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post Mar 11 2008, 03:21 AM
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – The seven STS-123 astronauts have arrived at Pad 39A where shuttle Endeavour awaits a 2:28:12 a.m. EDT (0628:12 GMT) liftoff.

The astronauts will enter Endeavour one by one, beginning with veteran shuttle commander Dominic 'Dom' Gorie, to prepare for this evening’s launch.

The launch team is not working any technical issues and the countdown so far has been smooth and uneventful.
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post Mar 28 2008, 01:36 AM
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I just got an e-mail from my parents who live just south of tampa bay florida. The shuttle produced a large sonic boom there as it came in. The house shook! There were lots of 911 calls to the police. COOL!!

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post Mar 28 2008, 08:49 PM
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The shuttle produced a large sonic boom there as it came in. The house shook!
Brian

I had the feeling that we actualy heard the double bang live. I heard "something" just a few second after Endeavour disapeared behind the clouds. Anybody else ?


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- kspace   STS-123   Mar 11 2008, 03:21 AM
- - dvandorn   Well -- not a completely nominal launch, here. Ri...   Mar 11 2008, 06:36 AM
- - dvandorn   A "left RCS issue" is possibly being cau...   Mar 11 2008, 06:41 AM
- - edstrick   Good launch, except for the cloud deck. At 6300 f...   Mar 11 2008, 10:08 AM
- - ddeerrff   Missed it last night. Someone got a link to the v...   Mar 11 2008, 02:57 PM
|- - kspace   QUOTE (ddeerrff @ Mar 11 2008, 09:57 AM) ...   Mar 12 2008, 05:17 PM
- - dvandorn   That looked like a high cloud deck to me, too -- b...   Mar 11 2008, 02:58 PM
|- - Jim from NSF.com   QUOTE (dvandorn @ Mar 11 2008, 09:58 AM) ...   Mar 12 2008, 03:10 AM
|- - dvandorn   QUOTE (Jim from NSF.com @ Mar 11 2008, 10...   Mar 12 2008, 03:30 PM
- - edstrick   They punched through two major, maybe a fainter mi...   Mar 12 2008, 07:46 AM
- - ddeerrff   Thanks!   Mar 12 2008, 06:47 PM
- - kspace   Astronauts Transport Pallet of Robot Pieces to Spa...   Mar 13 2008, 01:42 PM
- - climber   In case you missed it, run to this clip : http://w...   Mar 20 2008, 11:29 PM
|- - ugordan   QUOTE (climber @ Mar 21 2008, 12:29 AM) I...   Mar 21 2008, 04:47 PM
- - nprev   That was a real treat!!! Thanks for po...   Mar 21 2008, 12:57 AM
- - Sunspot   Aren't these the same video clips that are ava...   Mar 21 2008, 09:37 AM
- - stevesliva   I don't think the US government asserts copyri...   Mar 21 2008, 03:04 PM
- - climber   ISS view from departing Shuttles is getting better...   Mar 25 2008, 10:08 PM
- - climber   Endeavour's coming back home as I write. Landi...   Mar 26 2008, 11:51 PM
|- - Stu   QUOTE (climber @ Mar 26 2008, 11:51 PM) E...   Mar 27 2008, 12:44 AM
- - climber   OK, Endeavour's back home now.   Mar 27 2008, 12:43 AM
- - djellison   That's the exhaust from the APU's. (little...   Mar 27 2008, 12:57 AM
- - nprev   Yeah, I was a little alarmed at first by that myse...   Mar 27 2008, 01:03 AM
- - dvandorn   The exhaust from the APUs is essentially invisible...   Mar 27 2008, 04:03 AM
|- - BPCooper   QUOTE (dvandorn @ Mar 26 2008, 11:03 PM) ...   Mar 27 2008, 01:30 PM
|- - dvandorn   QUOTE (BPCooper @ Mar 27 2008, 08:30 AM) ...   Mar 27 2008, 03:06 PM
||- - BPCooper   QUOTE (dvandorn @ Mar 27 2008, 10:06 AM) ...   Mar 28 2008, 02:12 AM
|- - nprev   QUOTE (BPCooper @ Mar 27 2008, 06:30 AM) ...   Mar 28 2008, 01:51 AM
- - ilbasso   That venting is the primary reason that as SOP, no...   Mar 27 2008, 01:27 PM
- - monty python   I just got an e-mail from my parents who live just...   Mar 28 2008, 01:36 AM
|- - climber   QUOTE (monty python @ Mar 28 2008, 02:36 ...   Mar 28 2008, 08:49 PM
- - dvandorn   Ah -- December, 2006. That explains it. I had so...   Mar 28 2008, 03:19 AM

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