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 Aug 3 2007, 08:34 PM
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I have a feeling telling me to start this one...
-------------------- "Ride, boldly ride," The shade replied, "If you seek for Eldorado!"
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Aug 3 2007, 08:48 PM
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From your blog: "...science, hard work and truth." Can't think of a better motto for this event...
-------------------- A few will take this knowledge and use this power of a dream realized as a force for change, an impetus for further discovery to make less ancient dreams real.
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Aug 3 2007, 08:51 PM
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Right now there is no news. And no news is good news. I hope there won't be any issues with first stage loading, tower retraction and so on. And the weather is on our side.
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Aug 3 2007, 08:52 PM
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-------------------- If Occam had heard my theory, things would be very different now.
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Aug 3 2007, 09:02 PM
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Merciless Robot Group: Admin Posts: 8791 Joined: 8-December 05 From: Los Angeles Member No.: 602 |
Yeah, sorry about the erroneous weather allusion on the other thread. Was using Google News, didn't note the source, but I think now that there's some advance concern for Endeavour, not Phoenix; either the article or I mixed things up.
GO PHOENIX!!! -------------------- A few will take this knowledge and use this power of a dream realized as a force for change, an impetus for further discovery to make less ancient dreams real.
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Aug 3 2007, 09:10 PM
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QUOTE (nprev @ Aug 3 2007, 09:02 PM)  Yeah, sorry about the erroneous weather allusion on the other thread. Was using Google News, didn't note the source, but I think now that there's some advance concern for Endeavour, not Phoenix; either the article or I mixed things up. GO PHOENIX!!! Don't worry. In case weather worsens for the first launch opportunity we could skip it and proceed with the second... I don't believe that weather is the big issue for tomorrow. |
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Aug 3 2007, 09:44 PM
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QUOTE (ElkGroveDan @ Aug 3 2007, 04:52 PM) I hate to say it but that's pad B with Dawn's rocket :-\ Phoenix was on the left from your viewpoint. -------------------- |
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Aug 3 2007, 09:53 PM
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Why's that picture on the Phoenix home page then?
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Aug 3 2007, 10:12 PM
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 Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 3652 Joined: 1-October 05 From: Croatia Member No.: 523 |
Should we also be starting a "Phoenix Post-launch News" thread?
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Aug 3 2007, 10:19 PM
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Ben,
How many cameras have you set up for the Phoenix launch? TTT |
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Aug 3 2007, 10:19 PM
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A bunch of pictures of Phoenix' instruments were posted on Photojournal today. There's a nice illustration of the business end of the robotic arm:
http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA09949 I also note that that is number 9949 on Photojournal...should just be a couple weeks before they hit 10,000  --Emily -------------------- My website - My Patreon - @elakdawalla on Twitter - Please support unmannedspaceflight.com by donating here.
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Aug 3 2007, 10:41 PM
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QUOTE (helvick @ Aug 3 2007, 02:53 PM) Why's that picture on the Phoenix home page then? Ignore it. Despite having a nice layout, there are so many faults with the Phoenix website. 
-------------------- 2011 JPL Tweetup photos: http://www.rich-parno.com/aa_jpltweetup.html
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Aug 4 2007, 04:57 AM
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What's the status with the rollback? I woke up a little late and can't track the latest status...
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Aug 4 2007, 05:23 AM
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watch here
http://countdown.ksc.nasa.gov/elv/ |
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Aug 4 2007, 06:28 AM
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Aug 4 2007, 07:15 AM
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That was damn fast to 10,003 gallons. I wish I could fill up our Ford Focus that fast
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Aug 4 2007, 07:24 AM
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... and now, waiting for LOX fill
By the way did you see the last update on NASA Website? Now only 10% chance of weather prohibiting launch.
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Aug 4 2007, 07:27 AM
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Well the weather briefing guy just said 20% - but they almost never say less than that.
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Aug 4 2007, 07:47 AM
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... and we have LOX fill ongoing
Thumbs up for successful load!
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Aug 4 2007, 08:27 AM
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Living in California, I went to bed around 10 PM to try to get 4 hours of sleep, before getting back on the comp around 2 AM to catch the last 26 minutes of the countdown. Needless to say, there's still an hour left before launch...and I obviously couldn't get back to sleep. Too much excitement!
 EDIT: Weather officer HAS IMPROVED the launch weather forecast to 90%! -------------------- 2011 JPL Tweetup photos: http://www.rich-parno.com/aa_jpltweetup.html
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Aug 4 2007, 08:37 AM
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Nobody can sleep right know
now performing tests on the engines |
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Aug 4 2007, 08:48 AM
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I'm in
Here in France, the Sun is high in the sky but I'm awake since 7 a.m (paris local time, GMT+2). I have sleeping a little between 7 and now...I am watching NasaTV and all seems to be okay, no?
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Aug 4 2007, 08:51 AM
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howdy folks....
i'm in |
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Aug 4 2007, 08:54 AM
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These 'live' threads can get a bit crazy and pointless - so for those wanting something a bit like that...
UMSF Chat |
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Aug 4 2007, 09:34 AM
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Away on time, beautifully.
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Aug 4 2007, 09:39 AM
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Parking orbit achieved SECO done !!!
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Aug 4 2007, 09:41 AM
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Update from spaceflightnow.com
0936 GMT (5:36 a.m. EDT) T+plus 9 minutes, 28 seconds. SECO 1. The second stage engine cutoff has occurred, completing the motor's first firing of the day. The Delta 2 rocket and Phoenix have arrived in a preliminary orbit around Earth following launch this morning from Cape Canaveral. The vehicle will coast for more than an hour before the second stage is re-ignited. 0938 GMT (5:38 a.m. EDT) T+plus 12 minutes. The rocket has successfully achieved a parking orbit with an apogee of 90.09 miles, perigee of 89.98 miles and inclination of 28.5 degrees. That is right on the pre-planned orbit parameters. The second stage engine will re-start at T+plus 73 minutes. No telemetry from the rocket is expected until then. |
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Aug 4 2007, 09:50 AM
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 The Poet Dude Group: Moderator Posts: 5551 Joined: 15-March 04 From: Kendal, Cumbria, UK Member No.: 60 |
QUOTE (djellison @ Aug 4 2007, 10:34 AM) Away on time, beautifully. Yep, beautiful even on my shuddery, kaleidescopic Real Player window on dialup...! Lost count of the number of times I've heard a launch commentator say "T minus 10... 9... 8..." but it still makes me sit forward in my chair and the hairs on the back of my neck stand up... -------------------- |
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Aug 4 2007, 10:05 AM
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ken, stu, folks are on chat, click doug's link above
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Aug 4 2007, 10:05 AM
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stu come join us in the Live Chat, we're killilng time till 2nd stage restart
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Aug 4 2007, 10:46 AM
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Third stage ignition!
-------------------- 2011 JPL Tweetup photos: http://www.rich-parno.com/aa_jpltweetup.html
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Aug 4 2007, 10:59 AM
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QUOTE 1056 GMT (6:56 a.m. EDT) T+plus 90 minutes, 20 seconds. The Deep Space Network tracking site in Goldstone, California, has acquired a signal from the Phoenix spacecraft. http://www.spaceflightnow.com/mars/phoenix/status.html Signal aquired!!!
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Aug 4 2007, 11:04 AM
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QUOTE Data from Phoenix indicates the spacecraft reorienting itself to point its solar arrays toward the sun, a NASA spokesman says. We are on our way!!!
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Aug 4 2007, 12:30 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 548 Joined: 19-March 05 From: Princeton, NJ, USA Member No.: 212 |
update from spaceflightnow.com
1210 GMT (8:10 a.m. EDT) "The launch team did a spectacular job getting us on the way," said Barry Goldstein, Phoenix project manager. "Our trajectory is still being evaluated in detail; however we are well within expected limits for a successful journey to the red planet. We are all thrilled!" and more from space.com http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/07080..._launchday.html Red Planet Rising: NASA's Phoenix Probe Launches Towards Mars By Tariq Malik and Dave Mosher posted: 4 August 2007 This story was updated at 7:09 a.m. ET (1109 GMT) CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander lit up the predawn Florida sky Saturday, launching spaceward on a mission to determine whether the planet could have once supported primitive life. A United Launch Alliance Delta 2 rocket launched Phoenix towards Mars at 5:26:34 a.m. EDT (0926:34 GMT) from Pad 17A at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Cape Canaveral, Florida. The three-stage booster is bound for the flat northern plains of Vastitas Borealis near the martian north pole, where it is expected to dig into and sample the region's icy soil with its eight-foot (2.4-meter) robotic arm. |
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Aug 4 2007, 02:30 PM
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Special Cookie Group: Members Posts: 2168 Joined: 6-April 05 From: Sintra | Portugal Member No.: 228 |
Wow...Wow! WOW!!!
Strange creatures we are...getting all excited, with tears in the eyes by seing a machine rising above a pilar of flames into the skies... May now the journey be safe! WOW! -------------------- "Ride, boldly ride," The shade replied, "If you seek for Eldorado!"
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Aug 4 2007, 02:34 PM
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Yes, Go, Phoenix!
And we want an article on SpacEurope
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Aug 4 2007, 02:44 PM
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Special Cookie Group: Members Posts: 2168 Joined: 6-April 05 From: Sintra | Portugal Member No.: 228 |
QUOTE (Zvezdichko @ Aug 4 2007, 03:34 PM) Yes, Go, Phoenix! And we want an article on SpacEurope Let's see what we can do...I could do one on how the beach looks so incredible right now...
-------------------- "Ride, boldly ride," The shade replied, "If you seek for Eldorado!"
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Aug 4 2007, 02:46 PM
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QUOTE (Zvezdichko @ Aug 4 2007, 10:34 PM) Yes, Go, Phoenix! Next Stop...  !!
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Aug 4 2007, 02:56 PM
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We have another Mars vehicle for this year... Dawn! Eh, only a flyby, but it's better than nothing
Currently there's a press conference on NASA TV. The spacecraft is in an excellent health |
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Aug 4 2007, 04:24 PM
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The Poet Dude Group: Moderator Posts: 5551 Joined: 15-March 04 From: Kendal, Cumbria, UK Member No.: 60 |
QUOTE (Zvezdichko @ Aug 4 2007, 03:34 PM) Yes, Go, Phoenix! Some nice launch pics on here... http://www.azstarnet.com/allheadlines/194929 -------------------- |
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Aug 4 2007, 07:39 PM
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Does anyone understand what the 20 minute telemetry problem was?
Was it simply a problem getting data from the receiving stations to KSC? TTT |
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Aug 4 2007, 08:14 PM
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I noticed that there's a 9 minute NASA TV launch replay posted on YouTube.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1PDAGcmUdTI -------------------- Steve [ my home page and planetary maps page ]
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Aug 5 2007, 12:45 AM
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QUOTE (scalbers @ Aug 5 2007, 06:14 AM) I noticed that there's a 9 minute NASA TV launch replay posted on YouTube. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1PDAGcmUdTI Great to watch, have played it about 5 times |
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Aug 5 2007, 05:13 PM
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Guys...Please just read the Peter Smith's reaction...
A mission with a PI like this can only be...incredible... Pure poetry! I can't wait... 
-------------------- "Ride, boldly ride," The shade replied, "If you seek for Eldorado!"
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Aug 5 2007, 05:29 PM
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Merciless Robot Group: Admin Posts: 8791 Joined: 8-December 05 From: Los Angeles Member No.: 602 |
Yes, that was poetic, Rui.
I'm personally impressed that Peter Smith knows something of observational astronomy...get the feeling that he's making a life-long dream come true, and that's always a wonderful thing to watch!
-------------------- A few will take this knowledge and use this power of a dream realized as a force for change, an impetus for further discovery to make less ancient dreams real.
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Aug 5 2007, 05:33 PM
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Special Cookie Group: Members Posts: 2168 Joined: 6-April 05 From: Sintra | Portugal Member No.: 228 |
QUOTE (nprev @ Aug 5 2007, 06:29 PM) ...get the feeling that he's making a life-long dream come true, and that's always a wonderful thing to watch! Couldn't agree more, there is nothing more fullfilling than to see that glow in the eyes of some people's words... To quote you...wonderful! -------------------- "Ride, boldly ride," The shade replied, "If you seek for Eldorado!"
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Aug 5 2007, 09:55 PM
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QUOTE (ustrax @ Aug 5 2007, 05:33 PM) there is nothing more fullfilling than to see that glow in the eyes of some people's words... Peter Smith was quite eloquent after launch. It was such a pleasure to hear his moving and poetic story of the launch and the cloud of "Phoenix Bird" rising ! His eyes were absolutely glowing He'll be a great PI with martian tales we'll long remember be sure to take the time and listen to a replay of Saturday's press conference |
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Aug 6 2007, 04:10 AM
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While watching the launch, the engine plume reminded me more of the Phoenix Rising.
I think Peter Smith's phoenix in the cloud trail was good too, but the plume really caught my attention. Hopefully all these spirit's of the Phoenix flying about will bode well for the rest of the mission. Astro0 |
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Aug 6 2007, 09:18 AM
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QUOTE (mars loon @ Aug 5 2007, 11:55 PM) be sure to take the time and listen to a replay of Saturday's press conference Any link to this ? -------------------- |
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Aug 6 2007, 11:11 AM
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You'll see here two pictures of the launch including what Peter Smith was saying about the trajectory throught the constellations and onward to Mars :
http://www.spaceflightnow.com/mars/phoenix/launchgallery/ -------------------- |
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Aug 6 2007, 07:03 PM
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QUOTE (climber @ Aug 6 2007, 05:18 AM) Any link to this ? If you mean the Phoenix Science Briefing this is the link from Space MultiMedia. I believe it was on Friday. It's a Widows Media Video file, and it is 90 MB! I only have dial-up, but I use True Downloader and download just a little bit each day.  http://labrador.freepgs.com/6m/Phoenix%20%...%20Briefing.wmv Otherwise: You can also check out Space MultiMedia, but I think most formats are for Windows http://tinyurl.com/ooxl4 Jack |
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Aug 6 2007, 07:34 PM
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There's an amusing article about the lander CPU up here:
http://www.edn.com/blog/980000298/post/1090012709.html Ancient Junkbot. sheesh. |
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Aug 6 2007, 08:33 PM
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QUOTE (stewjack @ Aug 6 2007, 09:03 PM) Thanks so much Jack! At least, this as worked...
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Aug 6 2007, 10:27 PM
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QUOTE (climber @ Aug 6 2007, 11:11 AM) You'll see here two pictures of the launch including what Peter Smith was saying about the trajectory throught the constellations and onward to Mars : here is another beautiful plume shot: http://www.spaceflightnow.com/mars/phoenix...s/d325pano4.jpg |
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Aug 7 2007, 07:54 AM
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Check out all of the launch photos on SpaceflightNow. A breathtaking time exposure of the rocket arching thru orion with the solids twinkling down around it!
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Aug 11 2007, 02:40 AM
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Finally can share my Phoenix shots:
http://www.launchphotography.com/Phoenix.html For anyone that attended the launch I would love to see theirs and hear their experiences. -------------------- |
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Aug 11 2007, 09:17 AM
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Rover Driver Group: Members Posts: 1015 Joined: 4-March 04 Member No.: 47 |
that 2nd image...wow!
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