Final launch of Space Shuttle today
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UPDATED: Friday, April 29, 2011 04:59
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I hope that's not a supernova...
Live audio feed, with ambiant music
http://somafm.com/play/missioncontrol
Now: STS-134 Pre-Launch coverage and International Space Station mission audio.
This is a mission audio live feed, so there may be extended periods of quiet while astronauts are sleeping.
Launching Today, Friday, April 29
The final scheduled launch of space shuttle Endeavour is targeted for today at 3:47 p.m. EDT (12:47 pacific) on Friday, April 29. STS-134 will be the second-to-the-last shuttle mission to the International Space Station.
SomaFM's coverage has begun from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, and will continue through Endeavour's landing.
Endeavour's crew members are Commander Mark Kelly, Pilot Greg H. Johnson and NASA Mission Specialists Mike Fincke, Drew Feustel and Greg Chamitoff and European Space Agency Mission Specialist Roberto Vittori.
The crew will deliver a particle physics detector, known as the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer-2 (AMS) to the station. AMS is designed to measure cosmic rays to search for various types of unusual matter, such as dark matter and antimatter. The instrument's experiments will help researchers study the formation of the universe. Endeavour also will deliver the Express Logistics Carrier 3, a platform that carries spare parts to sustain station operations after the shuttles are retired from service.
The mission will feature the last four spacewalks by a shuttle crew. The spacewalkers will do maintenance work, install new components, and perform a complex series of tasks to top off the ammonia in one of the station's photovoltaic thermal control system cooling loops.
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/sts134/index
.html
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