new launch space shuttle

[vindictive666]

gday

ive read somewhere (or heard)
that the us is planning a space mission for the shuttle some time this year
with a female commander
cant remember where i came across it though :(

(should gettem to fix the hubble while they are up there :) )

[cometcatcher]

From what I heard on Nasa TV it's going up in May or early June.

The first flight will be a test flight for testing repairing the craft in space.

[astrodave]

Indeed Col Eileen Collins


Orbiter: Discovery
Mission: STS-114
Launch: May 14, 2005 @ 4:11 p.m. EDT (2011 GMT)
Site: Pad 39B, Kennedy Space Center, Florida
Landing: May 26 @ 11:07 a.m. EDT (1507 GMT)
Site: Shuttle Landing Facility, KSC

http://www.spaceflightnow.com/shuttle/sts114/fdf/sts114quicklook1.html

[Mick]

Andy Thomas is also on the crew of STS-114.

http://www.nasa.gov/vision/space/preparingtravel/rtf_interview_thomas.html