Posted on 06/21/2007 6:52:42 PM PDT by KevinDavis
Let try it again.. The first landing attempt will be at the cape at 2:18 pm est at the Cape.
Details of the launch can be found at Spaceflightnow.com.
Here’s to clear skies and a soft landing.
Are they down, safely, KD?
I think I just heard the landing is delayed until tomorrow.
I hope they get it back down safely and they finally park that thing. For good.
Landing is delayed due to the weather..
In a few years it will be down for good..
The International Space Station is seen from the US space shuttle Atlantis 19 June 2007 as the shuttle leaves the station. Bad weather forced NASA to abandon plans to land the space shuttle Atlantis in Florida on Thursday, keeping the ship's seven astronauts in orbit for at least another day.(AFP/NASA/File)
Backdropped by the blackness of space and Earth's horizon, the International Space Station moves away from the Space Shuttle Atlantis in this digital photograph taken by an Atlantis crew member June 19, 2007. (NASA/Reuters)
That space station is starting to look like something! Its been a long wait since Skylab.
http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/realdata/sightings/index.html
If you have clear skies tonight, locate your city and find out what time the ISS and shuttle fly over. We watched it the Wednesday night and could see both separated from each other. My brother and a couple co-workers saw them again last night. One more chance tonight! In fact, a little over a half hour from now!
separated = separate
ISS images NASA images collection
Thanks Ladysmith...should be visible in So Cal tonight.
thanks, LB.
thanks, KD.
It’s an awesome sight to see the flying in tandem. We saw them together both last night and the night before. We have never before been that lucky.
It is, isn’t it?
We couldn’t find them tonight. Too low in the sky, I think. poop...
The last time we saw the station go overhead was 2 summers ago, before they added 2 more sets of solar panels. It was brilliant, fast moving and easy to see then, it’s got to be doubly so now.
I’ll have to do some checking to see when it’s going to be overhead again this sumer and see what the difference is...
Just passed over San Luis Obispo, CA
Yep, saw them both!
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Same here. Over Stockton, CA. The shuttle was trailing by a lot more than I expected.
The Space Station was almost as bright as Venus...
What was cool was about 45 degrees above the eastern horizon, they passed into Earth’s shadow and disappeared. I’ve never seen that before.
We must've been separated at birth.
What time should it be flying over Houston? What time Central?
My folks live down there and got a huge kick out of seeing it last time!
Please add me to space ping.
My $$$ is on afternoon landing at Edwards...
Kennedy already has weather forming - Edwards is CFB - CAVU.
spaceflightnow.com
FRIDAY, JUNE 22, 2007
1523 GMT (11:23 a.m. EDT)
CAPCOM astronaut Tony Antonelli radioed Atlantis commander Rick Sturckow an update on the Kennedy Space Center weather situation
“We are watching KSC. We are still dealing with the same things — rainshowers in the area and (a) cloud ceiling that’s right on the edge between scattered and broken. We’re working that and the showers. The seabreeze might be setting up, so that might push all of those to the west. We’ll need a little more time to work that, of course,” Antonelli said from Mission Control.
“That sounds great, Houston,” Sturckow replied. “We’re gonna suitup then.”
Actually - costs more because they have to cart her back to KSC.
That’s what the astronauts aboard ship say. We can ride around a while longer or land at White Sands and ride home from there. It’s a buck ninety-five an hour either way.
Update: Rain showers in the south half of the “landing circle”. Decision for go/no go for 1st attempt at about1210 EDT.
White Sands?
mehh
EDWARDS - BABY!!!
Transcribed from Lindsey (t-38 weather watcher) in the STA:
“After dive into 15. I could see the PAPI (Approach). The runway was obscured by scattered clouds. Workload was low all the way down.
“Thin stuff at 8500. 500ft thick. Wouldn’t call it a ceiling at all. Some scattered at 3500.
“South end of field after approach-rainshower.
“That’s what I was afraid of,” after told the shower is not moving.
“Attempting dive into 33. Rain shower may knock it off.”
White Sands and they could take in the Roswell UFO conference while they are there.
You live in FL? Are you listening live to their frequency or getting it from another source?
White Sands is not longer an option.
I live in CA - but am a NASA FAN.
WAVE OFF on attempt one.
Wave off for Opp 1 @ KSC
Stay tuned.
Next landing opportunity could be EITHER Edwards or Kennedy.
Clarifying: The Shuttle could go to either place off the same orbit.
Edwards 2, KSC 3, Edwards 4, Edwards 5 to follow.
Edwards is big time favorite for landing now (on this next opportunity.)
About two ++ hours.
T-38 being launched @ KSC And EDW for approach info.
OK, so I’m a nerd. I try not to be, but on shuttle days (take off and landings), it always comes out.
Had a thought this morning. If Garmin (of GPS fame) could rig it so the lat long of the shuttle or the ISS could be directly via the i-net input into a gps receiver, you could see how far away the shuttle / ISS is away from you. Might be a fun use of your GPS sets.
What cha think (other nerds)?
.....Bob
STA @ KSC
“Coming down to South to take a look at other buildups
“220 at 13 biggest buildup (no idea what that means)
STA at 14,000, buildup is well above STA
“Weather at 33mi on radar.”
KSC has a chance right now!
Edwards weather officially classed as go at this time.
KSC is no go.
More as we know.
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