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From: pittman@mwk.uucp
Newsgroups: sci.space.shuttle
Subject: Times for Endeavour at Ellington Field May 2-3?
Message-ID: <345.281e8d51@mwk.uucp>
Date: 1 May 91 15:41:37 GMT
References: <1991Apr30.205016.10826@news.arc.nasa.gov>
Organization: M. W. Kellogg, Houston TX
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In article <1991Apr30.205016.10826@news.arc.nasa.gov>, yee@trident.arc.nasa.gov (Peter E. Yee) writes:
>                         ENDEAVOUR (OV 105) - PALMDALE, CALIF.
> 
>                Endeavour is being prepared for delivery to KSC  this  week.
>           Today,  worker  are conducting a practice run of mating Endeavour
>           to the 747 using the new  Orbiter  Lifting  Frame.  Endeavour  is
>           scheduled  to  be  mated  to the agency's new 747 Shuttle Carrier
>           Aircraft tomorrow.
> 
>                The first leg  of  the  cross  country  ferry  flight,  from
>           California  to  Texas,  is  scheduled for May 2.  A refueling and
>           overnight stop is planned at Ellington Field in  Houston,  Texas.
>           The journey,  from Texas to Florida,  will continue the next day.
>           The estimated time of arrival at KSC is midday.

  Can anyone tell me the scheduled arrival and departure times for Endeavour
at Ellington Field?  Will there be any opportunity for the public to view
the orbiter on the ground?

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