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LIVE THREAD(2): DISCOVERY - Return to Flight
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| 7-25-05
Posted on 07/25/2005 4:24:13 PM PDT by OXENinFLA
Poised for Liftoff
Space Shuttle Discovery rests in full view on the launch pad. Image above: The rolling back of Launch Pad 39B's Rotating Service Structure reveals orbiter Discovery. + Click for larger image. Image credit: NASA/KSC
Launch of Space Shuttle Discovery on mission STS-114, NASA's Return to Flight mission, is set for Tuesday at 10:39 a.m. EDT.
The launch pad's Rotating Service Structure (RSS) was rolled away from Discovery at 3:38 p.m. on Monday. When in place, the giant enveloping appendage is used to install payloads into an orbiter's cargo bay and provide protection from inclement weather. With the RSS now out of the way, propellant loading is set to begin after midnight Tuesday morning with the pumping of more than 500,000 gallons of liquid oxygen and hydrogen into the vehicle's orange External Tank.
The chance of Kennedy weather cooperating for the launch remains at 60 percent.
First Lady Laura Bush will join other dignitaries and VIPs at Kennedy for the Return to Flight liftoff, White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan announced earlier today.
TOPICS: Announcements; Breaking News; News/Current Events; US: Florida
KEYWORDS: andythomas; capecanaveral; charlescamarda; discovery; eileencollins; finalfrontier; florida; iss; jameskelly; kennedyspacecenter; nasa; returntoflight; shuttlediscovery; soichinoguchi; spaceshuttle; spacestation; stephenrobinson; sts114; titusville; wasteof; wendylawrence
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To: OXENinFLA
Well the next one we both will do better and see and hear up close and personal with it.
721
posted on
07/26/2005 8:25:59 AM PDT
by
samantha
("Cheer up the grownups are in charge")
To: Dashing Dasher; ken5050; rwfromkansas; TomGuy
Like this?
To: All
When will the NASA bashers show up???
723
posted on
07/26/2005 8:27:30 AM PDT
by
KevinDavis
(the space/future belongs to the eagles, the earth/past to the groundhogs)
To: Dashing Dasher; Allegra
I was just thinking I'll never forget that morning when our golden retriever was barking like crazy and then we hear this deafening roar like a 747 was landing on our house....we run outside and can see the steaks across the sky...didn't think much about it until we turned on the news and saw what had happened over Texas...I cried and cried thinking we had come so close to the situation..and what must their loved ones be feeling....
God Bless those that went up today.....its as American as apple pie isn't it? My heart is always so proud when these guys go up!!!
724
posted on
07/26/2005 8:27:38 AM PDT
by
PaulaB
To: ken5050
To: Allegra
726
posted on
07/26/2005 8:28:44 AM PDT
by
Dashing Dasher
( If you want to give me a present, my size is cash..........)
To: BurbankKarl
727
posted on
07/26/2005 8:28:53 AM PDT
by
ken5050
(Ann Coulter needs to have children ASAP to pass on her gene pool....any volunteers?)
To: samantha
Afghanistan jeez! Spell check is our friend. Duh!
728
posted on
07/26/2005 8:29:55 AM PDT
by
samantha
("Cheer up the grownups are in charge")
To: Allegra
I wonder how my subcontrator would feel if he knew I had just posted his message out for all of FR to see? ;-) Perhaps you could tell him how we responded.
729
posted on
07/26/2005 8:30:10 AM PDT
by
The_Victor
(Doh!... stupid tagline)
To: TomGuy
Do you know where I can download a recorded version of the launch video?
730
posted on
07/26/2005 8:31:04 AM PDT
by
m1-lightning
(God, Guns, and Country!)
To: abner
how do they say it without blubbering?Removing yourself from emotion--folks in the medical field have to pull it off frequently to maintain level head.
731
posted on
07/26/2005 8:31:42 AM PDT
by
NautiNurse
("I'd rather see someone go to work for a Republican campaign than sit on their butt."--Howard Dean)
To: OXENinFLA
732
posted on
07/26/2005 8:31:44 AM PDT
by
Allegra
(Less Than 30 Days Until R&R - W'HOOOO!)
To: OXENinFLA
733
posted on
07/26/2005 8:31:47 AM PDT
by
Textide
To: KevinDavis
When will the NASA bashers show up??? DU's probably humming with it now...
734
posted on
07/26/2005 8:32:49 AM PDT
by
Allegra
(Less Than 30 Days Until R&R - W'HOOOO!)
To: The_Victor; Allegra
Perhaps you could tell him how we responded. I second that...
Excellence in human endeavor takes many forms. Our return to space is one form. The Iraqi's movement toward democracy, freedom, and personal liberty is another. I can't speak for all, but for myself - I stand in awe and respect of the great strides the Iraqi people have made after so many decades of oppression.
735
posted on
07/26/2005 8:33:34 AM PDT
by
HiJinx
(~ www.ProudPatriots.org ~ Serving Those Who Serve Us ~ Operation Semper Fi ~)
To: m1-lightning
Do you know where I can download a recorded version of the launch video?
I don't know, but you might check these:
CSPAN.org. They showed it live on CSPAN3 and usually archive their broadcasts
NASA.gov
Space.com
736
posted on
07/26/2005 8:33:41 AM PDT
by
TomGuy
To: tiredoflaundry; OXENinFLA
I saw NOTHING, NADA, ZIP, ZILCH, ZERO! It was too overcast...... Grrrrrrrr.... Same here :-(
Aw, that sucks. It was overcast?
Maybe you'll get to see the landing?
737
posted on
07/26/2005 8:34:18 AM PDT
by
Allegra
(Less Than 30 Days Until R&R - W'HOOOO!)
To: PaulaB
One of the astronauts on that flight was a member of my aerobatic chapter. She lived here when she trained at Ames. My club was very touched by that event, as you could imagine.
738
posted on
07/26/2005 8:34:47 AM PDT
by
Dashing Dasher
( If you want to give me a present, my size is cash..........)
To: OXENinFLA
We couldn't see it at all because too many clouds. Bummer! How about you??
739
posted on
07/26/2005 8:35:14 AM PDT
by
tutstar
( <{{--->< OurFlorida.true.ws Impeach Judge Greer)
To: Dashing Dasher
Yep -- reminds me of the sad days after Challenger.
Godspeed Discovery and STS-114!
740
posted on
07/26/2005 8:36:54 AM PDT
by
Shazbot29
(If you paid attention you'd be worried, too!)
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