Winds scrub Atlas 5/Cygnus launch
For the second day in a row winds have forced a scrub of the Atlas 5 launch of Orbital ATK’s Cygnus capsule to ISS.
They have not yet decided whether they will try again on Saturday or Sunday.
Update: They have decided to try again on Saturday.
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For the second day in a row winds have forced a scrub of the Atlas 5 launch of Orbital ATK’s Cygnus capsule to ISS.
They have not yet decided whether they will try again on Saturday or Sunday.
Update: They have decided to try again on Saturday.
On Christmas Eve 1968 three Americans became the first humans to visit another world. What they did to celebrate was unexpected and profound, and will be remembered throughout all human history. Genesis: the Story of Apollo 8, Robert Zimmerman's classic history of humanity's first journey to another world, tells that story, and it is now available as both an ebook and an audiobook, both with a foreword by Valerie Anders and a new introduction by Robert Zimmerman.
The ebook is available everywhere for $5.99 (before discount) at amazon, or direct from my ebook publisher, ebookit. If you buy it from ebookit you don't support the big tech companies and the author gets a bigger cut much sooner.
The audiobook is also available at all these vendors, and is also free with a 30-day trial membership to Audible.
"Not simply about one mission, [Genesis] is also the history of America's quest for the moon... Zimmerman has done a masterful job of tying disparate events together into a solid account of one of America's greatest human triumphs."--San Antonio Express-News
Fox news was prepared for live coverage. Shocking!
Looks like today (Saturday) was also scrubbed due to weather. They will try again on Sunday at 4:44 p.m. EST.
@PeterF
I could be wrong but it seems to me that this ULA launch has had more hype surrounding it than previous launches. The internet was uncharacteristically excited over what has been rather common place due to the reliability and longevity of the launcher.
Sure, the payload has something to do with it but the focus wasn’t so strong on the payload but the launch.
IMO, this shows that Tony Bruno has put in place a great PR team to pump up ULA launches and is trying to create the same excitement newer entrants like Blue Origin and SpaceX receive for his well established mature company.
Wodun wrote: “I could be wrong but it seems to me that this ULA launch has had more hype surrounding it than previous launches.”
ULA may be bragging about their reliability. They are behind the curve where price is concerned, but they have a good success record, and they may be trying to emphasize that Orbital ATK must rely upon ULA, because their own rocket exploded.
On the other hand, since there have been so many problems with the supply missions, these past 14 months, public interest (read: “news media interest”) may be much higher than usual and will die down after a few successful US resupply missions. It happened this way with the Space Shuttle, after their disasters.