JustGav Posted June 13, 2009 Share Posted June 13, 2009 Due to launch in 10 hours... 12:17pm (lunch time) Mark L. Polansky will command the shuttle Endeavour for STS-127. Douglas G. Hurley will serve as the pilot. Mission specialists are Christopher J. Cassidy, Thomas H. Marshburn, David A. Wolf and Julie Payette, a Canadian Space Agency astronaut. The mission will deliver Timothy L. Kopra to the station as a flight engineer and science officer and return Japanese astronaut Koichi Wakata to Earth. Hurley, Cassidy, Marshburn and Kopra will be making their first trips to space. Endeavour sets sail on its 23rd mission with the Kibo Japanese Experiment Module Exposed Facility and Experiment Logistics Module Exposed Section. The facility will provide a type of "front porch" for experiments in the exposed environment, and a robotic arm that will be attached to the Kibo Pressurized Module and used to position experiments outside the station. The mission will include five spacewalks. STS-127 is the 29th shuttle mission to the International Space Station. The usual NasaTV link works -> http://www.nasa.gov/55644main_NASATV_Windows.asx Some more http://playlist.yahoo.com/makeplaylist.dll?id=1368160 (Modem Speed 30-50) http://playlist.yahoo.com/makeplaylist.dll?id=1368161 (Higher Speed 100) http://playlist.yahoo.com/makeplaylist.dll?id=1368162 (Better Quality 200) http://playlist.yahoo.com/makeplaylist.dll?id=1368163 (Full speed 1200) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted June 13, 2009 Share Posted June 13, 2009 Or the complete page at http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/index.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustGav Posted June 13, 2009 Author Share Posted June 13, 2009 Launch has been scrubbed for 96 hours due to the once again hydrogen vent leak... (Would have thought they fixed that since the last time it screwed up a launch) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pixelfill Posted June 13, 2009 Share Posted June 13, 2009 boo that's mid week Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caseys Posted June 13, 2009 Share Posted June 13, 2009 Do you ever actually sleep Gav? Did you manage to get that hub nut off in the end? Or did Ash have to resort to a trailer? Nice to meet you and Ash yesterday, albeit briefly. Would be good to see the launch actually. Always wanted to see one in the flesh and feel the ground vibrate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustGav Posted June 13, 2009 Author Share Posted June 13, 2009 Do you ever actually sleep Gav? Did you manage to get that hub nut off in the end? Or did Ash have to resort to a trailer? Sort of... it snapped off in the end 65mm socket was required, turns out it is a common thing for them to seize on... Used a trailer in the end, time was far too tight... Nice to meet you and Ash yesterday, albeit briefly. Indeed it was, and next time I won't be covered in oil and grease http://www.mkivsupra.net/vbb/showthread.php?t=188649 Would be good to see the launch actually. Always wanted to see one in the flesh and feel the ground vibrate. Oh definitely.... High on my list of things to do before I kick the bucket. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustGav Posted July 11, 2009 Author Share Posted July 11, 2009 Looks like they are getting ready for the launch tomorrow (well, at 00h30 tomorrow morning) Although.... "By the time we get to launch time, we are going with a 60 percent chance of (Kennedy) weather prohibiting launch, so only a 40 percent chance of weather that is good for launch," Winters said. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustGav Posted July 12, 2009 Author Share Posted July 12, 2009 Okay, attempt no #5 I think..... Due to go up just after midnight tonight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveR Posted July 12, 2009 Share Posted July 12, 2009 sweet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustGav Posted July 12, 2009 Author Share Posted July 12, 2009 T-20 and holding.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveR Posted July 12, 2009 Share Posted July 12, 2009 watching now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveR Posted July 12, 2009 Share Posted July 12, 2009 Pasting your countdown description from a previous launch/thread: T-20 minutes and holding This built-in hold typically lasts 10 minutes. * Shuttle Test Director conducts final launch team briefings * Complete inertial measurement unit preflight alignments T-20 minutes and counting * Transition the orbiter's onboard computers to launch configuration * Start fuel cell thermal conditioning * Close orbiter cabin vent valves * Transition backup flight system to launch configuration T-9 minutes and holding This is the final built-in hold, and varies in length depending on the mission. * The Launch Director, Mission Management Team and Shuttle Test Director poll their teams for a go/no go for launch T-9 minutes and counting * Start automatic Ground Launch Sequencer * Retract Orbiter Access Arm (T-7 minutes, 30 seconds) * Start Auxiliary Power Units (T-5 minutes, 0 seconds) * Arm Solid Rocket Booster range safety safe and arm devices (T-5 minutes, 0 seconds) * Start orbiter aerosurface profile test, followed by main engine gimbal profile test (T-3 minutes, 55 seconds) * Retract Gaseous Oxygen Vent Arm, or "beanie cap" (T-2 minutes, 55 seconds) * Crew members close and lock their visors (T-2 minutes, 0 seconds) * Orbiter transfers from ground to internal power (T-50 seconds) * Ground Launch Sequencer is go for auto sequence start (T-31 seconds) * Activate launch pad sound suppression system (T-16 seconds) * Activate main engine hydrogen burnoff system (T-10 seconds) * Main engine start (T-6.6 seconds) T-0 * Solid Rocket Booster ignition and liftoff! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustGav Posted July 12, 2009 Author Share Posted July 12, 2009 T-9 and holding Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Posted July 12, 2009 Share Posted July 12, 2009 Watching Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustGav Posted July 12, 2009 Author Share Posted July 12, 2009 If anybody is as sad as me, I happen to have a complete copy of the shuttle manuals including the flight operations manual which is what they will be working through. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveR Posted July 12, 2009 Share Posted July 12, 2009 How do you get stuff like that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MRX Posted July 12, 2009 Share Posted July 12, 2009 Need sleep, what time is it taking off? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustGav Posted July 12, 2009 Author Share Posted July 12, 2009 How do you get stuff like that? Ways and means (Lots of very late geeky nights researching and finding the right people) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustGav Posted July 12, 2009 Author Share Posted July 12, 2009 Need sleep, what time is it taking off? About 45 mins I reckon... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveR Posted July 12, 2009 Share Posted July 12, 2009 I'm only half listening as the TV is on - are they postponing due to weather? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustGav Posted July 12, 2009 Author Share Posted July 12, 2009 scrubbed.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peter richards Posted July 12, 2009 Share Posted July 12, 2009 just scrubbed for 24 hours bad weather Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Posted July 12, 2009 Share Posted July 12, 2009 Boooooo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave17 Posted July 12, 2009 Share Posted July 12, 2009 They must get so bored of doing all those checks for nothing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TLicense Posted July 12, 2009 Share Posted July 12, 2009 Bad weather? Looking at the Nasa TV it looks like perfect blue skies! Guess there could be high wind at altitude, but you would have thought if you were doing 17,000 mph it wouldn't matter if there was a 50 - 60 mph gusts! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.
Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible.