SPACE SHUTTLE ATLANTIS DUE HOME ON SUNDAY, MAY 24th, 2009

This is the runway in Florida if Space Shuttle ATLANTIS can land there on Sunday.
Weather has caused delay of the shuttle landing for two days.
NASA really prefers Florida as it cost almost 2 million dollars to load it up and send it back to Florida if it has to land at Edwards Air Force Base in California.
Hopefully the weather will clear up enough for them to land on Sunday Morning # 9:11 AM or...at 10:49 AM








This is a picture of the HUBBLE after it was released form the payload bay of ATLANTIS on Wednesday May 21st, 2009.












Mission Control Center, Houston, Texas
05.23.09 STATUS REPORT : STS-125-25
STS-125 MCC Status Report #25
Weather in Florida did not cooperate again for Atlantis’ return to Earth today. There are two additional landing opportunities being considered Sunday on both U.S. coasts.

For the first opportunity in Florida at Kennedy Space Center, the crew would execute a deorbit burn at 7:58 a.m. and land at 9:11 a.m. The second Kennedy opportunity calls for a deorbit burn at 9:31 a.m. and landing at 10:49 a.m.

The first landing opportunity targeted in California at Edwards Air Force Base would start with a deorbit burn at 9:25 a.m. and culminate in a 10:40 a.m. landing. The second opportunity would begin with a deorbit burn at 11:08 a.m. and result in landing at 12:19 p.m.

The Kennedy weather forecast is expected to improve slightly, but there is a chance that weather in the vicinity of the Shuttle Landing Facility will continue to be unfavorable. The Edwards forecast is generally favorable.

The crew is scheduled to go to sleep at 4:01 p.m. and awaken at 12:01 a.m. Sunday. The next status report will be issued after landing or earlier if events warrant.
If Space Shutttle ATLANTIS hS TO LAND AT EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE IT WILL HAVE TO BE PIGGYBACKED BACK TO FLORIDA. The pics below are of the last landing of Atlantis at Edwards Air Force Base in California.