb&amp;product=N0R&amp;overlay=11101111&amp;loop=no\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-o-matic\/cache\/39650_MLB_Thumb.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"128\" height=\"126\" border=\"0\" style=\"padding-left:10px; padding-right: 10px;\"><\/a><\/div><\/td><td><div align=\"center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.goes.noaa.gov\/ECIR4.html\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-o-matic\/cache\/39650_ECI8.JPG\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" style=\"padding-left:10px; padding-right: 10px;\"><\/a><\/div><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><p>To keep current with the news about the launch, I recommend you go to <span><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/mission_pages\/shuttle\/launch\/launch_blog.html\">NASA&rsquo;s Launch Blog<\/a><\/strong><\/span> which should be live around 6:30 am ET. You will need to refresh your browser to get the latest from that site, but it&rsquo;s THE place to get the up to the minute stuff especially if you can&rsquo;t watch NASA TV.<\/p><p>I will be watching the launch itself on <span><a href=\"http:\/\/tomsastroblog.com\/index.php?p=99\" target=\"_blank\">NASA-TV<\/a><\/span><\/p><p>Image Credits: NASA \/ NOAA<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>But will it launch?Current Status: GO Launch Date: Friday July 8, 2011, 11:26 am ETOdds of Launch: 30 percentShuttle: AtlantisMission: STS-135Launch Pad: 39AMission Length: 12 daysEVA&rsquo;s: 1Primary Objectives: multi-purpose logistics module.Commander: Chris FergusonPilot: Doug HurleyMission Specialists: Rex Walheim and Sandy &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/astronomy\/this-is-it-%e2%80%93-the-final-launch-day.php\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"limit_modified_date":"","last_modified_date":"","_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-36965","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-astronomy"],"modified_by":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36965"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36965"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36965\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36965"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36965"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36965"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}