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STS-134 Endeavour

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  • #602
    Beeker
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  • #603
    Beeker
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    Crew due to leave for the pad in about 30 minutes.


  • #604
    Beeker
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    Suiting up.

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  • #605
    Beeker
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  • #606
    clln
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  • #607
    Beeker
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    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ytgzJOd147U


  • #608
    clln
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    Lol at this one of the crew looking at Endeavour,It is like "OMG have we to board that:eek:"

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  • #609
    Beeker
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  • #610
    Beeker
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  • #611
    Beeker
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    4 of the 6 now on board
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  • #612
    clln
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    Beeker wrote: »
    4 of the 6 now on board
    I swear Beeker if this was tomorrow when We are due a VIP. i would say they were lying back and thinking of England!

    Weather planes are reporting some cloud but very very patchy,nothing yet to indicate a downgrade on Weather!:)
    Mike Fincke is poised to break the U.S. space endurance record during Endeavour's flight by eclipsing the current 377-day cumulative mark held by Peggy Whitson.


  • #613
    Beeker
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    clln wrote: »
    I swear Beeker if this was tomorrow when We are due a VIP. i would say they were lying back and thinking of England!

    Weather planes are reporting some cloud but very very patchy,nothing yet to indicate a downgrade on Weather!:)
    God save the Queen Endeavour:)


  • #614
    Stargate
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    Have to bring my little fella for a dental app @ 2pm

    gonna miss it Beeker ............. any chnce of a delay lol:D


  • #615
    Beeker
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    Stargate wrote: »
    Have to bring my little fella for a dental app @ 2pm

    gonna miss it Beeker ............. any chnce of a delay lol:D
    Hi Stargate long time so type:D Always a chance of a delay:) In fact tomorrow would suit me better but I'll take what I can:D


  • #616
    Beeker
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  • #617
    Beeker
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  • #618
    clln
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    Runway 15 has been chosen as the RTLSA.
    Weather reports are really looking good.
    this is all going too well i am waiting for the jacks to break!;)

    first shot of Endeavour after sunrise posted on NSF;

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    Ready for hatch closure according to close out crew.
    and is now closed.


  • #619
    Beeker
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    Looks like a beautiful day to launch


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  • #620
    Beeker
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    Hatch closed

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  • #621
    thecommander
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    Morning all. 3.52am here. Better be no scrubs!
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Av7m_Pgt1S8


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  • #622
    CO19
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    Beeker wrote: »
    Hatch closed

    So they're in it now ?


  • #623
    clln
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    Beeker wrote: »
    Looks like a beautiful day to launch

    as i asked you about where you were for the first flight of Discovery,Do You remember where you viewed Endeavours first launch?


  • #624
    clln
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    There is talk of tile damage, bad..........


  • #625
    Beeker
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    thecommander wrote: »
    Morning all. 3.52am here. Better be no scrubs!
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Av7m_Pgt1S8
    Good morning commander, just heard something about tile damage:eek:


  • #626
    b318isp
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    What is the trajectory for the launch?


  • #627
    Beeker
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    clln wrote: »
    as i asked you about where you were for the first flight of Discovery,Do You remember where you viewed Endeavours first launch?
    That was STS-49 in 1992. I was at home watching the launch on CNN. Big dish out the back garden in the days before Sky Digital.:)


  • #628
    clln
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    measuring tile damage,it is on hatch closure,repair crew on way,similar happened on 133

    Thank you thecommander for putting the mockers by your no scrub video! :)


  • #629
    Beeker
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    Tile damage is next to the hatch. They are going to repair it shortly. Should not be a problem.


  • #630
    Beeker
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    b318isp wrote: »
    What is the trajectory for the launch?
    They launch to the northeast 51.6 degrees to the equator.


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  • #631
    thecommander
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    clln wrote: »
    There is talk of tile damage, bad..........

    Seems to be the same as the 133 damage. Fixable they say.


  • #632
    clln
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    Repair complete, now Endeavour give us a break and Launch!:D


  • #633
    lord lucan
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    Great stuff lads,she looks in great shape to fly.:)


  • #634
    Beeker
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    thecommander wrote: »
    Seems to be the same as the 133 damage. Fixable they say.
    Job done. Can we fix it:)
    bob-the-builder.jpg


  • #635
    Beeker
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    lord lucan wrote: »
    Great stuff lads,she looks in great shape to fly.:)
    No problem so far, smooth countdown.


  • #636
    thecommander
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    Beeker wrote: »
    No problem so far, smooth countdown.

    Yeah, only 17 days late. Feckers. Haha


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  • #637
    Kersh
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    Why is it showing 50 odd minutes to launch if its launching at 13.56? :confused:


  • #638
    b318isp
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    Beeker wrote: »
    They launch to the northeast 51.6 degrees to the equator.

    Thanks. Will it bring it over Ireland?


  • #639
    thecommander
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    Kersh wrote: »
    Why is it showing 50 odd minutes to launch if its launching at 13.56? :confused:

    The clock is held at certain points. So its 50 minutes to launch by the countdown, but not in actual time.

    http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/launch/countdown101.html


  • #640
    thecommander
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    Clouds rolling in seemingly.


  • #641
    Beeker
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    Kersh wrote: »
    Why is it showing 50 odd minutes to launch if its launching at 13.56? :confused:
    That just the way NASA run the countdown. They have built in holds in the countdown, next one is at T-20min for 10 minutes which starts at 12:46. Then another at T-9min at 13:07 for 40 minutes. These holds allow them to check systems and get the go ahead for launch.


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  • #642
    Beeker
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    b318isp wrote: »
    Thanks. Will it bring it over Ireland?
    It sure will. 20 minutes after launch it will pass over the south coast of Ireland at 17500 mph, but of course it is too bright to see it.:(


  • #643
    Kersh
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    thecommander wrote: »
    The clock is held at certain points. So its 50 minutes to launch by the countdown, but not in actual time.

    http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/launch/countdown101.html

    Thank you, makes sense!


  • #644
    b318isp
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    What is the yellow flexible pipe for, the one being held facing the hatch?


  • #645
    thecommander
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    Kersh wrote: »
    Thank you, makes sense!

    I couldn't understand why when I first started following, but it makes perfect sense. I now use it in my business when I have a big event, works perfectly.


  • #646
    b318isp
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    Beeker wrote: »
    It sure will. 20 minutes after launch it will pass over the south coast of Ireland at 17500 mph, but of course it is too bright to see it.:(

    20 minutes? I thought it took around 4-6 minutes?


  • #647
    thecommander
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    b318isp wrote: »
    What is the yellow flexible pipe for, the one being held facing the hatch?

    A/C and ventilation as far as I know.


  • #648
    clln
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    thecommander wrote: »
    Clouds rolling in seemingly.

    Where are you getting this the Weather planes are in the air giving good reports.
    they send Weather baloons up as well though?


  • #649
    Beeker
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    b318isp wrote: »
    20 minutes? I thought it took around 4-6 minutes?
    No it take just over 8 minutes to reach space out over the Atlantic ocean but 20 minutes to reach Europe. 90 minutes take it once around the Planet:)


  • #650
    thecommander
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    clln wrote: »
    Where are you getting this the Weather planes are in the air giving good reports.
    they send Weather baloons up as well though?

    Twitter people on the ground. Both attending and working. Crosswinds might build too, but hoping their gone by T-0


  • #651
    CO19
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    Beeker wrote: »
    No it take just over 8 minutes to reach space out over the Atlantic ocean but 20 minutes to reach Europe. 90 minutes take it once around the Planet:)

    Why's it coming over to Europe and no just going straight up ?


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