Space Shuttle Endeavour Due To Launch, Monday 16th May 2011

[Greenlantern101]

launch is at 13.56 today. just over 10 mins left.

watch it live on Nasa TV

http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/index.html

 

[KekeTheKing]

I'll be watching from the back porch. If the clouds don't get in the way.

 

[McZiderRed]

You lucky devil Keke! Hopefully the clouds are not an issue for you - it looks quite cloudy on the TV feed...

 

[F1Yorkshire]

Just seen a better HD feed. http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/ustream.html

 

[Brogan]

I'll be watching from the back porch. If the clouds don't get in the way.

Dislike!

 

[KekeTheKing]

Yeah, my view is almost certainly going to be obscured by the cloud cover.

 

[McZiderRed]

Nice one F1Yorkshire !!

 

[gethinceri]

Chatting anyone?

 

[RevMaxPower]

Does that mean that the International Space Station is in fact just in a hangar somewhere? And, if it is an International space station, does the said hangar travel from country to country, or is it in several countries at once and thus is merely an illusion?

Mc Zider, you old cynic - the HANGAR is in space orbiting the Earth.. Dear Oh dear...

 

[Brogan]

Just watched it again: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-13394383

It really is almost unbelievable when you think of what's taking place for those few minutes.

 

[Grizzly]

What a quote:

This final flight is the vessel's 25th overall, having already clocked a cumulative distance in space of 166 million km - an expanse just greater than that which divides the Earth and the Sun.

 

[Jen]

Don't know if this worth reading, if you are acquainted with the subject:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/moslive/article-1385970/Nasa-After-space-rush-now.html

I used to be interested in space exploration a long time ago, then it all got a bit more "homely".

Hope it's worth the effort!

 

[gethinceri]

Thanks Jen, an interesting read. So the Space Race will become commercial, great news - it could become a race again and that will possibly accelerate the progress of space exploration. The spin-offs in development should have earth-based benefits, whether true return on investment can be measured will be the real determining factor in the future of space exploration.

 

[Jen]

Thanks Jen, an interesting read. So the Space Race will become commercial, great news - it could become a race again and that will possibly accelerate the progress of space exploration. The spin-offs in development should have earth-based benefits, whether true return on investment can be measured will be the real determining factor in the future of space exploration.

Whatever . Totally lost again .

 

[McZiderRed]

The Shuttle Endeavour and the ISS are due to dock 6:16 am US Eastern time, which is 11.16am BST tomorrow, Weds 18th May.
This may not be televised....

The Endeavour/ISS crew hatch will open 8:36 am US Eastern time, which is 13.36pm BST tomorrow, Weds 18 May.
This will be televised (unless doctor TV is ill...)

I do love a good shuttle mission.

 

[McZiderRed]

The Shuttle launch was filmed through an aeroplane window by a passenger.

Click this for the 'Yahoo News' shuttle-link to the story >> Historic Endeavour launch filmed from plane window

Luckily, the plane was above the cloud cover so he got a good view...

 

[Brogan]

That's pretty cool.

 

[RevMaxPower]

Yeah - just before it came up through the floor and left via the ceiling.....

 

[gethinceri]

It would have been better with someone writing a running commentary.

 

[McZiderRed]

Three of the six International Space Station crew members are due to depart the ISS, on the Soyuz TMA-20 capsule today at 5.15pm E.D.T, which according to my space watch is 10.15pm B.S.T.

Expedition 27 Commander Dmitry Kondratyev, NASA Flight Engineer Cady Coleman and European Space Agency Flight Engineer Paolo Nespoli will undock from the International Space Station at 5:15 p.m. EDT and will return to Earth inside their Soyuz TMA-20 spacecraft at 10:26 p.m. <E.D.T> Remaining on the station with the shuttle crew are three members of the Expedition 28 crew: Commander Andrey Borisenko, NASA astronaut Ron Garan and Russian cosmonaut Alexander Samokutyaev.

Quote source >> NASA - Space Shuttle Update

Both the undocking of Soyuz and the landing in Kazakhstan (at 3.46am B.S.T) will be covered by NASA tv. I believe it's quite unusual for ISS crew members to depart whilst the Shuttle is docked to the ISS. In fact, this may be the first time this has happened...

I've no idea what the coverage will be like, but I'll be watching.