LIVE: STS-117: Launch and Flight Day 1 - June 8

• #320 by Chris Bergin on 08 Jun, 2007 23:46
• Kyle with his swimming pool quote again  :laugh:
  
  Single engine press.
• #321 by spaceshuttle on 08 Jun, 2007 23:46
• Kinda reminded me of 110's launch. VERY nice!
• #322 by gordo on 08 Jun, 2007 23:46
• TV director mucked up at lift off, camera shots all over the place
• #323 by psloss on 08 Jun, 2007 23:46
• MECO
  
• #324 by Chris Bergin on 08 Jun, 2007 23:46
• Coming up on MECO. Throttling back to 3G throttles.
• #325 by Lee Jay on 08 Jun, 2007 23:47
• I'm always amazed at the sudden decrease in vibration when the SRBs go away.  It looks like they switch from motocross mode to Rolls Royce mode.
  
  Beautiful launch, and great coverage.  Thank you NSF, and all update folks!
• #326 by psloss on 08 Jun, 2007 23:47
• ET sep
• #327 by eeergo on 08 Jun, 2007 23:47
• MECO nominal.
• #328 by psloss on 08 Jun, 2007 23:47
• The lighting for this launch was really spectacular, both from ground cameras and the ET camera.
• #329 by Chris Bergin on 08 Jun, 2007 23:47
• Brilliant, brilliant launch to orbit. Well done to everyone involved!!!
  
  Good ET Sep.
• #330 by eeergo on 08 Jun, 2007 23:48
• What looks like a piece of ice seems to have fallen from SSMEs, it didn't look as it came from the tank.
• #331 by Chris Bergin on 08 Jun, 2007 23:48
• OMS 1 not required. Perfect launch.
• #332 by Stardust9906 on 08 Jun, 2007 23:48

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• #333 by chksix on 08 Jun, 2007 23:49
• First time I heard the APU's increase the chugging tempo when the SSME's were gimballed
• #334 by triddirt on 08 Jun, 2007 23:49
• Wow they made it look easy... Probably won't even make the evening news
• #335 by gordo on 08 Jun, 2007 23:49
• Quote

  Chris Bergin - 9/6/2007  12:48 AM
  
  OMS 1 not required. Perfect launch.

  
  OMS1 is a myth!
• #336 by Satori on 08 Jun, 2007 23:49
• That was a great, great launch!
• #337 by Lee Jay on 08 Jun, 2007 23:50
• To the veterans.  This seemed like the smoothest last three days before launch I've ever seen.  Was that your perception as well?
• #338 by psloss on 08 Jun, 2007 23:50
• Quote

  triddirt - 8/6/2007  7:49 PM
  
  Wow they made it look easy... Probably won't even make the evening news

  But a picture is worth a thousand words, as they say, and I think they'll find 15 seconds to show a little bit of that launch.
• #339 by eeergo on 08 Jun, 2007 23:50
• Great congratulations and applause to everyone involved, launches like this one make me feel really proud of being able to contribute, even if it's only posting updates