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Space Shuttle Endeavour Launch Live Thread (7/15/09 6:03 p.m. EDT)
07/14/09 | Kevin Davis

Posted on 07/14/2009 6:28:26 PM PDT by KevinDavis

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To: KevinDavis

T-4 and counting.
three apus working well.


41 posted on 07/15/2009 3:00:27 PM PDT by tet68 ( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
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To: KevinDavis

Yippy Ki Yay!

Let’s light them candles!!!


42 posted on 07/15/2009 3:01:50 PM PDT by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi ... Godspeed .. Monthly Donor Onboard)
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To: tet68

was that white cap thing a fuel hose of sorts ?


43 posted on 07/15/2009 3:02:16 PM PDT by advertising guy (I'm figger'n by the time Texas fills up, Waco will be the Mason Dixon line .)
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To: NormsRevenge

kick the tars and light the fars!


44 posted on 07/15/2009 3:02:21 PM PDT by don-o (My son, Ben - Marine PFC- 1/16/09 - Parris Island - LC -6/4/09 - 29 Palms - Camp Pendleton 6/18)
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To: tet68

Go baby go...


45 posted on 07/15/2009 3:02:21 PM PDT by Ramius (Personally, I give us... one chance in three. More tea?)
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To: don-o

6th time is a charm. ;-)


46 posted on 07/15/2009 3:02:49 PM PDT by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi ... Godspeed .. Monthly Donor Onboard)
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To: don-o

T-minus 10 ..


47 posted on 07/15/2009 3:03:19 PM PDT by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi ... Godspeed .. Monthly Donor Onboard)
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To: Ramius

Going to full screen for launch

Godspeed Endeavor!


48 posted on 07/15/2009 3:03:21 PM PDT by don-o (My son, Ben - Marine PFC- 1/16/09 - Parris Island - LC -6/4/09 - 29 Palms - Camp Pendleton 6/18)
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To: KevinDavis

Lift off!!


49 posted on 07/15/2009 3:03:44 PM PDT by TomGuy
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Rift-Off of the Kibo mission. :-)


50 posted on 07/15/2009 3:03:50 PM PDT by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi ... Godspeed .. Monthly Donor Onboard)
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To: don-o

Liftoff- Houston controlling now.


51 posted on 07/15/2009 3:03:57 PM PDT by Pyro7480 ("If you know how not to pray, take Joseph as your master, and you will not go astray." - St. Teresa)
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To: KevinDavis

Shuttle launch. Go baby!


52 posted on 07/15/2009 3:04:30 PM PDT by tet68 ( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
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To: tet68

SRB separation- good!


53 posted on 07/15/2009 3:05:59 PM PDT by Pyro7480 ("If you know how not to pray, take Joseph as your master, and you will not go astray." - St. Teresa)
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To: tet68
Godspeed STS-127


54 posted on 07/15/2009 3:06:29 PM PDT by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi ... Godspeed .. Monthly Donor Onboard)
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To: KevinDavis

Awesome!


55 posted on 07/15/2009 3:06:50 PM PDT by Pajamajan ( Pray for our nation. Thank the Lord for everything you have. Ask His forgiveness. Don't wait.)
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To: tet68

I always feel a little better when the boosters go bye-bye...


56 posted on 07/15/2009 3:07:36 PM PDT by Ramius (Personally, I give us... one chance in three. More tea?)
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To: Ramius; All

Anyone notice vapor coming off the top of the thing at around 50 seconds (max dynamic pressure)? I have never noticed that before.


57 posted on 07/15/2009 3:10:44 PM PDT by don-o (My son, Ben - Marine PFC- 1/16/09 - Parris Island - LC -6/4/09 - 29 Palms - Camp Pendleton 6/18)
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To: Pyro7480

Press to MECO.


58 posted on 07/15/2009 3:10:46 PM PDT by tet68 ( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
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To: tet68

External tank sep.


59 posted on 07/15/2009 3:13:33 PM PDT by tet68 ( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
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To: don-o

The space shuttle Endeavour lifts off from the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida July 15, 2009. Endeavour carries a crew of seven astronauts on a mission to the International Space Station. REUTERS/Michael Berrigan (UNITED STATES)


60 posted on 07/15/2009 3:14:12 PM PDT by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi ... Godspeed .. Monthly Donor Onboard)
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