STS-127 Ferry Flight Departure Planned for Monday, June 1

[Henk Voortwijs]

The STS-125 ferry flight departure from Edwards AFB, Calif. is currently
planned for 8:20 a.m. EDT (5:20 a.m. PDT) Monday, June 1. Sunday's
weather briefing has concluded and the forecast looks favorable for the
departure just before sunrise Monday. There will be a weather briefing
at 6:15 p.m. EDT (3:15 a.m. PDT) Monday. At NASA's Kennedy Space Center,
space shuttle Endeavour completed its 3.4 mile trek from NASA Kennedy
Space Center's Launch Pad 39B to Launch Pad 39A and was secured to the
pad at 11:42 a.m. Sunday, May 31. First motion was at 3:16 a.m.

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[Henk Voortwijs]

Teams preparing space shuttle Atlantis for its cross-country trip from California to Florida are running behind their original schedule because of some minor hardware problems. But they're still aiming to depart Edwards Air Force Base this morning. Managers now will meet for a pretake-off weather briefing at 9 a.m. EDT (6 a.m. PDT) for a target departure time of 11 a.m. EDT (8 a.m.) from Edwards. Technicians encountered some difficulties while trying to tighten a bolt on the right attach point for connecting Atlantis to its modified Boeing 747 aircraft. The bolt now is securely in place, and Atlantis almost is ready to begin its ferry flight back to NASA's Kennedy Space Center. Weather permitting, Atlantis could be back at its Florida home Tuesday night, where space shuttle Endeavour is being prepared for its upcoming STS-127 mission to the International Space Station. Endeavour was moved Sunday from Kennedy's Launch Pad 39B to Launch Pad 39A and was secured to pad A at 11:42 a.m. EDT.