Final mission of the Space Shuttle this Friday

[JonnyBoy12]

Sorry to but in here with non-chat related items, but really think you should all know this, and would not want you to miss out. I have just learned that the Space Shuttle will perform its' final mission this Friday, and it will be shown live. Can anyone here tell me what time this is in Britain, and will it be shown on normal telly here?

I have added the official link to this site below:

http://www.nasa.gov/e...135_splash/index.html

[thebigchill]

It'll be at 15:26, and it's not on BBC1 or BBC2. Your best bet is sky news on freeview.

[wendilla]

We had a really smooth Mission Management Team meeting today," said Moses. "The vehicle is in fantastic shape." In regard to the launch-day weather forecast, he added, "Before we go load the propellants into the tank we'll take a look at the weather and make sure it's really a good day to try that, and so at that point we'll be making a decision."

"The countdown so far is going extremely well," reported Leinbach. "We're not tracking anything at all that would prevent an on-time liftoff Friday morning."

"We have a tropical wave that's out in the Caribbean," explained Winters. "That wave is actually going to come into Florida along with a lot of tropical moisture that's down to the south, and it's all going to roll into Florida in the next couple of days." Based on these conditions, Winters predicted an 80 percent chance of weather preventing tanking operations, with a 70 percent chance of it standing in the way of launch at 11:26 a.m. EDT on Friday. The forecast for the following days improves to 60 percent no-go on Saturday and 40 percent on Sunday

Sould take off our time 4 26PM. GO TO NASA TV FOR LIVE TAKE OFF and if you click on my links you will see that the spacestation is visible in the uk on certain dates for viewing. There are no visible viewing at the moment but I always keep everyone posted when it is due over the uk.. It is very doubtful if it will take off tomorrow.