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NASA updates shuttle target launch dates for final two flights

July 6, 2010

WASHINGTON, 6 July 2010. NASA officials are targeting approximately 4:33 p.m. EDT on Novembert 1 for the launch of space shuttle Discovery's STS-133 mission and 4:19 p.m. EST on February 26, 2011, for the liftoff of shuttle Endeavour's STS-134 flight from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

Posted by John McHaleWASHINGTON, 6 July 2010. NASA officials are targeting approximately 4:33 p.m. EDT on November 1 for the launch of space shuttleDiscovery's STS-133 mission and 4:19 p.m. EST on February 26, 2011, for the liftoff of shuttle Endeavour's STS-134 flight from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The target dates were adjusted because critical payload hardware for STS-133 will not be ready in time to support the previously planned Sept. 16 launch. With STS-133 moving to November, STS-134 cannot fly as planned, so the next available launch window is in February 2011. NASA will schedule the official launch date for each mission following the agency's Flight Readiness Reviews, which typically occur about two weeks prior to launches. All target launch dates are subject to change. For more information about the shuttle missions and their crews, visit: http://www.nasa.gov/shuttle. The shuttle launch manifest is available at: http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/structure/iss_manifest.html.

NASA updates shuttle target launch dates for final two flights

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