Endeavor Shuttle Launch: Time, Where To Watch (LIVE VIDEO)

The final flight of space shuttle Endeavour is a go for Friday, April 29.

The craft is currently set to launch at 3:47 p.m. EDT from Launch Pad 39A of the Kennedy Space Center. Mission STS-134 will be the 25th and final excursion for Endeavour into outer space, and the second-to-last shuttle launch ever.

STS-135, featuring space shuttle Atlantis, will be the final shuttle launch ever.

An enormous turnout is expected for this historic launch, with NASA and Florida tourism expecting close to 700,000 spectators for the event, according to Space.com.

Among the spectators will be President Obama and his family, as well as Arizona congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, whose husband, Mark Kelly, will be commanding the mission.

The best way to check out the shuttle launch is online. NASA TV will stream the launch live, and you can either watch it here on NASA.gov, or below in the live stream.

While there are opportunities to watch it on television, programming is somewhat sparse and depends upon region, service, and providers.

For more information on the launch schedule, click here.

WATCH LIVE (Standard NASA TV Programming Until Launch Time Arrives):

Stream videos at Ustream

Comments

[dubbleplusgood]

12:46 PM on 04/29/2011

latest tweet from neiltyson:

Cost to build Endeavour orbiter: $1.7B.
Net cost to British economy for day off, allowing everybody to watch Royal Wedding:$8B

[Lahonda]

12:34 PM on 04/30/2011

...but, but it's her first wedding and she's a princess!

Have some compassion for the elite class in this world. They have so few friends.

(wink)

[jsarets]

12:24 PM on 04/29/2011

Launch is scrubbed. Problem with multiple heaters on APU-1.

[cabinetmaniac]

12:33 PM on 04/29/2011

Looks like we have to wait at least 48 hours:

http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/main/index.html

:-]

[jsarets]

12:41 PM on 04/29/2011

I'm hearing more like 5 days assuming the troubleshooting goes smoothly. If they aren't ready to go in 5 days (May 4), then the Atlas V SBIRS launch will mostly likely take priority on the range and push the Shuttle launch to no earlier than May 8.

[RaceCondition]

12:45 PM on 04/29/2011

Fanned. :)

(Space fan..)

[MIKEinNYC]

09:47 AM on 04/29/2011

What will get more viewers, this or that royal wedding cr*p in England?

[hungrypilot]

09:50 AM on 04/29/2011

Do you really care?

[abuckley23]

11:38 AM on 04/29/2011

I guess there's more popular stuff going on in NY today?

[jsarets]

11:53 PM on 04/28/2011

Following a 5-hour weather delay, NASA has given the GO to open the Rotating Service Structure currently enclosing Space Shuttle Endeavour. The launch is still on target for 3:47PM EDT. Live webcast:

http://www.ustream.tv/channel-popup/nasa-hd-tv

[Tazirai]

10:42 PM on 04/28/2011

First!.. Only one to go after this. I will be there for the last shuttle launch come hell and highwater.