STS 127 SHUTTLE VISIBLE OVER IRELAND 19 MINUTES AFTER LIFTOF

Guys,
the weather was so bad on Friday night to postpone the launch, the tower was hit by lightning!



Eleven lightning strikes hit within a half-mile of the launch pad Friday night, Mike Moses, the space shuttle program integration manager, told reporters Saturday.

Read about it here:
edition.cnn.com/2009/TECH/space/07/12/sp...endeavour/index.html

The article includes a movie showing the lightning strikes around and on the launchpad.

Seanie.

The crew are at the pad,been boarded as we speak.everything looking well,and clear skies in the west.roll on launch,and pass over at 12.30.....ish !!!

Well worth watching the broadcast on spaceflightnow.com
www.spaceflightnow.com/shuttle/sts127/status.html

Michael.

Looking like a No Go for launch unfortunately. Storm systems entering the 10 mile area around launch pad and 20 mile area around abort landing site.

Still, ISS in a few minutes. Of course Irish weather not playing ball for that either.

Scrubbed! Thunderstorms to the west of KSC - 24-hour turnaround. New launch time at 6:51pm EST (23:51 Irish time).

BrianOHalloran wrote:

Scrubbed! Thunderstorms to the west of KSC - 24-hour turnaround. New launch time at 6:51pm EST (23:51 Irish time).

Beat me to it.
On the bright side, 100% cloud in Dublin at the mo' so maybe better weather tomorrow.

Michael.