Author Topic: LIVE: Progress M-17M launch atop Soyuz-U & docking to ISS - October 31, 2012 (Read 46234 times)

Jason1701 · « **Reply #20 on:** 10/31/2012 05:29 am »

Do Western launch organizations permit workers on the pad after oxidizer has been loaded?

pippin · « **Reply #21 on:** 10/31/2012 05:32 am »

Shuttle did have late inspections after fueling, too, didn't it?

Chris Bergin · « **Reply #22 on:** 10/31/2012 05:54 am »

Quote from: Jason1701 on 10/31/2012 05:29 am

Do Western launch organizations permit workers on the pad after oxidizer has been loaded?

Yeah, the Red team (Ice team) for Shuttle.

Chris Bergin · « **Reply #23 on:** 10/31/2012 05:57 am »

I can stream again. Oh happy days!

Chris Bergin · « **Reply #24 on:** 10/31/2012 06:03 am »

T-38 mins.

Jason1701 · « **Reply #25 on:** 10/31/2012 06:07 am »

Quote from: Chris Bergin on 10/31/2012 05:57 am

I can stream again. Oh happy days!

The real question is, can you stream with the right aspect ratio?

NASA TV broadcast beginning with some epic music.

Chris Bergin · « **Reply #26 on:** 10/31/2012 06:11 am »

Quote from: Jason1701 on 10/31/2012 06:07 am

Quote from: Chris Bergin on 10/31/2012 05:57 am
I can stream again. Oh happy days!

The real question is, can you stream with the right aspect ratio?

NASA TV broadcast beginning with some epic music.

Yeah, going to NTV

I wonder if they can make the music available to download, as it's wonderful.

Chris Bergin · « **Reply #27 on:** 10/31/2012 06:16 am »

Chris Bergin · « **Reply #28 on:** 10/31/2012 06:16 am »

NTV taking the Russian stream (with the strange aspect ratio? Actually, that looks right now)

Chris Bergin · « **Reply #29 on:** 10/31/2012 06:18 am »

Workers still at the pad.

Chris Bergin · « **Reply #30 on:** 10/31/2012 06:21 am »

One engineer is just walking about at the base of the vehicle with less than 20 mins to go

Chris Bergin · « **Reply #31 on:** 10/31/2012 06:24 am »

Chris Bergin · « **Reply #32 on:** 10/31/2012 06:25 am »

ISS heading for the pass over the launch site.

asmi · « **Reply #33 on:** 10/31/2012 06:25 am »

PAO is talking about unique opportunity for the ISS occupants to watch the launch directly out the window of ISS.

Chris Bergin · « **Reply #34 on:** 10/31/2012 06:26 am »

T-15 mins. NASA PAO guy is providing interesting commentary! (don't know who he is, but he is good).

Galactic Penguin SST · « **Reply #35 on:** 10/31/2012 06:27 am »

Didn't know that the early Progress spacecrafts to Salyut-6/7 used a single day rendezvous profile....

BTW Talk about a rich flight history: this is the 137th Progress mission since 1978! (not including Progress M-SO1/MIM-2) I shall count how many years would it take for Dragon to reach this number of flight history....

Chris Bergin · « **Reply #36 on:** 10/31/2012 06:30 am »

Chris Bergin · « **Reply #37 on:** 10/31/2012 06:31 am »

Coming up on T-10 mins.

Chris Bergin · « **Reply #38 on:** 10/31/2012 06:32 am »

Satori · « **Reply #39 on:** 10/31/2012 06:32 am »