HDNet's Exclusive Live HDTV Coverage Of The Launch Of Space Shuttle Endeavour Rescheduled For 5:30 P.M. ET, Wednesday, August 8

August 6, 2007

DNet's exclusive live coverage of the lift off of NASA's Space Shuttle Endeavour, STS-118 has moved to Wednesday, August 8 at 5:30 p.m. ET with the planned liftoff set for 6:36 p.m. ET. HDNet will be the only television network to bring viewers the launch coverage in stunning high definition television. Endeavour will carry a seven-member crew, including mission specialist Barbara Morgan. Morgan, a teacher, was originally chosen as the backup to Christa McAuliffe for the NASA Teacher in Space Program in 1985. She was selected by NASA as a mission specialist in January of 1998 and will finally make her first trip into space aboard Endeavour. HDNet's exclusive HD partnership with NASA allows the network exceptional access to the shuttle and its astronauts, including coverage of the crew's pre-launch preparations such as the astronauts getting into their vacuum suits, moving into the orbiter and making their final preparations before lift off. When: Live coverage begins at 5:30 p.m. ET, and includes the scheduled lift off at 6:36 p.m. ET

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