STS-134 Endeavour

b318isp

The nerves are going! This is really exciting.

TouchingVirus

Malty_T wrote: »

Quickly guys which stream is best?
Nasa, Spaceflightnow, or CNN XD
(I normally go with SFN but it's lagging a bit at the mo for some reason..)

http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/ustream.html

The NASA USTREAM HD stream is the best


I should have been there for STS-127, but with GUCP problems plaguing that launch we missed the window in June and wound up watching it in July from home. Would have been AMAZING to see one

Beeker

Malty_T wrote: »

Quickly guys which stream is best?
Nasa, Spaceflightnow, or CNN XD
(I normally go with SFN but it's lagging a bit at the mo for some reason..)

NASA

Malty_T

Malty_T wrote: »

Quickly guys which stream is best?
Nasa, Spaceflightnow, or CNN XD
(I normally go with SFN but it's lagging a bit at the mo for some reason..)

id go with NASA full screen mode, sound all the way up

TouchingVirus

T-3..

Turtwig

NASA tend to be not as dramatic though but more importantly their stream is about 5 seconds behind SFN one..:pac: But you're right their quality is far superior.:D

TouchingVirus

100,000 viewers on the NASA stream, WOW! Fairly high considering it's almost 9am on a workday on the East Coast USA

Also, T-30s...


Here it goes!

Turtwig

Go on ya beauty!:D

tricky D

Here we go!!

Go Baby, have a sweet sweet flight.

Donny5

The ****ing NASA stream froze for me for the exact moment of lift off.

TouchingVirus

A thing of beauty

afterhours

wooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo hooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!:D

Turtwig

SRBs away.:)
So far so good..

Im in bits
never fails, the sense of pride.

Beeker

Happy Beeker

Turtwig

Jake1 wrote: »

Im in bits
never fails, the sense of pride.

I know, barring an utter train crash I'm going to be buzzing for the rest of the day. I wish there were shuttle launches far more frequently.:(

Malty_T

Malty_T wrote: »

I know, barring an utter train crash I'm going to be buzzing for the rest of the day. I wish there were shuttle launches far more frequently.:(

I know how you feel, there is no high like it.

The last one is going to be an utter heartbreaking experience.

I think we should all meet up for support have a party.

Turtwig

External Tank is away. What are the odds of the last ever separation being visible over Ireland at night time?

Beeker

It is a thing of beauty and wonder:)

BULLER

....NICE!!

I believe the word awesome MUST have originated at the Space Center.

staker

Makes me feel like a little boy all over again.Unreal!!

texasgal

Wonderful! Always puts my heart in my throat!

Beeker

texasgal wrote: »

Wonderful! Always puts my heart in my throat!

It is fantastic and something I am going to miss after the last one:(

Beeker

Passing Ireland shortly:)

clln

Seemed really clean by any launch standards,even in proper HD very little foam or ice seemed to flake.
134 notchs on your bedpost now Beeker!:)
Lord i am knackered,following it since just before fueling began.
but worth every second...................
those magnificent men in their flying machines!!!!!!!!

Turtwig

Beeker wrote: »

It is fantastic and something I am going to miss after the last one:(

I know but we still got two more fantastic dockings to look foward to.:)
As much as I love the launch, there's something special about watching em backflip.
Roll on day three!

texasgal

Beeker wrote: »

It is fantastic and something I am going to miss after the last one:(

I know. Having grown up in Florida, with a father working out at the cape, it's been a HUGE part of my life.

It's an totally awe inspiring thing .. not without it's perils.

I witnessed, live, the Challenger disaster .. AND was in Texas, out walking my dog, and saw the Columbia disaster.

I was on the phone with my dad (who still lives in Florida) so we could share this launch "together" ..

*sigh*

Beeker

clln wrote: »

Seemed really clean by any launch standards,even in proper HD very little foam or ice seemed to flake.
134 notchs on your bedpost now Beeker!:)
Lord i am knackered,following it since just before fueling began.
but worth every second...................
those magnificent men in their flying machines!!!!!!!!

Yeah 134, hard to credit! Bedpost will fall apart after 135:D

Enjoyed that!:)

Beeker

texasgal wrote: »

I know. Having grown up in Florida, with a father working out at the cape, it's been a HUGE part of my life.

It's an totally awe inspiring thing .. not without it's perils.

I witnessed, live, the Challenger disaster .. AND was in Texas, out walking my dog, and saw the Columbia disaster.

I was on the phone with my dad (who still lives in Florida) so we could share this launch "together" ..

*sigh*

Wow great memories there. Most of our memories are from watching it all happen on TV from Ireland! Welcome to Boards.ie:)

Beeker

clln

Malty_T wrote: »

I know but we still got two more fantastic dockings to look foward to.:)
As much as I love the launch, there's something special about watching em backflip.
Roll on day three!

I'm with you there Malty,its like the only sort of Ballet i could ever watch!:D

Beeker wrote: »

Yeah 134, hard to credit! Bedpost will fall apart after 135:D

Ah Mrs Beeker will finally get that new bed you promised her when you married her drunk in Las Vegas!:D

texasgal

Beeker wrote: »

It is fantastic and something I am going to miss after the last one:(

Beeker wrote: »

Beautiful shots ...

Beeker

clln wrote: »

I'm with you there Malty,its like the only sort of Ballet i could ever watch!:D



Ah Mrs Beeker will finally get that new bed you promised her when you married her drunk in Las Vegas!:D

Thats if we are still together, she's a shuttle widow at this stage.:D

Have to go dry the aul face and see how the other half is doing. as always , a pleasure spending the launch with you all.

Jacqui

Beeker

Beeker

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=scYl9aHI_8M

Turtwig

Beeker wrote: »

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=scYl9aHI_8M

Not going to watch that
Waiting for the 1080p NASA one. XD

clln

Malty_T wrote: »

Not going to watch that
Waiting for the 1080p NASA one. XD

Only Beeker would thank somebody for not watching a video he posted Malty!;)

The post launch News conference they are saying will start in 25 minutes.
i love these press conferences,should be great to watch all four of them as high as kites without the use of any recreational drugs whatsoever!:)

thecommander

http://twitpic.com/4yg6hs

Turtwig

Beeker wrote: »

Wow great memories there. Most of our memories are from watching it all happen on TV from Ireland! Welcome to Boards.ie:)

TV? Beeks seriously please tell me you watched it fly overhead us at night, those rare times we had the opportunity. Gorgeous so it was.

Here's a vid someone took of it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1_YKM3si7Xs

clln wrote: »

Only Beeker would thank somebody for not watching a video he posted Malty!;)

Beeks and I go way back .

Turtwig

First offical NASA video has been uploaded to youtube (720p). More on the way.:D

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PNWPEweU8pA

clln

Malty_T wrote: »

TV? Beeks seriously please tell me you watched it fly overhead us at night, those rare times we had the opportunity. Gorgeous so it was.Beeks and I go way back .

So does you and i Malty-T believe or not but what about this one i took over Kilcullen Ireland?;)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CaQyVRBZ0ho

Presser just started on NTV.

Turtwig

clln wrote: »

So does you and i Malty-T believe or not but what about this one i took over Kilcullen Ireland?;)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CaQyVRBZ0ho

Presser just started on NTV.

Aww sweet vid.:)
Edit I'm guessing then that clln is isn't the first name you had on boards? Ynotdu?

lord lucan

Savage stuff. Got to watch it on Sky News on a tv in work. Pity none of the passengers around took any interest in it(though their flight being 5 hours late may have contributed to their ambivalence!:pac:).

Launch looked really clean though less spectacular than normal to the cloud. Thought it was a funny feed on Sky News but the ET camera seemed over exposed on ascent until staging.

Great coverage on Boards as ever.:)

clln

lord lucan wrote: »

Savage stuff. Got to watch it on Sky News on a tv in work. Pity none of the passengers around took any interest in it(though their flight being 5 hours late may have contributed to their ambivalence!:pac:).

Launch looked really clean though less spectacular than normal to the cloud. Thought it was a funny feed on Sky News but the ET camera seemed over exposed on ascent until staging.

Great coverage on Boards as ever.:)

Ah LL glad you got to see it i was going to post a transcript of the post flight news conference for posterity,but even after zooming down 70% to copy and paste it was still too long............... over to you to embed the Youtube:), they were happy campers.
matter of fact because of the time BBC News 24 was the better option(no ads) Sky is just total tabloid trash now!:(

they are way ahead of schedule and payload doors are open.



was followed by a presser by G Giffords staff,but the reporters were just silly!:rolleyes:

thecommander

clln wrote: »

was followed by a presser by G Giffords staff,but the reporters were just silly!:rolleyes:

It was a bit silly alright. Strange them having it. They always made out that it was a separate issue, and that it was nothing to do with Nasa.

The woman answering the questions about Giffords was the woman I met in the coffee shop in Florida. She made it out like she was a lowly aide then, but got a shock when I saw her today. Turns out she's her chief of staff. Nicely played low profile!

lord lucan

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RGy7442gbF0

All 50 minutes of it.:pac:

clln

All the same you can see from this stunning pic how Mike Moses missed the launch!



supposed to give twitpic credit,so all hail twitpic!

http://twitpic.com/4yhbtx: