How Will You Be Viewing STS-117?

• #20 by Ford Mustang on 04 Jun, 2007 02:38
• NTV on the Internet, CNN on the TV.  Hope CNN does good, the last few years I've had NTV..  This year, I don't.
• #21 by astrobrian on 04 Jun, 2007 02:52
• same here, and with the 30 second delay you can watch it twice live
• #22 by Ford Mustang on 04 Jun, 2007 03:09
• Haha.  If this was a night show, I'd look out my back door, see if she was on the horizon.  Caught one like that, saw MECO and the OMS pulsing.  Was a GREAT sight!
• #23 by aquarius on 04 Jun, 2007 07:06
• I live probably 10 thousand miles from the KSC, so I´ll be watching the launch on NASA TV.
• #24 by Terry Rocket on 04 Jun, 2007 13:09
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  Captain Scarlet - 3/6/2007  6:38 PM
  
  Sky News live and here live.

  
  Same here. Hope the UK channels don't mess up by getting an astronomer in the studio. Handy for talking about stars, but clueless with space flight.
• #25 by geminy007 on 04 Jun, 2007 13:31
• German TV don´t even broadcast live,... So NASA TV (sometimes in the middle of the night)
• #26 by johng on 04 Jun, 2007 13:31
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  This will be a first for me. I've been working at KSC LC-39 since January. I'm not shuttle so I'll just get off work then go down by the VAB.
  
  Wonder if security would mind some tailgating with a BBQ in the VAB parking lot??
• #27 by Namechange User on 04 Jun, 2007 14:04
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  Chris Bergin - 3/6/2007  7:02 PM
  
  

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  Do Shuttles Dream - 4/6/2007  1:00 AM
  
  What's MER by the way?

  
  Mission Evaluation Room.

  
  That picture is actually the conference room next to the MER.  The actual MER has computers, comm, etc where we monitor the ship telemetry, troubleshoot, talk with the LCC, MOD, etc.  
  
  For the folks in the LCC, they don't really get to see it since the shuttle streaks by the windows fairly quickly for those that aren't in the "bubbles" or up at the front.  For us in the MER, we usually watch the replays if our particular system(s) have or are performing nominally after ascent.
• #28 by shuttlepilot on 04 Jun, 2007 14:37
• I'll be watching launch on NASA TV via Internet. I live in Poland - it's about 10000 km from KSC, so it's impossible to watch it from my backyard
• #29 by Heg on 04 Jun, 2007 16:24
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  shuttlepilot - 4/6/2007  4:37 PM
  
  I'll be watching launch on NASA TV via Internet. I live in Poland - it's about 10000 km from KSC, so it's impossible to watch it from my backyard

  Actually you could try to see Atlantis passing over SSW horizon about 20 minutes after liftoff. Lighting conditions for the next two weeks seem to be more than favorable, so it all depends on weather. If all goes OK, I'll try to spot the orbiter and possibly the ET on my 3" Maksutov telescope (as I do regularly with ISS )
• #30 by shuttlepilot on 04 Jun, 2007 17:33
• PL: Tak, oczywiscie wiem o tym Ale mówilem o obejrzeniu wahadlowca podczas startu, a nie podczas operacji po separacji ET.
  ENG: Yes, of course I know about it But I was talking about viewing shuttle during launch, not during post-ET sep ops.
• #31 by ShuttleDiscovery on 04 Jun, 2007 17:40
• Being english, i'll be watching the launch on Nasa TV, although i'll keep an eye out to the south because sometimes you can see it in the sky after it coming over the atlantic.
• #32 by Andrewwski on 04 Jun, 2007 20:29
• Since it's a daytime launch (sun hasn't set), there's no hope for viewing up the east coast of the US, right?
  
  CNN will show it...but their coverage has not been great.  They only get into dedicated coverage about 20 minutes before launch and then they ramble on about something they have no clue about.  And chances are they will refer to "Atlantis" as "Colombia" at least once.  It can be that bad.
• #33 by Bubbinski on 05 Jun, 2007 03:55
• I've watched many shuttle launches on CNN.  However, I'm not happy with them right now, I think their whole operation's declined quite a bit....and I think there are other sources for launch coverage on U.S. TV at least, like Fox News and MSNBC.  I don't expect the regular networks to break in their sitcoms or soapies unless it's a launch of intense interest (John Glenn, HST SM, etc.) or unless....I don't want to mention it or even think about it.
• #34 by astrobrian on 05 Jun, 2007 04:32
• the unmentionables are about the only thing to get a major network to look at it.  MSNBC really did a job getting ready for 114, but since that they have returned about like the rest. Anywhere past the 4 minute mark, it's nasa tv for me
• #35 by mceddiemac on 05 Jun, 2007 18:01
• NASA Causeway. Hopefully keeping dry and not dodging lightning.
• #36 by jmcgauley on 05 Jun, 2007 19:33
• I will be making the trip from Indiana to KSC tomorrow and watching the launch from the Saturn V Center/Banana Creek viewing site.  Drove down for STS-121 last summer only to watch it rain for two days and go home empty-handed!  Looking forward to a thrilling sight and a great vantage point.
• #37 by ShuttleDiscovery on 05 Jun, 2007 19:42
• I've just worked out the time difference between EDT and GMT. STS-117 will launch at half midnight. I'm going to miss it!  
  
  
• #38 by TNCMAXQ on 05 Jun, 2007 20:24
• I will be at the causeway too. Got a "causeway VIP" pass from my senator's office. This will be a bit of a step down from the press site where I saw the last few from.   Oh well. Not sure if there is a better view at this VIP section of the causeway but I hope there will be bleachers and some concession stands. I saw 2 launches from the causeway in the 1990s and the view was excellent.
  
• #39 by Radioheaded on 05 Jun, 2007 21:13
• Hopefully this will be the first of quite a few I'll view from space view park in Titusville.