STS-118 "Endeavour" perfect launch!
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Gold Member Username: Thx_3417Bournemouth ... Post Number: 4118 Registered: May-05 |  Paul how come you didn't start a thread on this hmm, I missed the live launch today that I was totally unaware of. No matter I'm watching the playbacks and that is a lovely launch, with clear skies, just perfect. Now I know there's a December launch scheduled later this year looking forwards to that.  NASA TV http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/ |
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Gold Member Username: WingmanaliveA pic is worth 1000 posts!! Post Number: 9046 Registered: Jun-06 | Knew about the launch but was too busy with work to watch. Just watched the replay. Never gets old. |
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Gold Member Username: Thx_3417Bournemouth ... Post Number: 4120 Registered: May-05 | Never gets old each one looks different and unique. Whoa there's an October launch coming up wow, this is a busy shuttle launch year! |
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Gold Member Username: Thx_3417Bournemouth ... Post Number: 4121 Registered: May-05 | I saw the ISS passing over Bournemouth yesterday or rather at 11.42 WNW to WNW 2 minute duration. |
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Gold Member Username: WingmanaliveA pic is worth 1000 posts!! Post Number: 9052 Registered: Jun-06 | Yeah I love seeing Florida vanish as quickly as it does from the vids. In no time at all you see the curvature of the Earth and bang, you're in space. I still want to see a lauch in person someday, if I'm lucky enough lol. |
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Gold Member Username: Thx_3417Bournemouth ... Post Number: 4123 Registered: May-05 | Well stay turned to NASA TV coming soon October another spectacular live lunch. There are allegations going around about whether a shuttle crew as smuggled alcohol on a shuttle mission! This is incredible I just don't believe I'm hearing this at the NASA news conference.  Michael Griffin of NASA just made an incredible response. http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n0707/27astrohealth/ If a future president can extend the Shuttle program to beyond December 2010 that would be great news, it would be sad to see the shuttle retired its been going now steadily for 26 years with a few tragic losses. I feel the dream should be kept alive.  |
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Gold Member Username: WingmanaliveA pic is worth 1000 posts!! Post Number: 9056 Registered: Jun-06 | What nasa needs to start considering is all the space junk floating around up there. It will only get worse as time and missions continue, forever endangering any craft going up. So how does one go about this? Hmmmmmmmm |
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Gold Member Username: Thx_3417Bournemouth ... Post Number: 4124 Registered: May-05 | Like a minefield!! Hmm they need to clear the debris up! But that would be very difficult very, these are small pieces but some would burn up in the atmosphere, and I guess some won't for quite sometime. Yesterday after they jettisoned the (external tank) I could see debris lethally spinning if that would to hit you, you'd be in bad way I would say. You should be lucky thee (external tank) doesn't drop on your house! Of course I think that is all timed with precision and it would burn up and land in the ocean? Not that I've ever seen that happen? |
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Gold Member Username: Thx_3417Bournemouth ... Post Number: 4125 Registered: May-05 | Here's a wonderful launch of Atlantis as she climbs towards the heavens, the video is accompanied with music by Jerry Goldsmith Star Trek the motion picture. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FHK9kfoSyFU&mode=related&search= |
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Gold Member Username: Thx_3417Bournemouth ... Post Number: 4126 Registered: May-05 | Here's an STS-118 video footage of the (external tank) as she plummets into the atmosphere. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-szl98NQcvI |
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Gold Member Username: WingmanaliveA pic is worth 1000 posts!! Post Number: 9095 Registered: Jun-06 | Good vids. |
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Gold Member Username: Thx_3417Bournemouth ... Post Number: 4127 Registered: May-05 | Atlantis 2006 Space Shuttle launch STS-115 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IVbgSwuU8xY&mode=related&search= |
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Gold Member Username: WingmanaliveA pic is worth 1000 posts!! Post Number: 9118 Registered: Jun-06 | Have you seen the launch from inside the orbitor? Good stuff. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iwfsFtpACFw&mode=related&search= |
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Gold Member Username: Thx_3417Bournemouth ... Post Number: 4403 Registered: May-05 | "All crew members close and lock your visors!" It's a about 130db inside the shuttle upon lift-off! That was trilling kinder felt like being an extra MS mission specialist at the back. Thanks for sharing Paul. |
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Gold Member Username: WingmanaliveA pic is worth 1000 posts!! Post Number: 9147 Registered: Jun-06 |  |
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Gold Member Username: Thx_3417Bournemouth ... Post Number: 4404 Registered: May-05 | The ISS passed overhead last night Friday at 22.53 hours, just thinking that the shuttle was attached to the ISS, remarkable. It was short duration last night that started at WNW to E very narrow 2 minutes. I can step right outside and look up at her, and wave and then run back inside, wild, wild man. |