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#800 by DaveS on 04 Feb, 2008 14:33
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#801 by DaveS on 04 Feb, 2008 14:34
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#802 by DaveS on 04 Feb, 2008 14:34
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#803 by DaveS on 04 Feb, 2008 14:38
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#804 by trlstyle on 04 Feb, 2008 16:03
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FANTASTIC! Ill be watching the weather closely - i really hope a Thursday launch will work, but i guess Friday or Saturday would not be the worst thing.
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#805 by Chandonn on 04 Feb, 2008 17:32
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trlstyle - 4/2/2008 12:03 PM
FANTASTIC! Ill be watching the weather closely - i really hope a Thursday launch will work, but i guess Friday or Saturday would not be the worst thing.
It's still early enough in the week and Florida weather does change rapidly. There used to be scrubs based on the forecast, only to find the weather picture perfect on what would have been the launch day (one of the Challenger (51-L) opportunities comes to mind...). -
#806 by rdale on 04 Feb, 2008 17:37
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There's a thread dedicated to weather discussion... http://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/forums/thread-view.asp?tid=11725&posts=15&start=1
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#807 by STSFan10 on 04 Feb, 2008 19:44
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Sorry if I missed it, but what time does the countdown start?
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#808 by Lawntonlookirs on 04 Feb, 2008 19:58
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If I recall I think it starts at 5:00 PM EST today. I keep trying to read all of the information on the forum, but sometimes it goes by so fast you miss it.
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#809 by Chris Bergin on 04 Feb, 2008 19:58
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#810 by DaveS on 04 Feb, 2008 21:00
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T-43 hours and counting. The second launch countdown for STS-122/1E is now underway.
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#811 by Ford Mustang on 04 Feb, 2008 21:00
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T-43 hours and counting! Space Shuttle Countdown Portal located here.
STS-122 Milestones page located here, where I get my information.
Just some of the things to happen during the T-43 hours and counting mark, for today.
- Countdown begins at the T-43 hour mark (5 p.m.)
- Begin final vehicle and facility closeouts for launch
- Check out backup flight systems
- Review flight software stored in mass memory units and display systems
- Load backup flight system software into Atlantis' general purpose computers
- Countdown begins at the T-43 hour mark (5 p.m.)
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#812 by Chris Bergin on 04 Feb, 2008 21:02
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Let's do this!
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#813 by Chris Bergin on 04 Feb, 2008 21:11
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STS-122: Countdown begins amid high praise for engineering effort
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#814 by psloss on 04 Feb, 2008 21:45
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NASA-KSC has posted some pictures of payload bay door closing last night:
http://mediaarchive.ksc.nasa.gov/search.cfm?cat=170
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#815 by psloss on 04 Feb, 2008 22:12
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They're also running a video file item on the Public Channel that (sort of) accompanies the stills on the Kennedy Media Gallery...
(I'm assuming that John44 will have that video up on his site soon.)
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#816 by Ford Mustang on 04 Feb, 2008 22:30
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Had been lucky to be watching NASA TV, and recorded it, so I could get images:
"At this point, we ran it down, and it went right in, in California."
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#817 by Ford Mustang on 04 Feb, 2008 22:32
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"Go in okay?"
"Went right in!"
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#818 by ntschke on 04 Feb, 2008 23:14
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Man, I can't believe they made these poor guys work during the Super Bowl!
Good to know that a complex tool such as "thelong stick" can still work wonders, even on the most complicated machine the world has ever known.
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#819 by sts1canada on 05 Feb, 2008 01:33
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I just noticed that Bill Harwood has updated his launch window times chart on his website, CBS Space News and he is now listing the 24-hour delay launch opportunity on Friday, February 8th as a FD-3 opportunity for docking now, before it was listed as a FD-4 opportunity. Hopefully the tracking of the ISS has been refined enough to now allow a FD 3 opp. on Friday if needed, keeping the mission duration as 11+1+2. I will be interested to see if this topic is brought up again by the media during the L-2 press conferences tomorrow as it was brought up during today's L-3 countdown status briefing (CSB).
http://www.cbsnews.com/network/news/space/currentglance.html#WINDOWS
Richard
