STS-127 Launch set for July 11

NASA has rescheduled the launch of STS-127 for 7:39pm on Saturday, July 11.

NSS Florida recommends Space View Park in Titusville for anyone interested in watching the launch.

You can follow STS-127 Commander Mark Polansky using social media website Twitter at http://twitter.com/Astro_127

Mission information from NASA:

STS-127 Mission Overview
The 16-day mission will feature five spacewalks and complete construction of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency’s Kibo laboratory. Astronauts will attach a platform to the outside of the Japanese module that will allow experiments to be exposed to space.

The STS-127 crew members are Commander Mark Polansky, Pilot Doug Hurley and Mission Specialists Dave Wolf, Christopher Cassidy, Tom Marshburn, Tim Kopra and Canadian Space Agency astronaut Julie Payette. Kopra will join the space station crew and replace Japanese astronaut Koichi Wakata. Wakata will return to Earth on Endeavour to conclude a three-month stay at the station.

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