Shuttle On The Launch Pad ! |
Shuttle On The Launch Pad ! |
Jul 26 2005, 02:42 PM
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3000mph, 33 miles up, 40 miles downrange
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Jul 26 2005, 02:58 PM
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Junior Member Group: Members Posts: 90 Joined: 20-April 05 Member No.: 289 |
The last webcam shot......
Cool! |
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Jul 26 2005, 02:58 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 562 Joined: 29-March 05 Member No.: 221 |
Main tank sep. Awesome, shown live from the external tank, very cool video sequence of the sep. attachement shows sep sequence.
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Jul 26 2005, 03:01 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 562 Joined: 29-March 05 Member No.: 221 |
now quick lets start the primary school science experiments. Bah!
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Jul 26 2005, 03:05 PM
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Founder Group: Chairman Posts: 14432 Joined: 8-February 04 Member No.: 1 |
That ET footage was fantastic- did you see the SSME plume growing during assent - and the RCS firing, along with the OMS burn just after ET sep - it was brilliant - good to see that they cleared the issue they had with the SRB-Sep motors fogging the camera from the last time they did this.
I'm not a fan of ISS/Shuttle - BUT - you cant help but be in awe of it all when it goes right. God speed the crew of Discovery. Doug |
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Jul 26 2005, 03:07 PM
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Junior Member Group: Members Posts: 90 Joined: 20-April 05 Member No.: 289 |
QUOTE (djellison @ Jul 26 2005, 11:05 AM) That ET footage was fantastic- did you see the SSME plume growing during assent - and the RCS firing, along with the OMS burn just after ET sep - it was brilliant - good to see that they cleared the issue they had with the SRB-Sep motors fogging the camera from the last time they did this. I'm not a fan of ISS/Shuttle - BUT - you cant help but be in awe of it all when it goes right. So many TLA's.......(and an FLA thrown in for good measure) |
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Jul 26 2005, 03:11 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 562 Joined: 29-March 05 Member No.: 221 |
Yeah the ET footage was pretty special, gotta 'fess i wasn't expecting it which made it all the more exciting.
hah ha, no fogging this time makes for a proper sci-fi view. /wishing them a safe flight. |
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Jul 26 2005, 03:14 PM
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Jul 26 2005, 03:32 PM
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spaceflightnow are reporting debris breaking off the external tank at SRB seperation.
1512 GMT (11:12 a.m. EDT) T+plus 33 minutes. A few seconds after solid rocket booster separation, a large chunk of something broke free from the external fuel tank. The onboard video camera mounted on the tank showed the object flying away from the vehicle without striking Discovery. http://www.spaceflightnow.com/shuttle/sts1...50726debris.jpg |
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