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Mizzou B-ball fan
05-11-2009, 10:07 AM
TV feed.......

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

Audio is really cool. They're putting the astronauts in as we speak.....

http://www.nasa.gov/178952main_Mission_Audio_UP.asx
DaddyTorgo
05-11-2009, 10:09 AM
yayyyy space flights!

get us off this single fragile lil rock before we destroy ourselves or get destroyed by the universe
spleen1015
05-11-2009, 12:50 PM
These are always fun to watch.
Mizzou B-ball fan
05-11-2009, 12:53 PM
10 minutes to launch. Hopefully all goes well.
MrBug708
05-11-2009, 01:03 PM
Did they get Wolowitz's toilet fixed?
Mizzou B-ball fan
05-11-2009, 01:20 PM
Did they get Wolowitz's toilet fixed?

Yeah, that was last mission.

I know that it was added for safety reasons, but that new camera on the external fuel tank that watches to make sure the foam doesn't fly off the vehicle provides some fabulous views of Earth. Incredible to watch the view as they go from ground level to 56 miles above Earth in 3 minutes.
Dr. Sak
05-11-2009, 01:29 PM
Did they get Wolowitz's toilet fixed?

I sure hope so...we don't need crap hitting the fan.
PadresFan104
05-11-2009, 06:01 PM
Does anyone else's heart skip a beat at 2:18 of the featured launch video?? Maybe I haven't watched enough of these launches to know to expect this...
Mizzou B-ball fan
05-12-2009, 07:05 AM
Does anyone else's heart skip a beat at 2:18 of the featured launch video?? Maybe I haven't watched enough of these launches to know to expect this...

I haven't watched the replay, but I'm assuming you're talking the Solid Rocket Booster Separation (SRS). If so, it happens pretty often. :D
PadresFan104
05-12-2009, 11:24 AM
I haven't watched the replay, but I'm assuming you're talking the Solid Rocket Booster Separation (SRS). If so, it happens pretty often. :D

Yep, that's what I was referring to.. :eek:
Mizzou B-ball fan
05-13-2009, 08:32 AM
The shuttle is about 50 miles from Hubble now and closing. They expect to link up to it relatively soon. It'll be interesting to see how beat up the telescope exterior is given the increase of space junk in its orbit. You can watch the proceedings 350,000 feet above Egypt live on NASA TV.

http://www.nasa.gov/
Logan
05-13-2009, 08:35 AM
You might wanna fix that link, adding a space before the ).
PilotMan
05-13-2009, 08:44 AM
I gotta say I have been doing some reading about this mission, and the work that is going to be done would be frustratingly difficult in my house let alone in the vacuum of space.

It will be amazing if he can do all the repairs and upgrades without anything going wrong. I like doing computer upgrades and stuff, but dealing with 135 or so tiny screws in a suit that I don't want any holes in sounds terrible. Let alone losing screws in space, or changing pc boards.
Mizzou B-ball fan
05-13-2009, 08:55 AM
They've been chatting about the navigation system. They're using a system called a 'star tracker'. The shuttle normally uses it by focusing on a star to point them in the right direction. In this case, the system sees the reflection off the telescope as a 'star' and uses that to help with navigation.
Galaxy
05-15-2009, 07:45 PM
Cool picture of the shuttle against the sun:

hxxp://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/science/article6292923.ece