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#280
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Chris Bergin
on 20 Jul, 2011 14:41
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Has worked 77 missions. Anyone catch his name? He's DPS.
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#281
by
racshot65
on 20 Jul, 2011 14:42
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#282
by
psloss
on 20 Jul, 2011 14:42
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You'll see it...about two minutes from AOS on the other side.
(I believe the crew mentioned him during comm checks prior to the media events earlier.)
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#283
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Chris Bergin
on 20 Jul, 2011 14:43
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Terry Keeler - correct spelling, he has some google hits on reports.
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#284
by
Chris Bergin
on 20 Jul, 2011 14:43
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Oh, there we go
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#285
by
psloss
on 20 Jul, 2011 14:45
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TDRS-W pass is 53 minutes long, but we should see deactivation sometime in here.
It's dark, so not much to see yet...
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#286
by
Chris Bergin
on 20 Jul, 2011 14:46
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Shuttle showcase video next - oh, this is a good one. We first saw it a few days ago.
Really need to get back to this article, so carry on guys.
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#287
by
NavySpaceFan
on 20 Jul, 2011 14:47
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First I’d like to thank everyone at NSF for the great coverage; I’ve been working at my customer site with no unclassified Internet access, so I relied on NSF to catch up throughout day. I was 14 when
Columbia launched, and I’ve been hooked ever since. I was a freshman at Ohio State when we lost
Challenger, and the memory of sitting in my dorm room watching the news is still as fresh today as if it occured yesterday. My interest waned a bit as I started my Navy career, but returned in full with the start of ISS construction. I was a day out of the Suez canal on USS
Bataan when we lost
Columbia, CNN playing on the monitor over the Captain’s bridge chair.
When
Atlantis lands tomorrow morning, I will stand and salute. I will salute her, her sisters (especially
Discovery, y’all know why
), her crew, past crews, controllers, engineers, and most importantly, those who built her and all the orbiters, the shipwrights of the space age.
Hail
EnterpriseHail
ColumbiaHail
ChallengerHail
DiscoveryHail
AtlantisHail
EndeavourLCDR Bob Adamcik, USN (ret.)
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#288
by
leetdan
on 20 Jul, 2011 14:53
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Chris, experts, insiders, contributors, and fans all, thanks for making this site in to the most fantastic shuttle and space exploration resource that it is. Godspeed Atlantis, see you tomorrow.
Double thanks go to all involved in STS over the years, be proud of the work you've done.
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#289
by
psloss
on 20 Jul, 2011 14:55
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Comm is ratty currently (also unexpectedly, if I heard CapCom correctly) and doesn't look like much of a video signal, either.
Off the southern coast of Australia.
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#290
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Tourmaline
on 20 Jul, 2011 15:11
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Thank you all once again for fantastic coverage here, both for STS-135 and before.
As Wednesday is always my frantically busy day, I'm thankful for the extra day added to the mission. The shuttle's last evening off the planet is something I've not been looking forward to, but still I am determined to glean every drop of awesomeness out of this mission and the shuttle program. And hoping for a happy landing tomorrow.
I'll likely post in more detail another day about my shuttle memories, but for now I'd like to say how pleased I am that Shannon Lucid has been Capcom for the final mission. As a child, around the time of STS-1, I was so excited that NASA was finally sending women into space, and I remember Lucid being part of the lineup of six women from the 1978 Group. It's wonderful that she's been with the shuttle program from start to finish, I hope it's an achievement that will not go unnoticed by NASA or associates.
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#291
by
psloss
on 20 Jul, 2011 15:13
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If I'm reading the info correctly, Atlantis and crew are crossing the equator, beginning Orbit 189 of the mission.
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#292
by
psloss
on 20 Jul, 2011 15:20
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Chris Ferguson calling down that they're putting Ku-antenna stow in work. Sequential Still Video (SSV) was also going to be deactivated around this time.
After these last few tasks (there's a water dump that was deferred for a little bit), the crew should be getting into pre-sleep soon. About two hours from crew sleep.
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#293
by
seawolfe
on 20 Jul, 2011 15:23
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Chris Ferguson calling down that they're putting Ku-antenna stow in work. Sequential Still Video (SSV) was also going to be deactivated around this time.
No more video of ANY kind from Shuttles anymore.....
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#294
by
Alpha Control
on 20 Jul, 2011 15:23
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Chris Ferguson calling down that they're putting Ku-antenna stow in work. Sequential Still Video (SSV) was also going to be deactivated around this time.
I guess that's truly the end of live video or pictures from space, taken by a space shuttle.
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#295
by
MadameConcorde
on 20 Jul, 2011 15:35
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No more video of ANY kind from Shuttles anymore.....
I was thinking exactly that in the last hour so I had a few screen shots made of the HD feed. It will be a long time until we can see such amazing Earth views again.
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#296
by
psloss
on 20 Jul, 2011 15:37
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Rex Walheim called down that Ku-antenna stow is complete, everything was nominal.
Megan McArthur called up letting the crew know that the DAT had cleared the vehicle based on the late inspection data.
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#297
by
lizzybees
on 20 Jul, 2011 15:39
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I could watch the "Launching Our Dreams" video forever. I hope this gets shown on regular television at some point.
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#298
by
psloss
on 20 Jul, 2011 15:48
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Aww, nice sign off from Houston ACR. Last ever time for a Shuttle mission.
A little behind the scenes story: that's the familiar voice of Beth Weissinger, who is an audio engineer with Houston ACR. The press room here, which is the old briefing room (but not the old, old briefing room), is basically in ACR's area, so we frequently pass in the hallway here.
Beth started here at the beginning of 2000; her first Shuttle mission was STS-99. She was nice enough to stop for a moment after her night shift today for a picture (thumbnail attached) and to let me pretend to be journalist for a few moments.
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#299
by
Chris Bergin
on 20 Jul, 2011 15:48
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It's nearly impossible to write an article with these amazing videos playing.
This part, with Bob Cabana and the Red Huber photo gets me every time.
), her crew, past crews, controllers, engineers, and most importantly, those who built her and all the orbiters, the shipwrights of the space age.
