Greg Johnson set for Tuesday shuttle launch
Sunday, March 09, 2008 Categories: Space
Air Force Col.
Greg Johnson,
a
1980 Park Hills High School
graduate,
is set to blast off from Kennedy Space Center in
Florida on Tuesday, March 11, aboard Space
shuttle Endeavour. The STS-123 mission is
officially set for launch after getting the "go"
from NASA's Mission Management Team on Sunday.
Liftoff is scheduled for 2:28 a.m. EDT.
The current weather forecast calls for only a 10 percent chance atmospheric conditions will delay the launch, with the primary concern coming from a slight chance of a low cloud ceiling around Kennedy, according to NASA.
As pilot, Johnson will add the space shuttle to the more than 40 different aircraft he's flown. U.S. Navy Capt. Dominic Gorie will command the shuttle. The crew also includes Mission Specialists Rick Linnehan, Robert L. Behnken, Mike Foreman, Garrett Reisman and Japanese astronaut Takao Doi.
The crew will deliver the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's Kibo Logistics Module and the Canadian Space Agency's Dextre robotics system to the International Space Station.
The mission was scheduled for launch in February, but problems that delayed the preceding mission pushed it back.
The current weather forecast calls for only a 10 percent chance atmospheric conditions will delay the launch, with the primary concern coming from a slight chance of a low cloud ceiling around Kennedy, according to NASA.
As pilot, Johnson will add the space shuttle to the more than 40 different aircraft he's flown. U.S. Navy Capt. Dominic Gorie will command the shuttle. The crew also includes Mission Specialists Rick Linnehan, Robert L. Behnken, Mike Foreman, Garrett Reisman and Japanese astronaut Takao Doi.
The crew will deliver the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's Kibo Logistics Module and the Canadian Space Agency's Dextre robotics system to the International Space Station.
The mission was scheduled for launch in February, but problems that delayed the preceding mission pushed it back.
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