Endeavor Flying In Formation With ISS (Docking In About An Hour)

NASA TV

[leadpenny]

If you have NASA TV, I recommend tuning in. Space Shuttle Endeavor is about an hour away from docking with the International Space Station. Some awesome live shots coming from both craft.

[leadpenny]

51 minutes from docking.

[leadpenny]

"Breaking" Who do that?

[freedomson]

Don't you know those images are digital special effects and 3-D modeling software and that NASA just wants us to believe it's actually happening?

(adjusting tin foil fedora at a rakish angle)

[leadpenny]

LOL. Ya know, not one network is carrying it. Must not be important anymore.

[Cincinatus]

NASA TV is streamed on the web via the Space.com website. Click HERE and follow the instructions for "NASA TV."

[dead]

You guys rock. I had no idea I could sit here at work and watch this. (very slow day around here).

It's really cool to watch.

[leadpenny]

Thanks. I was comparing the two. The website is about 15 seconds behind.

[yonif]

But then when there an accident, god forbid, the networks are all over it. They rather broadcast Larry King reruns then show our space advantages. In a few decades we will be so advanced that the TV would then show it, but people would go "I never knew we could achieve or were achiving that." We should be showing stuff on TV so that Americans can see our space progress and what their tax money is used for.

[The_Victor]

Ya know, not one network is carrying it. Must not be important anymore.

Actually, it's just deadly dull live television. The relative approach velocity is measure in inches per minute. It's like watching bread rise.

Sapce bump

[OldFriend]

CNN has been outstanding in broadcasting space events. They had a young man as the space specialist. I believe his name was John Holliman, who died in an auto accident.

When no one else is showing a launch or a space walk you can almost always count on CNN.

[leadpenny]

You are exactly right. When I hear people blasting the content on TV and the bad stuff on the internet, I use things like NASA-TV, C-SPAN and FreeRepublic as examples of how to stay informed.

[Lokibob]

When they launched 2 nights ago, I wondered if any of the shuttle occupants slept that night. If it were me, I wouldn't have slept a wink.

[Lokibob]

BTW, if you can catch a landing, the new NASA TV has a video camera mounted in the nose of the shuttle. As it approaches the runway, they switch to it and it is awesome.

[leadpenny]

If Commander Murphy goes any slower he'll be backin' up.

[Lokibob]

doesn't want to scratch the paint.

[leadpenny]

His new nickname is now "Speedy"

Isn't there a minimum closure rate needed to ensure it locks at docking?

[Lokibob]

To get a calculation of when the best times for viewing both the shuttle and ISS is in your location, go to:
http://www.heavens-above.com/

[NautiNurse]

43 feet to go...247 miles above, over Australia

[leadpenny]

Good stuff. I remember hearing or reading a few years ago that we will be able to see the completed ISS in the daytime on a clear day.