{"id":5340,"date":"2013-11-18T17:52:18","date_gmt":"2013-11-18T17:52:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=5340"},"modified":"2013-11-18T17:52:18","modified_gmt":"2013-11-18T17:52:18","slug":"maven-launch-countdown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=5340","title":{"rendered":"MAVEN launch countdown"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The countdown is underway for the\u00a0\u00a0launch of the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/mission_pages\/maven\/main\/index.html#.UoZzkHCTjjY\" target=\"_d\">MAVEN<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0spacecraft to Mars today at 1:28 pm EST \u00a0but weather is an issue. Spaceflight Now says,<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Fueling of the Atlas rocket with cryogenic liquid oxygen and liquid hydrogen is progressing smoothly as the countdown continues on schedule for a liftoff at 1:28 p.m. EST (1828 GMT). Weather remains GO, and the launch window runs until 3:28 p.m. EST (2028 GMT)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Updates at<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.spaceflightnow.com\/atlas\/av038\/status.html\" target=\"_d\">Atlas Launch Report | Mission Status Center &#8211; Spaceflight Now<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.nasa.gov\/maven\/\" target=\"_d\">MAVEN Launch Blog<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NASA_LSP\" target=\"_d\">NASA_LSP (NASA_LSP) on Twitter<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Here&#8217;s the NASA TV webcast:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: 0; outline: 0;\" src=\"http:\/\/cdn.livestream.com\/embed\/spaceflightnow?layout=4&amp;color=0xe7e7e7&amp;autoPlay=false&amp;mute=false&amp;iconColorOver=0x888888&amp;iconColor=0x777777&amp;allowchat=true&amp;height=295&amp;width=480\" height=\"295\" width=\"480\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div style=\"font-size: 11px; padding-top: 10px; width: 480px; text-align: center;\">Watch <a title=\"live\" href=\"http:\/\/www.livestream.com\/?utm_source=lsplayer&amp;utm_medium=embed&amp;utm_campaign=footerlinks\">live streaming video<\/a> from <a title=\"Watch\" href=\"http:\/\/www.livestream.com\/spaceflightnow?utm_source=lsplayer&amp;utm_medium=embed&amp;utm_campaign=footerlinks\">spaceflightnow<\/a> at livestream.com<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The countdown is underway for the\u00a0\u00a0launch of the\u00a0MAVEN\u00a0\u00a0spacecraft to Mars today at 1:28 pm EST \u00a0but weather is an issue. Spaceflight Now says, Fueling of the Atlas rocket with cryogenic liquid oxygen and liquid hydrogen is progressing smoothly as the countdown continues on schedule for a liftoff at 1:28 p.m. EST (1828 GMT). Weather remains &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=5340\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">MAVEN launch countdown<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[37,78,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5340","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-events","category-mars","category-rockets"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p34aWK-1o8","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":5307,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=5307","url_meta":{"origin":5340,"position":0},"title":"MAVEN cleared for launch to Mars on Monday","author":"TopSpacer","date":"November 15, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"The\u00a0MAVEN\u00a0spacecraft heading for Mars has gotten clearance for launch. 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