LIVE: STS-135 LAUNCH DAY AND FLIGHT DAY 1 UPDATES

• #180 by psloss on 08 Jul, 2011 12:31
• PLT doing comm checks now with OTC, NTD, and Houston.
  
• #181 by arkaska on 08 Jul, 2011 12:31
• PLT comm check
• #182 by arkaska on 08 Jul, 2011 12:32
• Magnus being strapped in
• #183 by psloss on 08 Jul, 2011 12:36
• #184 by arkaska on 08 Jul, 2011 12:37
• Rex going in
  
  Sandy putting helmet on
• #185 by Orbiter on 08 Jul, 2011 12:38
• Rex took the name tags of the ASPs with him, classy. If we have a launch today, Rex is the final astronaut to board a space shuttle.
  
  Orbiter
• #186 by arkaska on 08 Jul, 2011 12:44

• ---

  
• #187 by psloss on 08 Jul, 2011 12:44
• Three from the Shuttle FCR

  ---

  

  

  
• #188 by arkaska on 08 Jul, 2011 12:44
• Rex climbing into his seat
  
  MS1 comm check

  ---

  
• #189 by arkaska on 08 Jul, 2011 12:46
• Full flight deck

  ---

  
• #190 by arkaska on 08 Jul, 2011 12:48
• Report from STA says weather looks better and better

  ---

  
• #191 by arkaska on 08 Jul, 2011 12:51
• Last helmet going on

  ---

  
• #192 by psloss on 08 Jul, 2011 12:53
• Quote from: arkaska on 08 Jul, 2011 12:48

  Report from STA says weather looks better and better
  

  Not STA yet...CJ still flying a T-38
  
• #193 by arkaska on 08 Jul, 2011 12:53
• Starting to take non-flight items out from the orbiter

  ---

  
• #194 by arkaska on 08 Jul, 2011 12:55
• View from the firing room

  ---

  

  
• #195 by arkaska on 08 Jul, 2011 12:57
• MS2 comm check
• #196 by arkaska on 08 Jul, 2011 12:59
• Doug and Ferguson going through their check-lists

  ---

  
• #197 by psloss on 08 Jul, 2011 13:00
• OTC (Roberta Wyrick, I believe) talking to ASP Randy Bresnik about crew module closeout and to the CDR about crew voice/comm checks.
  
• #198 by arkaska on 08 Jul, 2011 13:00
• Crew comm check know

  ---

  
• #199 by psloss on 08 Jul, 2011 13:05

• ---