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Space Shuttle Landing Live Thread
AP via MSNBC ^
| July 31, 2009
| Marcia Dunn
Posted on 07/31/2009 7:18:23 AM PDT by John W
Shuttle streaks toward Earth to end mission
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida - Space shuttle Endeavour and its crew are headed back to Earth.
Endeavour's pilots fired the braking rockets Friday morning and put the shuttle on a course toward a touchdown at Florida's Kennedy Space Center. Landing is scheduled for 10:48 a.m. ET.
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TOPICS: Breaking News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: nasa; shuttleendeavour; space; spaceshuttle
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posted on
07/31/2009 7:18:24 AM PDT
by
John W
To: KevinDavis
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posted on
07/31/2009 7:23:22 AM PDT
by
John W
To: John W
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posted on
07/31/2009 7:24:21 AM PDT
by
TomGuy
To: John W
God speed and be safe ping.
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posted on
07/31/2009 7:24:28 AM PDT
by
VaRepublican
(I would propagate taglines but I don't know how.)
To: John W
Will it be on any of the cable channels?
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posted on
07/31/2009 7:25:51 AM PDT
by
DrewsDad
(Did he say hope and change or rope and chains?)
To: DrewsDad
Not sure, but, see Post # 3.
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posted on
07/31/2009 7:27:30 AM PDT
by
John W
To: DrewsDad
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posted on
07/31/2009 7:28:53 AM PDT
by
Kakaze
(Exterminate Islamofacism and apologize for nothing.....except not doing it sooner!)
To: DrewsDad
Will it be on any of the cable channels?
MSNBC, CNN and FoxNews usually catch the last few minutes -- provided it doesn't happen during commercial time or MJackson breaking news.
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posted on
07/31/2009 7:28:53 AM PDT
by
TomGuy
To: John W
Here in Orlando area - when can one expect the twin sonic booms?
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posted on
07/31/2009 7:29:40 AM PDT
by
nuvista
(Obama-care - you think that arrogant Marxist "cares" about you?)
To: John W
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posted on
07/31/2009 7:32:08 AM PDT
by
TomGuy
To: John W
Over Cuba and at the point where communications become difficult.
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posted on
07/31/2009 7:35:53 AM PDT
by
TSgt
(I long for Norman Rockwell's America.)
To: John W
167000 feet and Mach 10 is all...
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posted on
07/31/2009 7:36:31 AM PDT
by
TSgt
(I long for Norman Rockwell's America.)
To: TomGuy; Kakaze; John W
Thanks for the info. My son wanted to see it on tv and I had too many other things going on the computer for him to watch it there.
Fox is covering it now.
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posted on
07/31/2009 7:37:36 AM PDT
by
DrewsDad
(Did he say hope and change or rope and chains?)
To: John W
To: John W
You’d think NASA could afford better computer graphics than a 1977 Asteroids arcade game...
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posted on
07/31/2009 7:40:12 AM PDT
by
Yo-Yo
To: John W
Visual on the orbiter from the ground!
8000 feet 1600 Mph
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posted on
07/31/2009 7:42:14 AM PDT
by
TSgt
(I long for Norman Rockwell's America.)
To: John W
5 minutes untill touchdown.
To: KS Flyover
To: John W
Twin booms heard about 30 seconds ago
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posted on
07/31/2009 7:44:43 AM PDT
by
NonValueAdded
(What if the Sanction of the Victim is withdrawn?)
To: onemiddleamerican
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