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Author Topic: Space Shuttle Launch  (Read 8739 times)

Offline Steven Roy

Re: Space Shuttle Launch
« Reply #45 on: May 29, 2008, 03:03:14 PM »
According to NASA everything is going perfectly for the launch.  There doesn't seem to have been a single problem right down the line with this one.

Launch is still 5:02pm EDT/10:02pm BST Saturday.  NASA are predicting 80% chance of favourable weather for the first launch window.

There is a pre-launch news conference on NASA TV at 11am EDT/6pm BST today which like everything NASA has done recently I will miss.  Still I saw the Mars landing so you can't have everything.

CrazyHorse

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Re: Space Shuttle Launch
« Reply #46 on: May 29, 2008, 03:47:58 PM »
thanks steven  :good: 

Offline Ian

Re: Space Shuttle Launch
« Reply #47 on: May 29, 2008, 07:11:00 PM »
Thanks for all the updates Steven, great stuff.  :good:
An aircraft landing is just a controlled crash.

Offline Steven Roy

Re: Space Shuttle Launch
« Reply #48 on: May 29, 2008, 11:52:47 PM »
There has been a minor addition to the shuttle mission.  The toilet in the ISS is broken so a pump for it has been flown from Russia to Florida to be put on board the shuttle.  7 highly trained astronauts, countless millions of dollars to launch them into space and they have to fix a toilet.  And you thought your plumber was expensive?

Offline cosworth151

Re: Space Shuttle Launch
« Reply #49 on: May 30, 2008, 01:29:05 PM »
I heard about this. The ISS crew is using the one on the Soyuz escape vehicle.
“You can search the world over for the finer things, but you won't find a match for the American road and the creatures that live on it.”
― Bob Dylan

CrazyHorse

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Re: Space Shuttle Launch
« Reply #50 on: May 30, 2008, 02:12:12 PM »
i heard that they had filled one of the escape vehicles with all their rubbish n stuff and they'll going release it into the earths atmosphere so that it burns up on re-entry

is the ISS still under construction or are they still using the old soviet mir one?

Offline Steven Roy

Re: Space Shuttle Launch
« Reply #51 on: May 31, 2008, 06:53:01 PM »
NASA TV currently showing astronauts being loaded into the shuttle.  Everything still on schedule.

There are three kind of vehicles that fly to the ISS.  The shuttle, the Soyuz and the ESA Progress module which is unmanned and carries only cargo.  I assume the Progress module is allowed to burn up on re-entry.  It is probably cheaper to do that than engineer it to be recoverable and re-useable.

Offline Scott

Re: Space Shuttle Launch
« Reply #52 on: May 31, 2008, 09:56:06 PM »
9 minutes and counting
The Honey Badger doesn't give a...

Offline Ian

Re: Space Shuttle Launch
« Reply #53 on: May 31, 2008, 10:16:57 PM »
Perfect launch and separation,  :good:
An aircraft landing is just a controlled crash.

Offline Steven Roy

Re: Space Shuttle Launch
« Reply #54 on: June 02, 2008, 07:09:46 PM »
The shuttle has successfully docked with the ISS.  Currently they are running checks before they open the hatches.

Offline Steven Roy

Re: Space Shuttle Launch
« Reply #55 on: June 14, 2008, 01:01:29 AM »
The shuttle landing is due at 11:15 EDT / 16:15 BST on Saturday 14th.  NASA TV will start coverage a few hours before.

CrazyHorse

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Re: Space Shuttle Launch
« Reply #56 on: June 14, 2008, 06:17:24 AM »
 :good:

 


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