Talk:STS-115

Launch Date Updated
I updated the lauch window reflecting the current projection of 9/6 - 9/8. NASA has pretty much taken all dates past 9/8/2006 off the table. If not launched by the 9/8 the shuttle will likely not launch until October.

Press briefings
On August 11 there will be a number of STS-115 briefings which will be carried on NASA TV. Some good content for the article might well come out of them. http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/MM_NTV_Breaking.html


 * 9 a.m. EDT (eastern daylight time)-- Program and International Space Station Assembly Overview Briefing 14.00 BST (British Summer Time)
 * 10:30 a.m. -- STS-115 Mission Overview Briefing 15.30 BST
 * 12.00 a.m -- STS-115 Spacewalk Overview Briefing 17.00 BST
 * 2 p.m. -- STS-115 Crew News Conference 19.00 BST
 * 6 p.m. -- STS-115 Canadian Space Agency Briefing with Mission Specialist Steve MacLean (for Canadian media)

Photos and - before/after
Instead of some assorted photos here and there in article, I suggest two photos : before insttalling P3/P4 and after installing P3/P4 (both of course with whole station visible). Other photos in article schould be launch of shuttle and one photo from spacewalks ( photo is very nice). Of course, logo of mission and group photo of astronauts is ok.

Landing Date
The landing date was listed as September 23rd, so I changed it to September 21st. I work at Kennedy Space Center and watched it roll over from the SLF. I can assure you that it landed on September 21st, 2006. The NASA website confirms this.

http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/sts115/launch/