And if that is no go 11:59PM that night is also a viable option.Originally Posted by GothamSpotter
And if that is no go 11:59PM that night is also a viable option.
No go on tonight's midnight launch, now aiming for 11:59 tomorrow night.
Ladies and gentlemen, this is your captain speaking. We have a small problem.
All four engines have stopped. We are doing our damnedest to get them under control.
I trust you are not in too much distress. —Captain Eric Moody, British Airways Flight 9
We are go for launch at 11:59, 4 mins away.
http://interactive.foxnews.com/livestre ... enAIR=true
Ladies and gentlemen, this is your captain speaking. We have a small problem.
All four engines have stopped. We are doing our damnedest to get them under control.
I trust you are not in too much distress. —Captain Eric Moody, British Airways Flight 9
Funny thing - I had the launch feed running on the computer from NASA.gov and switched to CNN to see if they were covering it. I wasn't paying too much attention to the time, and when the NASA feed came up on 2+ minutes until launch, the live feed on CNN down to under 30 seconds. For some reason, the NASA internet feed was more than 2 minutes behind. I got to see the launch on CNN, followed a couple minutes later by the NASA feed. Most curious!
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I noticed that too....NASA feed was at t-minus 8 mins at 11:54, so I tried FoxNews.com and CNN.com. FoxNews was the least delayed.
Ladies and gentlemen, this is your captain speaking. We have a small problem.
All four engines have stopped. We are doing our damnedest to get them under control.
I trust you are not in too much distress. —Captain Eric Moody, British Airways Flight 9
Our cable co. puts on Nasa Select during launches & has it on through out much of the mission. Beautiful lift off. Wish I was there as I've seen at least 3 night launches at KSC. In possible to describe.
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I can post some shots later b/c they weren't taken with my camera and the camera isn't with me now, as I don't shoot digital LOL (still enjoying the dinosaur film age while I can)
Uhhhhhhh, so when are you gonna post those pics Mayi??
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Discovery scheduled to land late this afternoon at 5:48PM or 7:23PM in Florida. If that doesnt work they wil go to Edwards AFB.
uhhhh I thought this thread was already dead?! but there's a shuttle landing
hmm on yeah I used someone's camera... :mrgreen:
@ 300mm lens a few miles away
sorry no tripod lol
The whole sky in front is lit up as soon as the shuttle starts taking off, pretty cool. This is the view from Titusville shore right across the intracoastal. The sound took quite a while to arrive since it's several miles away.
WOW very cool how the whole sky explodes in brightness!!! Is it loud also?uhhhh I thought this thread was already dead?! but there's a shuttle landing
hmm on yeah I used someone's camera... :mrgreen:
@ 300mm lens a few miles away
sorry no tripod lol
The whole sky in front is lit up as soon as the shuttle starts taking off, pretty cool. This is the view from Titusville shore right across the intracoastal. The sound took quite a while to arrive since it's several miles away.
They're giving up on Kennedy. Now aiming to land at Edwards at 8:53pm ET.
Ladies and gentlemen, this is your captain speaking. We have a small problem.
All four engines have stopped. We are doing our damnedest to get them under control.
I trust you are not in too much distress. —Captain Eric Moody, British Airways Flight 9
You can watch the landing live here:
http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/index.html
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I actually was disappointed that it wasn't anywhere as loud as I expected, but the sound was still cool. I'm also standing about 10 miles away. The sound took something like 15 seconds or so to reach us and the shuttle is even further away by then. Although I witnessed another night launch from the beach years ago and remember it being louder. Maybe wind direction affects sound?
When the shuttle is entering one hears a loud boom, Don't know if I hear it only when it's coming to land here in Florida and how far away it can be heard. Would be interested to know!
Cool. Thanks.I actually was disappointed that it wasn't anywhere as loud as I expected, but the sound was still cool. I'm also standing about 10 miles away. The sound took something like 15 seconds or so to reach us and the shuttle is even further away by then. Although I witnessed another night launch from the beach years ago and remember it being louder. Maybe wind direction affects sound?
When the shuttle is entering one hears a loud boom, Don't know if I hear it only when it's coming to land here in Florida and how far away it can be heard. Would be interested to know!
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