As at March 1st 2008, the next launch of the shuttle is scheduled for March 11 at 2:28 am EDT.
You can check the next space launch schedule on websites like NASA's launch schedule or Space.com. Launch dates can change due to weather or technical issues, so it's always good to check closer to the event.
The launch of the Space Shuttle Endeavor was on February 8 at 4:15 AM EST
The next space shuttle going into space is the Space Launch System (SLS) Artemis I mission, which is an uncrewed test flight around the Moon.
it's actually rtr 220. and it is expected to come next month i.e. June 2010. Also 250 will come next year. :.<-->.:
That will be the Juno space probe due to launch in 2011, reaching Jupiter in 2016.
The space shuttle that NASA puts up leaves from the Kennedy Space Center (next door to Cape Canaveral) in Florida. It is the only place with large enough facilities to assemble, transport and launch this massive vehicle. Launch Complex 39, the old Apollo staging area, was refitted to handle the big rig. You need links, and we got 'em. They're to related articles posted by our friends at Wikipedia, where knowledge is free.
For the past 20 years or so, the Space Shuttle has been the primary way into space. However, the shuttles are due to be retired within the next couple of years, and newer rockets are expected to replace them.
The Space Shuttle Atlantis, the last of the space shuttles to be retired, began its last voyage on July 8, 2011. Once it landed safely on July 21, 2011, the Space Shuttle program was officially retired.
The next space shuttle mission is scheduelled for the 3rd feb 2011(shuttle discovery sts 133) It was originally due for launch back in November 2010 but due to technical problems and bad weather the next launch window is now set for 3rd feb 2011.
The next shuttle to launch is Discovery, flying mission STS-133, and is currently planned to liftoff on 2 November 2010, at 4:18 pm. The final missions scheduled for the space shuttle program are: - Endeavor on STS-134, slated for launch 27 February 2011 - Atlantis on STS-135, slated for launch no earlier than 28 June 2011, but funding is pending the passage of an appropriations bill.
It is a little burnt but the launch pad is designed to take extreme heat and pressure created by the space shuttle. If it wasn't, they would have to make a new launch pad every launch and those things are worth a pretty penny...
The next shuttle to launch is Discovery, flying mission STS-133. The final missions scheduled for the space shuttle program are: - Endeavor on STS-134, slated for launch 27 February 2011 - Atlantis on STS-135, slated for launch no earlier than 28 June 2011, but funding is pending the passage of an appropriations bill.