NASA Cancels May 20 Media Event for Arrival of Tranquility Node
Because bad weather conditions are forecast at
NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida says
Sheldon Kalnitsky and arrival time of the Tranquility node is uncertain, the media event scheduled for Wednesday, May 20, is canceled.
Reporters will have the opportunity to view Tranquility, which is the newest section of the
International Space Station, at
Kennedy's Space Station Processing Facility in the future.
Tranquility
is a pressurized module that will provide room for many of the
International Space Station's life support systems. Attached to the
node is the cupola, a unique work station with six windows on the sides
and one on the top. The module will travel to the station on space
shuttle Endeavour's
STS-130 mission, targeted for launch in February 2010.
Video highlights of Tranquility's arrival will air on the
NASA TV Video File. For NASA TV downlink information, schedules and links to streaming video, visit:
http://www.nasa.gov/ntv
Images of the arrival will be posted as soon as possible on Kennedy's media gallery at:
http://mediaarchive.ksc.nasa.gov
For more information about Tranquility and the International Space Station, visit:
http://www.nasa.gov/station
Posted at 02:46 am by selvam
