[meteorite-list] NASA Postpones Phoenix Launch

From: Ron Baalke <baalke_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2007 12:30:54 -0700 (PDT)
Message-ID: <200707311930.MAA16512_at_zagami.jpl.nasa.gov>

July 31, 2007

Katherine Trinidad
Headquarters, Washington
202-358-3749
katherine.trinidad at nasa.gov

George Diller
Kennedy Space Center, Fla.
321-867-2468
george.h.diller at nasa.gov

MEDIA ADVISORY: 07-097

NASA POSTPONES PHOENIX LAUNCH

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Friday's scheduled launch of NASA's Phoenix
Mars Lander aboard a United Launch Alliance Delta II rocket has been
postponed 24 hours. The two available launch times on Saturday, Aug.
4, are 5:26:34 a.m. and 6:02:59 a.m. EDT.

Due to a forecast for severe weather around the Kennedy Space Center
launch pad in Florida on Tuesday afternoon, fueling of the second
stage will not be completed. Although fueling is expected to be
finished Wednesday morning, there is insufficient contingency time in
the schedule to move forward with the launch on Friday.

The prelaunch news conference is now scheduled for Thursday, Aug. 2,
at 2 p.m. at the NASA press site at Kennedy Space Center. All other
planned events for the news media will occur 24 hours after their
originally scheduled times. NASA Television and Web coverage will
begin at 3:30 a.m. on Saturday. For more information about the
Phoenix mission, visit:

http://www.nasa.gov/phoenix

For more information about NASA TV, streaming video, and downlink and
schedule information, visit:

http://www.nasa.gov/ntv

For information about NASA and agency programs, visit:

http://www.nasa.gov

        
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Received on Tue 31 Jul 2007 03:30:54 PM PDT