Space shuttle Endeavor is ready for launch on Friday

All conditions including weather were favorable for the space shuttle launch Endeavor on Friday along with seven astronauts in the "Home Improvement" mission to the International Space Station (ISS).

"Endeavor is ready, the crew is also ready, and MMT (task management team) is in the process of preparing," said LeRoy Cain, the task manager before launching the press conference. The countdown for the 15-day tour began on Tuesday at 9:30 pm (2:30 GMT, 4).

The 27th space shuttle to the space station's orbit and the fourth flight is the last in 2008 scheduled to be launched from the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, on November 14 at 7. : 55 pm (00:55 GMT)

"Everything is generally good for preparation, weather," and conditions released are forecast to be 60% favorable, Kathy Winters, meteorologist at Cape Canaveral told reporters.

However, if the launch is postponed within 24 hours, for whatever reason, the conditions will be reduced to 40% favorably, she added, explaining that low clouds and rain are far from the cape. about 37 km and is approaching.

Endeavor's mission on Friday marks 10 years since the first shuttle crew started construction of the ISS Station, on November 20, 1998. The mission this time is to repair solar reception classes and expand living areas for larger crews.

"This mission is all about living improvement," Space Shuttle commander Chris Ferfuson said on Tuesday, "Improvement in living both inside and outside the station."

The shuttle's large fuel tank will start to be filled with about 2 million liters of ultra-liquid hydrogen gas at 10:30 am (15:30 GMT), Leinback said. The 3-hour charging process will be the final stage of the launch preparation process.

"Right now things are going on as planned for Endeavor's STS-126 mission and are all geared to the night of takeoff next Friday , " he said.

"If the flight fails, it will have to be postponed until January," Cain said.

Tran Ba ​​Hoang Long posted