Author Topic: LIVE: STS-116 - Flight Day 11 - Undocking (Read 42330 times)

DarthVader · « **Reply #80 on:** 12/19/2006 09:58 pm »

magnificent view!

eeergo · « **Reply #81 on:** 12/19/2006 10:00 pm »

Wow, how gorgeous it is...

Stardust9906 · « **Reply #82 on:** 12/19/2006 10:01 pm »

GioFX · « **Reply #83 on:** 12/19/2006 10:02 pm »

wow, magnificent!

Johnny Rönnberg · « **Reply #84 on:** 12/19/2006 10:06 pm »

Stardust9906 · « **Reply #85 on:** 12/19/2006 10:07 pm »

Celebrimbor · « **Reply #86 on:** 12/19/2006 10:08 pm »

I'll soon have a nice new wallpaper for my desktop

Chris Bergin · « **Reply #87 on:** 12/19/2006 10:09 pm »

Directly overhead at 600 ft seperation.

Stardust9906 · « **Reply #88 on:** 12/19/2006 10:09 pm »

Stardust9906 · « **Reply #89 on:** 12/19/2006 10:12 pm »

Views of Discovery from the ISS.

DarthVader · « **Reply #90 on:** 12/19/2006 10:13 pm »

awesome!

GioFX · « **Reply #91 on:** 12/19/2006 10:17 pm »

never seen the full orbter so clearly in space, fantastic!

Spiff · « **Reply #92 on:** 12/19/2006 10:17 pm »

That view of Discovery almost against the sun was absolutely brilliant. (Both figuratively and literally)

psloss · « **Reply #93 on:** 12/19/2006 10:18 pm »

SEP1 burn completed...

Celebrimbor · « **Reply #94 on:** 12/19/2006 10:19 pm »

I thought I heard the PAO guy say something about an ongoing sequence to return the P4 to autotracking. No evidence of that so far. Are we going to see this in the view from the shuttle?

Chris Bergin · « **Reply #95 on:** 12/19/2006 10:21 pm »

700 ft seperation. Rate 0.5 ft per sec.

ApolloLee · « **Reply #96 on:** 12/19/2006 10:21 pm »

Brilliant!

Stardust9906 · « **Reply #97 on:** 12/19/2006 10:21 pm »

eeergo · « **Reply #98 on:** 12/19/2006 10:23 pm »

While feeling wordlessly amazed by the images, I was thinking...

How does this maneuver work? Still learning orbital mechanics... I figured that maybe they caused some extra velocity in the zenith direction by firing the thrusters, along with some velocity in the aft direction... and because of not having enough orbital velocity to achieve a higher orbit, they fall slowly again. Or do they continously fire the thrusters to control the maneuver? I didn't see any plume though... What I can't grasp is why the shuttle is always properly oriented with respect to their movement...

Maybe this should go in the Q&A section, but it seemed on the point right now... however, feel free to change its place, Chris

jmjawors · « **Reply #99 on:** 12/19/2006 10:24 pm »

Just took a break from following the coverage to see the two of them pass overhead. Not as detailed a view but just as spectacular.