Space Station and Shuttle Visible Together in Night Sky

[Dark Knight]

Man that was a jolt, I wasn't expecting it for another minute or so, caught me off guard

B U T FUL entry, and landing:clap:

BUTFUL entry??? Sounds like a movie!!!! :crazy:

 

[Tom'sGirl]

BUTFUL entry??? Sounds like a movie!!!! :crazy:

Okay then, BU T FULL

 

[Dark Knight]

Okay then, BU T FULL

 

[Peter Hamilton]

SpaceShip launch in 30 minutes! The Endeavour is about to lift off with seven astronauts from Cape Canaveral in Florida

 

[CarpeDiem]

SpaceShip launch in 30 minutes! The Endeavour is about to lift off with seven astronauts from Cape Canaveral in Florida

Thanks! I've listened and watched on NASA's website before, that's really cool.

 

[close_enough]

Here's a link at NASA to determine what time to watch for it: http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/realdata/sightings/cities/skywatch.cgi?country=United+States

You click on your state and then a city close to you. It will give a time and in what direction to look. We should be able to see it for three-minutes late tonight.

thanks for the link

 

[Peter Hamilton]

3 minutes to go!

 

[Peter Hamilton]

Beautiful Launch!

 

[Peter Hamilton]

5000 miles per hour speed now

 

[Peter Hamilton]

11.000 mph!

 

[Peter Hamilton]

17,000 mph!

 

[Taximom]

That was totally awesome to watch. The Fox news reporter (or was it a NASA employee) did a great job of explaining exactly what was happening and why. I haven't seen it done like that before and wonder if they did that because of the teacher being onboard?

I still find myself holding my breath for about 2 minutes. Seeing the Challenger explode has never left my thoughts.

 

[Toby]

I love watching the launches.

 

[Liz]

NASA has discovered a gouge in the under belly of the shuttle Endeavor! Oh my Lord, this is not good!!

 

[Peter Hamilton]

Its not good is right but they hope to repair it--They'll know more on Sunday

 

[j2mirish]

how can we put a space station in orbit as we have, send shuttle up to bring supllies/equipmment, etc...but not be able to eliminate the same old problem during liftoff with debri? :doh:

 

[Liz]

j2mirish, I heard that it may have been ice that caused the gouge.

 

[j2mirish]

j2mirish, I heard that it may have been ice that caused the gouge.

yes, I wasnt very explicit when I said DEBRI- I mean anything that has been a prior problem, including ice, or foam or anything they should be able to figure can be a problem-

 

[close_enough]

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — NASA discovered a worrisome gouge on Endeavour's belly soon after the shuttle docked with the international space station Friday, possibly caused by ice that broke off the fuel tank a minute after liftoff.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,292952,00.html

 

[Taximom]

I truly hope and pray that this shuttle comes home safely.