All Systems Go for Teacher

Long wait for Morgan, Endeavour set to end with evening launch

By Heather McPherson, Newser User

Posted Aug 8, 2007 1:48 PM CDT

(Newser) – Countdown is continuing in Florida toward blastoff for the space shuttle Endeavour, the Orlando Sentinel reports, with an 80% chance of favorable conditions at tonight's scheduled launch time of 6:36pm Eastern. Teacher-turned-astronaut Barbara Morgan, a backup to the educator killed in the 1986 Challenger... Read full story »

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