STS-117: Atlantis Rollout and Pre-Launch Updates (take two)

• #360 by Orbiter Obvious on 04 Jun, 2007 15:30
• Do the JSC people give the crew a send off before heading to KSC for their mission?
• #361 by STS-500Cmdr on 04 Jun, 2007 16:29
• Sometimes the crew shoes up in an STA jet-- So you might watch for a Gulfstream II
• #362 by DaveS on 04 Jun, 2007 16:59
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  STS-500Cmdr - 4/6/2007  6:29 PM
  
  Sometimes the crew shoes up in an STA jet-- So you might watch for a Gulfstream II

  Isn't it only used if the weather expected along the travel route is bad?
• #363 by psloss on 04 Jun, 2007 20:05
• FYI, Bill Harwood has updated the countdown timeline on his site:
  http://www.cbsnews.com/network/news/space/currentglance.html#COUNT
  
• #364 by shuttlepilot on 04 Jun, 2007 20:26
• NASA TV coverage of astronauts landing should begin in 2 hours.
• #365 by Jorge on 04 Jun, 2007 20:34
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  Orbiter Obvious - 4/6/2007  10:30 AM
  
  Do the JSC people give the crew a send off before heading to KSC for their mission?

  
  Yes, part of the training team and the crew's spouses went to Ellington for crew departure.
• #366 by rdale on 04 Jun, 2007 21:15
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  shuttlepilot - 4/6/2007  4:26 PM
  
  NASA TV coverage of astronauts landing should begin in 2 hours.

  
  Off by an hour...
  
  June 4, Monday
  5:30 p.m. - STS-117 Crew Arrival at the Kennedy Space Center - KSC (Public and Media Channels)
  
• #367 by DaveS on 04 Jun, 2007 21:15
• They're early! NASA TV coverage of the arrival has started!
• #368 by Michael22090 on 04 Jun, 2007 21:22

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• #369 by Ankle-bone12 on 04 Jun, 2007 21:26
• dosn't look like they're early, it just looks like they're standing-by
• #370 by DaveS on 04 Jun, 2007 21:28
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  Ankle-bone12 - 4/6/2007  11:26 PM
  
  dosn't look like they're early, it just looks like they're standing-by

  One T-38 is already down, maybe two.
• #371 by shuttlepilot on 04 Jun, 2007 21:42
• They stopped the coverage about 20 minutes ago... Why they didn't resume it yet?
• #372 by Chris Bergin on 04 Jun, 2007 21:44
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  shuttlepilot - 4/6/2007  10:42 PM
  
  They stopped the coverage about 20 minutes ago... Why they didn't resume it yet?

  
  They've got their timing wrong with the earlier arrival, but I'm sure they didn't have to go to this static graphic for this length of time.
• #373 by psloss on 04 Jun, 2007 21:49
• Coverage back....
  
• #374 by shuttlepilot on 04 Jun, 2007 21:49
• Webcast started again.
• #375 by Michael22090 on 04 Jun, 2007 21:50

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• #376 by shuttlepilot on 04 Jun, 2007 21:58
• Mike Leinbach and some other guys welcomed the astronauts
• #377 by shuttlepilot on 04 Jun, 2007 21:58
• Coverage stopped once again...
• #378 by shuttlepilot on 04 Jun, 2007 22:26
• It's very "exciting" to watch the same screen ("STS-117 crew arrival..." etc.) for about 30 minutes... I'm nearly sleeping - it's 12:25 AM in Poland now.
• #379 by shuttlepilot on 04 Jun, 2007 22:31
• Three T-38s are approaching runway.