LIVE: STS-119: FLIGHT DAY 3 - RPM AND DOCKING

[shaula1247]

Some imges of the Station from the Shuttle during RPM.  The HD should be good

[blueguitarbob]

Test of HD camera (G2?) onboard Discovery's flight deck now...

Wow, I hope we see more of this quality video and natural sound during this mission!

[shaula1247]

The HD recorder equipment during testing

[ChrisC]

Nice High def replay of the RPM from the Shuttle perspective.

Yeah, I screenshotted it but shaula beat me to it   Can't wait to see this in HD, although I don't have my HD gear set up to record during the overnight so I'll probably miss it.  Maybe they'll feed it in a video file.  Update: it's playing on their HD channel at 7am, 8am and 11am ET so I'll catch the 11am run;  I'll provide some snapshots over in the HD thread ( http://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=11551.new#new )

Even noticed a nice piece of debris float out of the Mating adapter ring area. not sure what it was. 

I don't think it was floating.  The movement was uneven.  I think it was tumbling on the window glass.  My guess is that the RPM was creating a slight centrifugal force that had that piece of debris rolling along the outside of the window.

[Ronsmytheiii]

not HD but a replay

[punkboi]

Awesome footage

[jcopella]

RPM quicklook summary just transmitted to the crew:

One tile on LIE has exposed substrate.  No decision yet on focused inspection.  Will be scrutinizing more closely overnight.

No other items of note at this time.

[John44]

 STS-119 - FLIGHT DAY 3 HIGHLIGHTS
http://www.space-multimedia.nl.eu.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=4757

[drewsky208]

RPM quicklook summary just transmitted to the crew:

One tile on LIE has exposed substrate.  No decision yet on focused inspection.  Will be scrutinizing more closely overnight.

No other items of note at this time.

What or where is LIE?

[voyager]

RPM quicklook summary just transmitted to the crew:

One tile on LIE has exposed substrate.  No decision yet on focused inspection.  Will be scrutinizing more closely overnight.

No other items of note at this time.

What or where is LIE?

That would be Left Inboard Elevon.

[jacqmans]

RPM photos:

http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/gallery/images/shuttle/sts-119/flightday03/ndxpage1.html

[DavisSTS]

Is that it? There's more on L2 and that was 12 hours ago. And there's the super large stitches.

[rsmath]

Here are the HD FD highlights (720p, 59.94 fps in h.264 format):

Flight Day 3 HD highlights.

http://files.filefront.com/13497565

IIRC, it's about 451mb in size.  About 11-12 minutes in length.

[catdlr]

STS-119 Pre-Launch Countdown | Tanking & Ice Team Inspections | March 15, 2009

Mar 8, 2025  #STS119 #SpaceShuttle #NASA
Watch the STS-119 launch countdown from T-6 hours to T-3 hours as NASA prepares Space Shuttle Discovery for liftoff on March 15, 2009. This video features the External Tank fueling operations and the Ice Team inspections. STS-119 carried the final set of solar arrays for the International Space Station, increasing its power capacity for future missions.

Discovery STS-119 Astronaut Crew:
Commander:  Lee Archambault
Pilot: Dominic Antonelli
Mission Specialist 1:  Joseph Acaba
Mission Specialist 2:  Steven Swanson
Mission Specialist 3:  Richard Arnold
Mission Specialist 4:  John Phillips
Mission Specialist 5:  Koichi Wakata (up) / Sandra Magnus (down)

[catdlr]

STS-119 Launch Countdown | Crew Ingress Through Liftoff | March 15, 2009

Mar 9, 2025  #STS119 #SpaceShuttle #NASA
Watch the STS-119 launch countdown from T-3 hours to liftoff of the Space Shuttle Discovery. This video features the crew ingress and final launch countdown on March 15, 2009. STS-119 carried the final set of solar arrays for the International Space Station, increasing its power capacity for future missions.

Discovery STS-119 Astronaut Crew:
Commander:  Lee Archambault
Pilot: Dominic Antonelli
Mission Specialist 1:  Joseph Acaba
Mission Specialist 2:  Steven Swanson
Mission Specialist 3:  Richard Arnold
Mission Specialist 4:  John Phillips
Mission Specialist 5:  Koichi Wakata (up) / Sandra Magnus (down)

[ChrisC]

Hey, I just stumbled across this new thread.  Two questions:

Wouldn't it make sense to post these new Youtube uploads into the original threads here on NSF?  For example, here's STS-119 Day 3, dutifully logged by many of us here.  And thank you NSF for maintaining this old content.

I see that this thread is in the "Pre-RTF" section.  Is that RTF referring to the mid-2000s return to flight, post Columbia?  Because STS-119 was definitely post that RTF.

On a personal note, STS-119 is significant to me because it was the first Shuttle launch that I saw up close with my own eyes   I was at the press site!

[catdlr]

Hey, I just stumbled across this new thread.  Two questions:

Wouldn't it make sense to post these new Youtube uploads into the original threads here on NSF?  For example, here's STS-119 Day 3, dutifully logged by many of us here.  And thank you NSF for maintaining this old content.

I see that this thread is in the "Pre-RTF" section.  Is that RTF referring to the mid-2000s return to flight, post Columbia?  Because STS-119 was definitely post that RTF.

On a personal note, STS-119 is significant to me because it was the first Shuttle launch that I saw up close with my own eyes   I was at the press site!

ChrisC
Because those old STS threads are locked down, new videos have to be posted into new threads.  I asked to have them re0-opend but was refused.

[ChrisC]

Aha.  Thank you for the posts!  And if a mod is reading this, here's a vote for letting Tony add them to those threads.

This was the launch that had a bat clinging to the ET, and NSF had a photo of it first, resulting in media outlets wanting that photo ...

[Chris Bergin]

I can merge them, as I have.