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#120
by
sts1canada
on 20 Jun, 2007 22:59
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stockman - 20/6/2007 6:55 PM
The KU coverage has been great. thanks to NASA for having it and thanks to sts1canada and others for updating us throughout!
Thank you stockman and thank you everyone who provided me with their compliments during this mission, I hope see you all again for coverage on STS-118 if I am available for it (that depends on launch date & time), it has been fun!
My updates have come to end for this mission (KU and sunrise/sunset times are no longer needed) as we can't see anything on orbit now!
Richard
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#121
by
sts1canada
on 20 Jun, 2007 23:02
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I forgot to mention that we will still get KU from the ISS as we are right now, but the camera on the S0 truss I believe is pointing up at the folded up P6 array, not much to see there!
Richard
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#122
by
Rocket Guy
on 20 Jun, 2007 23:03
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It is possible it was another visual effect. Perhaps it was during the water dump? Perhaps a camera artifact too. A speck of dark matter on the camera lens could appear to be a dark spot moving across the clouds, I have seen that before.
The shadow of the shuttle was also cast on the ISS' solar panels during undocking yesterday, if they were talking about or replaying that.
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#123
by
sts1canada
on 20 Jun, 2007 23:18
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The crew on Atlantis should be soon starting into their pre-sleep period and setting up the recumbent seat on the middeck so Sunni can lie flat on her back during the deorbit, entry and landing to ease the force of gravity on her system after being in microgravity for 6 months. I suspect, barring a problem, the air to ground comm between MCC-H and Atlantis will now be very quiet before the crew goes to bed at 9:38 PM EDT (1:38 AM GMT).
Trivia note, if Atlantis is waved off tomorrow's landing attempt and then lands at KSC on Friday, a landing on June 22nd at the SLF, landing on the SLF will occur exactly 6 months later to the day that Discovery landed there on STS-116 last December 22nd, 2006. If my dates are off, sorry but it is close.
Richard
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#124
by
sts1canada
on 20 Jun, 2007 23:27
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We just started orbit 191 of the STS-117 mission, we are 11 minutes away from a mission elapsed time of exactly 12 days, and we are 11 orbits away from the first de-orbit opportunity tomorrow, that is all from me tonight everyone, see you later for Entry Day Attempt 1 tomorrow!
Richard
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#125
by
rdale
on 20 Jun, 2007 23:29
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It's not possible for the shadow of the shuttle to be seen in the clouds... WAY too far away for the resolution of the camera for one, and wouldn't exist for two.
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#126
by
ApolloLee
on 20 Jun, 2007 23:45
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sts1canada - 20/6/2007 3:48 PM
In this case Apollo, I think you are right, the weather forecast for KSC tomorrow looks bad, if she can't make it in on the first rev opp., I think it will be impossible for the next rev. opp., so Atlantis could be up for another day. A KSC landing will be great if it is safe to keep the manifest is good order for the rest of the year, (unless other technical or weather issues come up).
Richard
Yes.... but Atlantis didn't see its shadow, so I say it's coming home tomorrow....
Jacky: No worries.... nothing wrong with being excited and who knows what you'll see in the images being beamed down....
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#127
by
DwightM
on 20 Jun, 2007 23:47
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sts1canada - 20/6/2007 3:18 PM
Trivia note, if Atlantis is waved off tomorrow's landing attempt and then lands at KSC on Friday, a landing on June 22nd at the SLF, landing on the SLF will occur exactly 6 months later to the day that Discovery landed there on STS-116 last December 22nd, 2006. If my dates are off, sorry but it is close.
Richard
Another bit of trivia - if Atlantis is waved off till Friday, then she will surpass her mission duration record of 12d 21h 21m set on STS 98.
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#128
by
JJ..
on 21 Jun, 2007 00:00
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jackyg - 20/6/2007 11:54 AM
I'm a rookie about this all, but I called my daughter to let her also see it. I was to late to take the first time the picture, but I think I really saw the shadow of the shuttle, it also moved at the same speed as the shuttle .
But I could be wrong and I appologize for the confusion I made.
jacqueline
it sort of looks like a shadow
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#129
by
Mark Max Q
on 21 Jun, 2007 00:06
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If you stare at it long enough, it looks like a bit like clouds
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#130
by
DaveS
on 21 Jun, 2007 00:07
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The MMT had a late meeting regarding a few outstanding questions regarding the TPS and the word on that is that those issues have been laid to rest and the TPS has been fully cleared for entry.
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#131
by
Ford Mustang
on 21 Jun, 2007 00:08
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Some great crew "bios" coming up!
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#132
by
Ford Mustang
on 21 Jun, 2007 00:09
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#133
by
Ford Mustang
on 21 Jun, 2007 00:09
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#134
by
Ford Mustang
on 21 Jun, 2007 00:10
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#135
by
haywoodfloyd
on 21 Jun, 2007 00:20
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Where can I find the pictures taken by the austronauts yesterday during the fly-around?
Thanks.
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#136
by
sts1canada
on 21 Jun, 2007 00:32
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