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[Tom Polakis <tpolakis@xxxxxxx>]

Never mind.  One of the KSC PR people has posted these times, which are all 
EDT.  Subtract three hours for MST.  The landing at Edwards would be in 
darkness.  Still, I wonder when they make the official decision not to land at 
KSC, and go to a backup site.

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Primary landing site: Kennedy Space Center 
5:07 a.m. landing (de-orbit burn at 4:01 a.m.) 
6:43 a.m. landing (de-orbit burn at 5:37 a.m.) 


First backup site: Edwards Air Force Base, Calif. 
8:12 a.m. landing (de-orbit burn at 7:06 a.m.) 
9:47 a.m. landing (de-orbit burn at 8:44 a.m.) 


Second backup site: White Sands Test Facility, N.M. 
6:39 a.m. landing (de-orbit burn at 5:33 a.m.) 
8:13 a.m. landing (de-orbit burn at 7:09 a.m.) 


There are landing opportunities Wednesday at all three sites, if needed. For 
more information about the Return to Flight mission on the Web, visit: 


http://www.nasa.gov/returntoflight



> 
> From: "Thad Robosson" <starstarcracker@xxxxxxxxx>
> Date: 2005/08/08 Mon AM 11:08:06 EDT
> To: az-observing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [AZ-Observing] Re: Up To Date Shuttle Landing Information Source?
> 
> 
> 
> > It looks like there is at least a small possibility that the Shuttle may 
> > be landing at Edwards AFB due to bad weather at KSC.  Does anybody know 
> > how to get up-to-date information on where the Shuttle will land other 
> > than staring at NASA TV?  I imagine that the NASA Spaceflight site has 
> > this information buried somewhere, but navigating that site has proven to 
> > be difficult.
> 
> 
> Tom, the local radio stations are reporting that the shuttle will "do 
> another lap".... Fox is the news agency
> I think. 
> 
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