chksix - 20/9/2006 7:09 PM
I hope the video will be available here afterwards. I have to leave home at 11 in the morning and that translates to just before the first deorbit burn opportunity.
nathan.moeller - 21/9/2006 2:21 AMCould we please keep this thread to updates only? Also, orbiter current position and attitude is totally irrelevant. It will change.Quotechksix - 20/9/2006 7:09 PM
I hope the video will be available here afterwards. I have to leave home at 11 in the morning and that translates to just before the first deorbit burn opportunity.
I think NASAcast will have it for you.
http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/highlights/index.html
They usually have videos ready pretty quickly after an event takes place.
Orbiter passing over the Southern tip of South America.
realtime - 20/9/2006 10:29 PM
Nice music on that crew background piece. All they need now are some spiff outfits and they'll be like, fly!
JJ.. - 21/9/2006 10:58 AMhttp://www.cbsnews.com/network/news/space/current.html
has anyone got a timeline of the re-entry ?
showing times of peak heating,rolls ect,
i had one for the last flight,i found ticking each event off the list helped the nerves during the landing,
JJ..
elmarko - 21/9/2006 5:32 AMIt will be about 50 minutes before sunrise...what we see on TV would depend on lighting set up for the cameras...we'll see some IR views, though, as well.
Will this be a completely dark landing, or will it be lighter by then?
psloss - 21/9/2006 12:09 PMThat's C-Band radar.
Mach 11, already processing data from MILA...
psloss - 21/9/2006 6:09 AM
Mach 11, already processing data from MILA...
kneecaps - 21/9/2006 6:25 AMI believe that's the APU exhaust.
Is that the WSB steam vent that can be seen 'puffing' away?
kneecaps - 21/9/2006 5:25 AM
Is that the WSB steam vent that can be seen 'puffing' away?
kneecaps - 21/9/2006 9:25 PM
Is that the WSB steam vent that can be seen 'puffing' away?
Gary - 21/9/2006 11:46 AM
What a great landing - Nice views from the shuttle itself as well. Some great footage from this mission.
One question though - Why do they open the ET tank doors whilst on the runway?
Gary - 21/9/2006 5:46 AM
What a great landing - Nice views from the shuttle itself as well. Some great footage from this mission.
One question though - Why do they open the ET tank doors whilst on the runway?
nathan.moeller - 21/9/2006 12:01 PM
Hahaha Jett doesn't want to get off the orbiter. "You may have to drag me out."
nathan.moeller - 21/9/2006 5:49 AMQuoteGary - 21/9/2006 5:46 AM
What a great landing - Nice views from the shuttle itself as well. Some great footage from this mission.
One question though - Why do they open the ET tank doors whilst on the runway?
I'm pretty sure it's to air out the area and get those fumes away from the orbiter. All part of the "safing" process.
triddirt - 21/9/2006 7:58 AM
What percentage of people currently walking under the vehicle operationally need to be there?
Austin - 21/9/2006 8:36 AM
Well, the landing occurred at 3:21am here in CA. But what can I say, I had to get up and watch it. Might need some coffee as I go in to work this morning. But heck, always worth it to see the shuttle glide in. Great landing by Mr. Jett and Mr. Ferguson, and great mission from the entire crew. Welcome home Atlantis!
Paul Adams - 21/9/2006 8:52 AMQuoteAustin - 21/9/2006 8:36 AM
Well, the landing occurred at 3:21am here in CA. But what can I say, I had to get up and watch it. Might need some coffee as I go in to work this morning. But heck, always worth it to see the shuttle glide in. Great landing by Mr. Jett and Mr. Ferguson, and great mission from the entire crew. Welcome home Atlantis!
I'm just over the line in Nevada and did the same thing, the wife was not too happy when the alarm went off at 02:15. Worth it though!!
Paul
DaveS - 21/9/2006 10:06 AMYeah, she's headed south (more or less) now...
I think they're getting ready to tow Atlantis to OPF-1.
DaveS - 21/9/2006 7:10 PM
A view of Atlantis from a camera in OPF-1:
dutch courage - 21/9/2006 3:47 PMNo that was about the time of an outage; I was in the middle of a post at the time, too, except mine failed before the message whereas Dave's looks like it failed after the message but before the attachments...QuoteDaveS - 21/9/2006 7:10 PM
A view of Atlantis from a camera in OPF-1:
Did you forget to attach this picture?
Paul Adams - 21/9/2006 4:05 PMAt least video, which was shown at least once shortly after landing (albeit at what looked to me like a low frame rate). Hopefully there is more or perhaps a replay over the next couple of days during the normal daily "ISS hour" on NASA TV.
Apologies if this has already been asked; did the ISS crew take any video or still shots of the re-entry and, if so, have they been posted?
Paul
psloss - 21/9/2006 5:02 PM
A little bit of an add on the re-entry video from ISS...NASA TV did another one-hour package of the mission highlights and in it they showed a different bit of video than what I saw this morning, where the plasma trail can be seen behind the orbiter. (Actually looks like footage I've seen shot from Houston during other night re-entries, such as STS-93.) Still going through the day's broadcasts, but I'll see if a more complete replay was presented...
Paul Adams - 22/9/2006 3:30 PMFWIW, NASA TV ran about 5 minutes of the footage (same low frame rate) during the ISS hour today...perhaps John44 will have that available on his website sometime soon.
I did see some of the footage on a mission highlights compilation yesterday. The earth was totally black, so just the plazma trail and leading 'fireball' were visible. Very interesting none the less.
nathan.moeller - 22/9/2006 5:21 PM
I know that Seddon, Thornton, Godwin, Helms, Jernigan and Piper are the Americans
starbird - 22/9/2006 3:55 PM
A year or more ago, someone posted a link to an ftp site that had some hd video of one of the shuttle launches. Looked awesome on a widescreen monitor. Would be nice if someone converted more of the HD video to h.264 or some such. Don't have to wait for hd dvd.
Ben - 22/9/2006 7:06 PM
Ok...let's straigten that up. First, Piper was the seventh American woman to walk in space. Second, Rhea Seddon is not on that list.
Then you forgot Kathy Sullivan, the first American woman to walk in space. And you also left out Peggy Whitson.
Sunita Williams will become the eigth in a few months.
nathan.moeller - 22/9/2006 7:53 PM
Returning to the original question...when was Savitskaya's spacewalk?
51D Mascot - 24/9/2006 7:34 AM Flights at 51.6 degree inclination don't overfly Texas on deorbit.
:( they used to. Now about the only way you will see one come in while in Texas is probably on Galveston Island and at that if they have a one orbit go around
GioFX - 24/9/2006 1:13 PMThe little bit in the mission highlights package is being re-run periodically on NASA TV; I didn't see the longer video replayed during today's ISS hour. FWIW, here are a couple of screen grabs with the contrast turned up...
any news about the Atlantis' re-entry video took from the ISS?