Space Shuttle - Night Launch

[TeeBone]

http://tbn0.google.com/images?q=tbn:ce53rmwsOMtTpM:http://www.cynical-c.com/archives/bloggraphics/0421834.jpg

Anyone in Florida is in for a treat tonight. The launch is at 2:00 am and if you have never seen the night launch; please just walk outside and look East. I've seen it as far away as Fort Myers, but we are going over tonight to the Space Coast.

Oh...and I think it's the, 'Space Shuttle Endeavour.'

[Jughead]

Was made from challenger....I do love this stuff.....Wish I was in the shaped like a Dick state..:wink:

[scottinnj]

Channel 283 on Directv is the NASA channel, with live coverae of the liftoff. Watch it there all non-Florida spaceflight fans.

[tele7]

Live launch coverage on Nasa.gov

I'm staying up in my jammies to watch.

http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/index.html

(Right click the video screen for full view)

[Friday]

Live launch coverage on Nasa.gov

I'm staying up in my jammies to watch.

http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/index.html

(Right click the video screen for full view)

AWESOME!

Thank you for posting this... i will be staying up to watch too :)

I actually used to REALLY want to be an astronaut.... Mission Specialist or Commander.
Even went to Space Camp twice. Very coincidental that I am wearing my Space Camp Tshirt tonight.... wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!

[tele7]

AWESOME!

Thank you for posting this... i will be staying up to watch too :)

I actually used to REALLY want to be an astronaut.... Mission Specialist or Commander.
Even went to Space Camp twice. Very coincidental that I am wearing my Space Camp Tshirt tonight.... wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!

Glad you like it Friday... Way better than the few minutes they give you on TV. I've been checking it every few minutes, (painting the kitchen late night) but will lock in about 1 AM.

[tele7]

closing the hatch

[TeeBone]

T-minus 2 hours and counting...



Out the door.

[TheGameHHH]

can i see this if im on the east coast of florida?

[ChrisTheCop]

AWESOME!

Thank you for posting this... i will be staying up to watch too :)

I actually used to REALLY want to be an astronaut.... Mission Specialist or Commander.
Even went to Space Camp twice. Very coincidental that I am wearing my Space Camp Tshirt tonight.... wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!

I'll be chowing down on dehydrated pizza and tang, all while wearing a tinfoil suit, rubbermaid gloves, and a tonka hard hat.

Meanwhile, I'm watching I Dream Of Jeanie til 2am.

[Friday]

I'll be chowing down on dehydrated pizza and tang, all while wearing a tinfoil suit, rubbermaid gloves, and a tonka hard hat.

Meanwhile, I'm watching I Dream Of Jeanie til 2am.

we should all go into chat at 2 for the launch!

I will make a tin foil hat and wear it on cam!

yay Space Party!

[PapaBear]

I'll be chowing down on tang til 2am.
Totally inappropriate, Chris.:nono:

[ChrisTheCop]

I knew I'd be setting someone up with that...but you??!! lol..made me spit tang on my... cat.

[PapaBear]

I knew I'd be setting someone up with that...but you??!! lol..made me spit tang on my... cat.
I struggled with leaving "dehydrated" in there.

[tele7]

I struggled with leaving "dehydrated" in there.

A true win / win situation

[ChrisTheCop]

It may very well be time for another Papabear Appreciation Thread.

Anywho...

Here's an Endeavour day time launch:

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[PapaBear]

I saw Atlantis launch at night in 1985. I didn't even know it was going to happen. I was about 50 miles out of Orlando during a road trip, and while I waited in the car at a pit stop, my buddies yelled for me. I got out of the car to see what was up, and damn... There it was, flaming through the night sky. A very impressive sight!

[ChrisTheCop]

I remember doing this as a kid. Well, actually, I think we'd go to bed, then be woken up to do this. Late at night, gathering around the TV to watch some rocket take off.

I was never too impressed by it back then, just always happy to be up so late, like a grown up.

Perhaps I'm dating myself, but it was that big a deal back then that parents would wake up their kids to see it. I kinda wish it was still that big a deal.

[PapaBear]

Perhaps I'm dating myself, but it was that big a deal back then that parents would wake up their kids to see it. I kinda wish it was still that big a deal.
I know what you mean. We actually took pictures of the TV during the first moon landing and the first Space Shuttle fight.

[ChrisTheCop]

Same mission, better position:

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[Friday]

I remember doing this as a kid. Well, actually, I think we'd go to bed, then be woken up to do this. Late at night, gathering around the TV to watch some rocket take off.

I was never too impressed by it back then, just always happy to be up so late, like a grown up.

Perhaps I'm dating myself, but it was that big a deal back then that parents would wake up their kids to see it. I kinda wish it was still that big a deal.

my mom would let me stay home if there was a day launch. We'd make snacks and watch it together. It was always a big deal because my parents knew how much I loved astronomy.

This past year I found my old telescope.... a big one on a tripod.... dating back to like '84 and I gave it to my cousin's kids. They LOVE looking out at the starts . Passing on the tradition!

[PapaBear]

Bummer. What's this all about?

NASA TV Media and Education streams are temporarily unavailable. STS-123 mission coverage is available through the public channel.

[tele7]

View fron inside the shuttle during launch:

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[Friday]

Bummer. What's this all about?

i have that message too, but it appears to be a live feed.... there are other viewing options listed too on the right side of the screen.

[PapaBear]

It's working for me now. Guess it was a glitch.

[tele7]

It's working for me now. Guess it was a glitch.

knocked me off too. back online though.

[PapaBear]

Oh, cool. The new version of Real Player that I download last night adds a button to the stream that lets me record it! I have other methods of recording, but this one is very convenient.:clap:

[ChrisTheCop]

Here's the Crew:

http://www.nasa.gov/images/content/215867main_123_crew_690.jpg

and their mission:

NASA astronaut Dominic Gorie commands a crew of six, including Pilot Gregory H. Johnson and Mission Specialists Rick Linnehan, Robert L. Behnken, Mike Foreman, Garrett Reisman and Japanese astronaut Takao Doi. Johnson, Behnken and Foreman will be making their first spaceflight.

During the 16-day mission, the crew's two prime objectives are to deliver and attach to the International Space Station the first component of Japan's new laboratory called Kibo, as well as Canada's new robotics system, the Special Purpose Dexterous Manipulator, or Dextre. STS-123 is the 25th shuttle mission to the International Space Station.

Expedition 16 Flight Engineer Leopold Eyharts, who arrived at the station aboard Atlantis in February, will return to Earth with the Endeavour crew as Reisman takes his place on the station.

[lobofanina]

The launch of Space Shuttle Endeavourrrrrrrr is also being shown in High-Def on HDNET channel 79 on DirecTV starting at 2 a.m. est.. Thanks for letting us know this was going on, I would have missed it.

[Friday]

i have begun crafting my tin foil hat

[ChrisTheCop]

rf.net copy.

[ChrisTheCop]

i have begun crafting my tin foil hat

Sadly, my camera's at work... but I found a pretty good representation of Tracey and Me at this moment in our history.
http://img212.imageshack.us/img212/7720/tinfoilhat2cy2.jpg

[tele7]

rf.net copy.

Roger Roger. What's your vector Victor?

[ChrisTheCop]

Over Macho Grande.

[Friday]

Sadly, my camera's at work... but I found a pretty good representation of Tracey and Me at this moment in our history.
http://img212.imageshack.us/img212/7720/tinfoilhat2cy2.jpg

i am crazy and in chat.

but i will only cam up if CTC comes in. :tongue:

[PapaBear]

The close up shots of the engines are really really clear! This feed works very well.

[tele7]

Over Macho Grande.

I'll never be over Mahco Grande!!

[ChrisTheCop]

The wounds run too deep.

[tele7]

Hold on to your fu%#ing hats!!

[ChrisTheCop]

The close up shots of the engines are really really clear! This feed works very well.

Stop watching Nascar... the shuttle's about to launch!!!

[tele7]

Over Macho Grande.

by the way: :clap:

[Friday]

the clock is running! w00t!

[PapaBear]

the clock is running! w00t!

Somebody catch that damn clock. We have a launch in 8 minutes!

[ChrisTheCop]

quick--someone give me 10 million bucks--

I WANT ON THAT SHUTTLE!!!!!





does that guy keep saying "that didnt work" or "thats in work"?



oh--and CNN JUST CUT IN!! ITS ON TV!!!!!

[Friday]

ok.

it's late and i am insane.

you can see this clearly for yourselves.

I didn't make hats for the kitties... they are napping away next to me...

http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t250/Haskellitoberg/tinfoilhat-1.jpg

[ChrisTheCop]

LMAO Tracey! and that guy just said beanie cap as i looked at ya....ok...I think I'm going silent til orbit...see yuh!!

[tele7]

ok.

it's late and i am insane.

you can see this clearly for yourselves.

I didn't make hats for the kitties... they are napping away next to me...

http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t250/Haskellitoberg/tinfoilhat-1.jpg


:wub:

[Friday]

amazing....

truly incredible...

[lobofanina]

The phrase "Go with throttle up," always freaks me out.

[tele7]

The phrase "Go with throttle up," always freaks me out.

Same here

[ChrisTheCop]

We have orbit.

Which is sooo much better than Norbit.

Its always so cool to see a launch.
I envy those who saw it with their own eyes.

[PapaBear]

The NASA feed was actually 27 seconds behind the CNN one. But the NASA one didn't have all the stupid graphics and interviews. Pretty cool. Thanks Tele!!

[Friday]

We have orbit.

Which is sooo much better than Norbit.

Its always so cool to see a launch.
I envy those who saw it with their own eyes.

were you utilizing someone else's eyes tonight, Chris?

if so... don't forget to return them....:smile:

[ChrisTheCop]

Juno what I meant.


I gotta say that I'm impressed that cnn cut in for this. They DO actually know when news is happening.

Of course, less than 15 minutes after lift off, theyre back to the Hillary/Obama and Eliot show...but still, I doubted that theyd even cover it...and I was wr--.

[PapaBear]

Chris was using these eyes...

http://a2.vox.com/6a00c22522e470549d00d09e715b72be2b-500pi

[Friday]

Juno what I meant.

:innocent:

*teehee*


i still have my special hat on.

[ChrisTheCop]

Chris was using these eyes...

http://a2.vox.com/6a00c22522e470549d00d09e715b72be2b-500pi

I'm precocious.
And I know just what it takes to make a pro blush.

[usoilworker]

damit tur away for a sec and the world passes u bye...missed the launch bye 2 mins but have the mission feed. this would have made a good reason to toss a few back

[tele7]

The NASA feed was actually 27 seconds behind the CNN one. But the NASA one didn't have all the stupid graphics and interviews. Pretty cool. Thanks Tele!!

I noticed that too. What gives?! I'm going back to dial up.

[Friday]

schleepy time for this space explorer....

glad i was able to share this moment with y'all!


it's nice to be home :smile:

[ChrisTheCop]

tracey:

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[Friday]

tracey:

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and sweet dreams to you too, Mr. Christopher http://img115.exs.cx/img115/9916/z4dwink.gif

[PapaBear]

Oh, cool. The new version of Real Player that I download last night adds a button to the stream that lets me record it! I have other methods of recording, but this one is very convenient.:clap:

Fuck. I used the newfangled Real Player recorder instead of what I already had. Now it's in a file format that I can't change. And I wanted to be one of the first to get it on YouTube.:furious:

[TeeBone]

Just got back from the coast.....That was very cool.
I have great pics but don't know how to post them.

[PapaBear]

You can upload them to Photobucket.com or you can just upload them to the gallery here.

[TeeBone]

Thanks, Papa.

I'll put them up today.

[Ritalin]

AWESOME!

Thank you for posting this... i will be staying up to watch too :)

I actually used to REALLY want to be an astronaut.... Mission Specialist or Commander.
Even went to Space Camp twice. Very coincidental that I am wearing my Space Camp Tshirt tonight.... wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!

"....and one time, in space camp..."

[topless_mike]

great live feed from NASA.
wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

[Furtherman]

I have great pics but don't know how to post them.

C'mon! This is America... we put a man on the moon!

[Ritalin]

Just got back from the coast.....That was very cool.
I have great pics but don't know how to post them.

You know, TeeBone, a real man wouldn't be caught dead whining about how he didn't know how to do something. He'd just sit down and figure out HOW. It's just another example of the pussification of America.

So why don't you slip into your favorite housecoat and fuzzy slippers, fix yourself an international coffee, push a couple of buttons and post those pictures, Nancy!

[TeeBone]

You know, TeeBone, a real man wouldn't be caught dead whining about how he didn't know how to do something. He'd just sit down and figure out HOW. It's just another example of the pussification of America.

So why don't you slip into your favorite housecoat and fuzzy slippers, fix yourself an international coffee, push a couple of buttons and post those pictures, Nancy!

Thanks, Ritalin ---- you have always been one of the funniest posters on the board and this honest and dead-on description of how much I suck is exactly what I needed.

However; because of your insolence, I choose not to post the pictures today.

[Friday]

Thanks, Ritalin ---- you have always been one of the funniest posters on the board and this honest and dead-on description of how much I suck is exactly what I needed.

However; because of your insolence, I choose not to post the pictures today.

way to roon it for all of us, Ritalin.

hrrmph

:sad:

[tele7]

http://content.ytmnd.com/content/c/d/7/cd78878372e58f9ab6f0507bf5728bdc.jpg
...Ritalin

[Ritalin]

Thanks, Ritalin ---- you have always been one of the funniest posters on the board and this honest and dead-on description of how much I suck is exactly what I needed.

However; because of your insolence, I choose not to post the pictures today.

Oh, you're punishing me?

Do I have to sleep on the couch too, sweetheart?

[Mike Teacher]

Not a night launch but pretty close, back in 2000 or so we lucked out and were in Fla with a full moon and a clear sky:

http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m110/MizzleT/MikesPics/2001DIS34.jpg

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http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m110/MizzleT/MikesPics/2001DIS35.jpg

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http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m110/MizzleT/MikesPics/2001DIS37.jpg

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http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m110/MizzleT/MikesPics/2001DIS39.jpg

put it this way; the pics are so old theyre taken from a Sony Mavica; remember that brick of a digital camera that used floppy discs? Yow.