from Firing Room 3 of the Launch Control Center. The countdown includes 29 hours and 32 minutes of built-in hold time leading to a preferred launch time at about 5:38 p.m. on Aug. 9 with a launch ...

Center by 11:30 a.m. (in the event of a possible early crew arrival) to be transported to the Shuttle Landing Facility. On launch day, the crew will depart their KSC living quarters and be driven to ...

The Sun, like every star, is not static but an ever-changing, dynamic and highly complex ball of plasma. The solar wind, a stream of highly energetic particles ejected by the Sun’s surface, is ...