STS 122, Colombus to the ISS |
STS 122, Colombus to the ISS |
Feb 7 2008, 09:42 PM
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Founder Group: Chairman Posts: 14431 Joined: 8-February 04 Member No.: 1 |
Fortunately, Sky News in the UK often carries Nasa TV for 20 or so minutes during a shuttle launch. I wish someone could put together a business plan to have Nasa TV on Sky TV in the UK at, say, £10 a month.
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Feb 7 2008, 10:39 PM
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I'm having trouble viewing the launch on the NASA website and viewing NASA TV online. Firefox completely locks up and freezes for maybe 6-7 seconds. Or maybe my computer isnt up to the job lol
Anyone else having these problems? http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/index.html |
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Feb 7 2008, 10:50 PM
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Dublin Correspondent Group: Admin Posts: 1799 Joined: 28-March 05 From: Celbridge, Ireland Member No.: 220 |
No problem for me with Firefox (under Vista at any rate). Firefox's default settings for handling Windows Media on my machine seem to prevent the launch of a separate instance of WMP to make it possible to run in full screen mode, it did work fine under IE though.
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Feb 7 2008, 11:23 PM
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Founder Group: Chairman Posts: 14431 Joined: 8-February 04 Member No.: 1 |
I just open http://playlist.yahoo.com/makeplaylist.dll?id=1368570 in Quicktime (with flip4mac on OSX)
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Feb 7 2008, 11:34 PM
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The whole computer freezes too...I noticed the seconds no longer tick by on the clock in the task bar, so maybe the computer just isn't up to the job of handling these files.. Sigh, I need a new computer lol ... still waiting for that updated Mac Mini.
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Feb 8 2008, 01:55 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 753 Joined: 23-October 04 From: Greensboro, NC USA Member No.: 103 |
I'm very upset that my local cable provider does not carry, and does not intend to carry, NASA TV. One can never rely on the networks to show more than the period of launch up to SRB separation, if they cover that much!
My first job out of college (a looooooong time ago) was at a Government agency a block from NASA Headquarters in Washington. On the first Columbia mission, I walked over to NASA HQ and watched the landing from a press room off of the lobby. Those were the good ol' days. -------------------- Jonathan Ward
Manning the LCC at http://www.apollolaunchcontrol.com |
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Feb 8 2008, 02:25 PM
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Founder Group: Chairman Posts: 14431 Joined: 8-February 04 Member No.: 1 |
If you're in the continental US, you should be able to get NTV via about £70's worth of satellite receiving gear (at least, that's what it'd cost here - a 90cm dish and a digital decoder )
Frustratingly, we don't get it over here I wish we could get it bounced over for a subscription. Doug |
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Feb 8 2008, 04:16 PM
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Columbus finally on its way, although I'm really looking forward to STS-125 to Hubble
STS-122: http://www.esa.int/SPECIALS/Columbus/index.html STS-125: http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/gallery/images...5/ndxpage9.html |
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Feb 8 2008, 05:35 PM
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Newbie Group: Members Posts: 5 Joined: 21-December 07 From: Thessaloniki, Greece Member No.: 3987 |
I use VLC media player to watch the live feed of NASA TV. It is free and can record the feed to an avi file. |
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Guest_PhilCo126_* |
Feb 8 2008, 08:04 PM
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Well, I just saw the ISS (bright dot) passing overhead twice here in Belgium, each time with a little dot (shuttle) in its path about 15 minutes later...
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Feb 8 2008, 08:38 PM
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Founder Group: Chairman Posts: 14431 Joined: 8-February 04 Member No.: 1 |
I saw them the first pass as well. Was it me, or was the Shuttle noticeably faster ( given the lower 'catch up' orbit )
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Feb 9 2008, 06:49 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 540 Joined: 25-October 05 From: California Member No.: 535 |
The shuttle is faster, since with each orbit it gets closer to the ISS by 480 miles.
-------------------- 2011 JPL Tweetup photos: http://www.rich-parno.com/aa_jpltweetup.html
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Feb 9 2008, 11:05 AM
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It was one of the greatest launches I've ever seen
Finally we will have a good molecular biology laboratory onboard ISS By the way I have some sources that onboard Atlantis there is a scientific instrument built by the Bulgarian Aerospace Agency. It will measure cosmic radiation. I don't know why our agency is so interested in measuring radiation. A similar instrument is mounted on Chandrayaan. |
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Feb 9 2008, 11:23 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 3648 Joined: 1-October 05 From: Croatia Member No.: 523 |
The shuttle is faster, since with each orbit it gets closer to the ISS by 480 miles. This was discussed before and we came to the conclusion the apparent speed difference is not due to actual speed difference between the Shuttle/ISS but due to parallax - the shuttle being closer to the observer. -------------------- |
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Feb 9 2008, 07:08 PM
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Founder Group: Chairman Posts: 14431 Joined: 8-February 04 Member No.: 1 |
Stu and I conducted a highly scientific experiment.
Just as a 1813 ISS pass was happening, I phoned him at work. We watched the pass together. For me, it flew just left of Mars. For Stu, it was just above Betelgeuse, significantly lower. Using carefull science, trigonometric analysis, and accurate measurements - we can thus deduce that the ISS 'really quite high, and rather bright' The predict was for -2.4 for me, but it flared to what I would estimate is -4 or more about 20-30 degrees above the horizon as it was setting. Doug |
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