STS-133/Discovery

Beeker

MoonDancer wrote: »

Wow this is amazing, I missed the inital undocking tho:(

Never fear:)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BsdnAqx9HM4

MoonDancer

Beeker, make us all jealous, do you have this on the big screen again???

MoonDancer

Whoa!! You are deadly! Thanks a million!!!

Beeker

MoonDancer wrote: »

Beeker, make us all jealous, do you have this on the big screen again???

Sure do, with a big mug of tea right in front of me!:)

Beeker

lord lucan

clln

You's here them say station cameras cant find Discoverybecause ISS is so large now?

Shuttle 725 feet away from station now.

Beeker

Almost halfway through the flyaround now.

clln

Beeker wrote: »

Sure do, with a big mug of tea right in front of me!:)

not forgetting your ugly mug in space,and the beautiful Mrs Beeker who does not even know she is there too!:pac:

lord lucan

Beeker

I love it, what a sight! Beautiful to see:)

lord lucan

Beeker

clln wrote: »

not forgetting your ugly mug in space,and the beautiful Mrs Beeker who does not even know she is there too!:pac:

:D:D

Beeker

lord lucan

She looks gorgeous.:o

Beeker

Over the atlantic approaching Africa

lord lucan

Beeker

Over the Sahara desert

clln

nice shot of the arm with camera at tip that will check the Thermal Protction System later today.

Beeker

lord lucan

Beeker

This is stunning, fantastic video:) Crossing Italy now.

CO19

What a sight from the camera's ! Why does it need to 'fly around' ? might seem like a stupid question but why can't it just fly straight back down to where it's going to land without having to do all this ?

lord lucan

Beeker

clln

CO19 wrote: »

What a sight from the camera's ! Why does it need to 'fly around' ? might seem like a stupid question but why can't it just fly straight back down to where it's going to land without having to do all this ?

They take pics of the entire ISS for study back on Earth,test for any signs of structural decay.
welcome again CO19!:)

Beeker

CO19 wrote: »

What a sight from the camera's ! Why does it need to 'fly around' ? might seem like a stupid question but why can't it just fly straight back down to where it's going to land without having to do all this ?

The flyaround is done to allow the opportunity to document through video and photos the current state of the station after new parts have been added. They will now seperate and the shuttle crew will store away loose items on board conduct a final inspection on the tile system and test the systems for reentry and landing. This take a day or two so Discovery will land on Wednesday.

CO19

Beeker wrote: »

They will now seperate and the shuttle crew will store away loose items on board conduct a final inspection on the tile system and test the systems for reentry and landing. This take a day or two so Discovery will land on Wednesday.

Thanks you'd think they'd do all that while it's docked to the station and not when they're about to go back into the earth,least if they discovered something wrong they could fix it while docked.

clln

Beeker thank God sagan for such good KU;)
thought you might be interested that Patrick Moore now well into his eighties chose the pale blue dot as his favourite picture of all time and he has seen some photo's in his life.

700th show to be repeated at 7.30 PM Tuesday on BBC4 if you can get that channel.

that flyaround was spiritual experiance for me.........i am lost for superlatives.

Beeker

CO19 wrote: »

Thanks you'd think they'd do all that while it's docked to the station and not when they're about to go back into the earth,least if they discovered something wrong they could fix it while docked.

Well they do inspect the tiles before docking, which allows them the chance to repair is needed. The final inspection is done as a extra safety check to ensure they missed nothing. Most to the storage can only be done at the jast minute as it is items they are still using like laptops , cameras etc...