STS-134 Endeavour

shedweller

Beeker, that is very VERY cool! Thank you!

lord lucan

Funny how the SSME exhaust is pretty much invisible in comparison to the SRB's.

shedweller

lord lucan wrote: »

Funny how the SSME exhaust is pretty much invisible in comparison to the SRB's.

Yes! A lot less propellants and particles etc. not to mention luminance. Very cool pics though. A very good representation of current technology i would say

lord lucan

shedweller wrote: »

Yes! A lot less propellants and particles etc. not to mention luminance. Very cool pics though. A very good representation of current technology i would say

It's a very graphic demonstration of the sheer power involved in lifting the Orbiter from the pad. Great stuff.:)

Beeker

lord lucan wrote: »

It's a very graphic demonstration of the sheer power involved in lifting the Orbiter from the pad. Great stuff.:)

Here it is on youtube:)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o3gD54IHrrY

12april1981

http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2011/06/endeavour-safing-operations-brake-fire-investigated/

It would appear Endeavour was on fire after all !

clln

Thierry Legault,the same chap that took the first ever picture of an Astronaut during a spacewalk from equipment on Earth has excelled again with pictures of Endeavour docked to station with payload bay doors open,also the AMS finally in its new home,transits of the sun as both crafts were docked, and a 3D movie!!!

http://legault.perso.sfr.fr/STS-134.html

Turtwig

clln wrote: »

Thierry Legault,the same chap that took the first ever picture of an Astronaut during a spacewalk from equipment on Earth has excelled again with pictures of Endeavour docked to station with payload bay doors open,also the AMS finally in its new home,transits of the sun as both crafts were docked, and a 3D movie!!!

http://legault.perso.sfr.fr/STS-134.html

Those are ****ing awesome.:eek:

lord lucan

clln wrote: »

Thierry Legault,the same chap that took the first ever picture of an Astronaut during a spacewalk from equipment on Earth has excelled again with pictures of Endeavour docked to station with payload bay doors open,also the AMS finally in its new home,transits of the sun as both crafts were docked, and a 3D movie!!!

http://legault.perso.sfr.fr/STS-134.html

May as well enjoy these as the russians look like they've done a legger with the flyaround pics!:pac:

thecommander

http://www.spaceflightnow.com/shuttle/sts134/soyuz/

Beeker

MAX Q have released their STS-134 video. 238mbs. Its a great one as always.:)

http://www.maxqent.com/

clln

Beeker wrote: »

MAX Q have released their STS-134 video. 238mbs. Its a great one as always.:)

http://www.maxqent.com/

MAX Q have done it again!
Love the intro and the Trad sounding Music before it throttles up to the Rock!
MAX-Q ROCK!!!!!
We owe them so much as well as We owe NasaSpaceFlight.com,
so much!as much as we borrow from NSF posters i have noticed they borrow from A&S on boards,often times comments posted here are repeated on NSF days later.
it is a mutual form of "imitation being the greatest form of flattery",
as Bergin would say "doffs cap" to MAX-Q,NSF,and Boards Posters for making the final flight of Endeavour such a pleasure and human experiance,because when all is said and done that is what we are,Space fans with human frailities,just like those who have given their all to make the Shuttle what it is........ a profile in courage.

thecommander

clln wrote: »

i have noticed they borrow from A&S on boards,often times comments posted here are repeated on NSF days later.

really?

clln

thecommander wrote: »

really?

Yes really thecommander..........and Sarcasm has no place here! be it from people who think they know it all,to the more human types who do not boast that they are in some way superior to others.

thecommander

clln wrote: »

Yes really thecommander..........and Sarcasm has no place here! be it from people who think they know it all,to the more human types who do not boast that they are in some way superior to others.

Was there sarcasm?

And, yes, I know the type.

Just curious as to what they'd find out here that the 2 Chris's on NSF wouldn't know already.

clln

thecommander wrote: »

Was there sarcasm?

I believe there was by you there,but this is a discussion board not twitter,one line posts except as a heads up of an imminent event or a joke serve no purpose'

Just curious as to what they'd find out here that the 2 Chris's on NSF wouldn't know already.

The two Chris's have many contacts and insights it does not mean that Boards Posters are in any way less wise.

You might have missed my point that everybody is doing their best on A&S on boards whatever their level of knowledge is.

If You think NSF has a monopoly on all things space related beats me why you post here?

Space Pete on NSF now fondly called Mr ISS only took an interest within the last two years in Spaceflight by his own admission.

CO19

Will they take all the cockpit stuff out of the shuttle before sending it to the museum or leave it as it is with everything working ?

eilejh

Just an aside.......I received an e-mail this morning from Senator John Cornyn's (United States Senator from Texas) office.
Drum Roll........hopefully of the Black Watch type.......
I am offered 4 tickets to view Beloved Atlantis. Humbled, dazed and amazed I am.

I can say for sure that if it were not for me discovering somehow this Beloved site and You So Wonderful Irish Lovers of NASA........that......you know.

That Irish Luck thing etc.

And maybe a bit of..........you know.

The Commander and CLNN.

clln

eilejh wrote: »

Just an aside.......I received an e-mail this morning from Senator John Cornyn's (United States Senator from Texas) office.

Namedropper!:p

dazed I am.

Not exactly the first time that You are dazed now is it?:D

And maybe a bit of..........you know.

Certainly when can fit me in?

and CLNN

Would that be clNN as in NNasa?:pac:

Seriously hope ya go and post and tell us all about it!:)

eilejh

Would that be clNN as in NNasa?

You know darNN well it is

namloc1980

CO19 wrote: »

Will they take all the cockpit stuff out of the shuttle before sending it to the museum or leave it as it is with everything working ?

The Space Shuttle Main Engines are being stripped out of all the shuttles and being replaced with dummy ones because the next generation NASA launcher will most likely use the SSME in it's design.

thecommander

namloc1980 wrote: »

The Space Shuttle Main Engines are being stripped out of all the shuttles and being replaced with dummy ones because the next generation NASA launcher will most likely use the SSME in it's design.

Hope they at least display one of them.

thecommander

clln wrote: »

I believe there was by you there,but this is a discussion board not twitter,one line posts except as a heads up of an imminent event or a joke serve no purpose'

Believe what you want, it was a simple question, no more no less.

The two Chris's have many contacts and insights it does not mean that Boards Posters are in any way less wise.

Didn't say they were. Was just curious as to how a small forum on the back of another forum trumps a dedicated forum with people who work in the industry updating every few minutes. Not an attack against boards, just a simple question (again). Was more curious as to what posts were being repeated on NSF from here. Would have been easier for you to answer than starting this.

If You think NSF has a monopoly on all things space related beats me why you post here?

Because I want to.

Why are you trying to pick a fight? There's no grounds for one other than you taking me up wrong.

clln

thecommander wrote: »

Why are you trying to pick a fight? There's no grounds for one other than you taking me up wrong.

Honestly i thought you were being sarcastic and did take you up wrong so!
i was referring to comments in the main by standard members of NSF,i just thought it was nice that some of them read here as we read them.
i thought it no harm to mention NSF because it is such a great source for us and deserved a credit.
besides don't you think the video is terrific?:)

thecommander

clln wrote: »

Honestly i thought you were being sarcastic and did take you up wrong so!
i was referring to comments in the main by standard members of NSF,i just thought it was nice that some of them read here as we read them.
i thought it no harm to mention NSF because it is such a great source for us and deserved a credit.
besides don't you think the video is terrific?:)

I prefer here to be honest, a bit out of my depth sometimes on NSF. Nice bunch of people on it too.

Videos are always great.

thecommander

eilejh wrote: »

Just an aside.......I received an e-mail this morning from Senator John Cornyn's (United States Senator from Texas) office.
Drum Roll........hopefully of the Black Watch type.......
I am offered 4 tickets to view Beloved Atlantis. Humbled, dazed and amazed I am.

Delighted for you, you'll have a great time.

One tip before you go booking flights, fly Southwest. Anyone I met that was flying internally booked with them, they have no extra fee to change flights, whereas Delta, Continental etc charge up to $200 to change.

lord lucan

CO19 wrote: »

Will they take all the cockpit stuff out of the shuttle before sending it to the museum or leave it as it is with everything working ?

This article will give you a good idea of what NASA will be doing to the Orbiters during the Transition and Retirement phase.

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/02/science/space/02shuttle.html?_r=2

clln

All five Orbiters that entered space have a dedicated poster to their memory at KSC,Endeavours has to be my favourite for its design and its description:

This is a printable version of space shuttle Endeavour's orbiter tribute, or OV-105, which hangs in Firing Room 4 of the Launch Control Center at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. It features Endeavour soaring into orbit above the sailing vessel HMS Endeavour for which it was named. The Cupola, delivered to the International Space Station by Endeavour on STS-130, frames various images that represent the processing and execution of the Space Shuttle Program. Clockwise from top, are the first-ever use of a drag chute during the STS-49 landing, rollout to a launch pad, a ferry flight return to Kennedy, rolling into an orbiter processing facility, docking to the International Space Station, and lifting operations before being mated to an external fuel tank and solid rocket boosters in the Vehicle Assembly Building. The background image was captured by the Hubble Space Telescope and signifies the first shuttle servicing mission, which was performed by Endeavour's STS-61 crew.

Crew-designed patches from Endeavour's maiden voyage through its final mission are shown ascending toward the stars. Five orbiter tributes are on display in the firing room, representing Atlantis, Challenger, Columbia, Endeavour and Discovery.

Downloadable at the following in the size's that suits your computer.

http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/flyout/multimedia/endeavour/gallery-index.html

Endeavours is number three.

Rubecula

That looks a bit tasty doesn't it? Nice find Clln.

Beeker

STS-134 Mission Recap

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GP1feycsEh8

KazDub

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clln

Another terrific six minute Endeavour tribute video uploaded to Youtube only last Friday,although a company gets the credit it is all the work of one guy.
considering the hours and hours of footage he had to sift through he gets it just right and the sountrack is equally excellant!

Turtwig

Watch it in HD.

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

JustAddWater

While not strictly STS-134 related the shuttles get a very prominent cameo in Transformers 3.

Discovery is used in the film and NASA are plastered all over it!!

Though it was great to see the shuttles get some well deserved recognition and go out in a blaze of glory