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Space Shuttle Atlantis Launch Live Thread Friday 7:38 PM EDT
06/07/2007 | Kevin Davis

Posted on 06/07/2007 6:37:21 PM PDT by KevinDavis

his is the official live thread for the Space Shuttle Atlantis.. The shuttle is suppose to launch at 7:38 PM EST.

Mission updates can be found at Space Shuttle Atlantis Launch Updates

If you can't view the launch on Cable or Satellite you can go to the Nasa site to view launch live.

AD ASTRA!!


TOPICS: Breaking News
KEYWORDS: nasa; shuttleatlantis; space
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To: RightWhale

You are about to launch.

Allow? Disallow?


161 posted on 06/08/2007 4:30:55 PM PDT by null and void ("Wherever liberty has sprouted around the world, we find American blood at its roots.")
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To: All
Getting ready to go outside now for a look-see.

.Very overcast here Clearwater area. Sometimes we can see from here.....sometimes not.

Later, alligators.

Leni

162 posted on 06/08/2007 4:30:57 PM PDT by MinuteGal (The Left can only win by deceit. Keep informed as your weapon of choice.)
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To: NormsRevenge

I thought you meant pantload...


163 posted on 06/08/2007 4:31:20 PM PDT by null and void ("Wherever liberty has sprouted around the world, we find American blood at its roots.")
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To: NormsRevenge

spaceflightnow.com
2330:34 GMT (7:30:34 p.m. EDT)

T-minus 7 minutes, 30 seconds. The Ground Launch Sequencer has started pulling the orbiter access arm away from the crew hatch on the port side of the vehicle. The arm was the passage way for the astronauts to board Atlantis a few hours ago. The arm can be re-extended very quickly should the need arise later in the countdown.

2330:04 GMT (7:30:04 p.m. EDT)

T-minus 8 minutes and counting. Pilot Lee Archambault has flipped the switches in the cockpit of Atlantis to directly connect the three onboard fuel cells with the essential power buses. Also, the stored program commands have been issued to the orbiter.


very busy time now


164 posted on 06/08/2007 4:31:57 PM PDT by RightWhale (Repeal the Treaty)
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To: RightWhale

Who left the door open???


165 posted on 06/08/2007 4:32:29 PM PDT by null and void ("Wherever liberty has sprouted around the world, we find American blood at its roots.")
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To: null and void

pantload

lol.. That’ll work.


166 posted on 06/08/2007 4:32:39 PM PDT by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi ... For want of a few good men, a once great nation was lost.)
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To: RightWhale

167 posted on 06/08/2007 4:32:52 PM PDT by glock rocks (Please pray every day for our Patriot Armed Forces fighting to protect our way of life.)
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To: RightWhale

spaceflightnow.com
2332:04 GMT (7:32:04 p.m. EDT)

T-minus 6 minutes. Pilot Lee Archambault has been asked by the orbiter test conductor to pre-start the orbiter Auxiliary Power Units. This procedure readies the three APU’s for their activation after the countdown passes T-minus 5 minutes.


prestart the thingies. This means they mean it.


168 posted on 06/08/2007 4:33:11 PM PDT by RightWhale (Repeal the Treaty)
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To: glock rocks

Cool picture.

4:30


169 posted on 06/08/2007 4:33:35 PM PDT by Jet Jaguar
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To: NormsRevenge

Built in Rosie hold in effect, please.


170 posted on 06/08/2007 4:33:36 PM PDT by NonValueAdded (Fred Thompson in 2008 - there is no doubt about it! [GWB has jumped the duck, right into lameness])
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To: RightWhale

3 good APUs. whew!


171 posted on 06/08/2007 4:34:05 PM PDT by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi ... For want of a few good men, a once great nation was lost.)
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To: RightWhale

spaceflightnow.com
2333:04 GMT (7:33:04 p.m. EDT)

T-minus 5 minutes. The “go” has been given for for Auxiliary Power Unit start. Pilot Lee Archambault is now flipping three switches in Atlantis’ cockpit to start each of the three APU’s. The units, located in the aft compartment of Atlantis, provide the pressure needed to power the hydraulic systems of the shuttle. The units will be used during the launch and landing phases of the mission for such events as moving the orbiter’s aerosurfaces, gimbaling the main engine nozzles and deploying the landing gear.

Over the course of the next minute, the orbiter’s heaters will be configured for launch by commander Rick Sturckow, the fuel valve heaters on the main engines will be turned off in preparation for engine ignition at T-6.6 seconds and the external tank and solid rocket booster safe and arm devices will be armed.

2332:34 GMT (7:32:34 p.m. EDT)

T-minus 5 minutes, 30 seconds. APU pre-start is complete and the units are ready for activation. The orbiters flight data recorders have gone into the record mode to collect measurements of shuttle systems performance during flight.


BTW, This text courtesy Justin Ray, a very fine space journalist


172 posted on 06/08/2007 4:34:45 PM PDT by RightWhale (Repeal the Treaty)
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To: Lazamataz

Running out the door to my front yard to watch the Shuttle lift-off


173 posted on 06/08/2007 4:34:51 PM PDT by Guenevere (Duncan Hunter for President, 2008!!)
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To: RightWhale

I’m watching iton the Dish Network NASA Channel.

T - 3 minutes====


174 posted on 06/08/2007 4:35:00 PM PDT by airborne (Airborne - Ranger - Vietnam veteran! Duncan Hunter for President!)
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steering checks of engines under way.. cool.


175 posted on 06/08/2007 4:35:03 PM PDT by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi ... For want of a few good men, a once great nation was lost.)
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To: NormsRevenge

Those steering checks shots were cool!


176 posted on 06/08/2007 4:35:13 PM PDT by glock rocks (Please pray every day for our Patriot Armed Forces fighting to protect our way of life.)
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To: NormsRevenge
No unexpected errors ... I love that phrase
177 posted on 06/08/2007 4:35:44 PM PDT by NonValueAdded (Fred Thompson in 2008 - there is no doubt about it! [GWB has jumped the duck, right into lameness])
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To: RightWhale

spaceflightnow.com
2334:34 GMT (7:34:34 p.m. EDT)

T-minus 3 minutes, 30 seconds. The main engine nozzles now being moved through a computer controlled test pattern to demonstrate their readiness to support guidance control during launch today.


Anybody see the nozzles swivel?


178 posted on 06/08/2007 4:35:57 PM PDT by RightWhale (Repeal the Treaty)
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7:29 p.m. - The countdown is at T-9 minutes and counting. As the count resumes, the GLS will be in control of all critical space shuttle launch operations and there are several milestones before launch at 7:38. They include:

At T-16 seconds, the launch pad’s water sound suppression system begins flooding the mobile launcher platform with 300,000 gallons of water. The system protects the shuttle and its payload from any damage caused by energy generated during launch.

At T-10 seconds, flares ignite under Atlantis’ three main engines to burn away any residual hydrogen that may have collected near the main engine nozzles.

At T-6.6 seconds, the main engines will begin firing in anticipation of liftoff.

7:28 p.m. - The orbiter’s “black boxes” are now in the recording mode and will continue to collect data about the performance of the shuttle systems during the flight.

7:24 p.m. - Launch Director Mike Leinbach is performing the poll to determine a “go/no-go” for launch. The team is a go! He wished the Atlantis crew members good luck and Godspeed.

7:14 p.m. - The countdown clock is holding at T-9 minutes. The final prelaunch polls soon will be taking place.


179 posted on 06/08/2007 4:35:58 PM PDT by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi ... For want of a few good men, a once great nation was lost.)
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To: glock rocks
Yarmulke off...
180 posted on 06/08/2007 4:36:35 PM PDT by null and void ("Wherever liberty has sprouted around the world, we find American blood at its roots.")
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