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#420
by
DaveS
on 22 Jun, 2007 22:27
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No post-landing crew news conference.
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#421
by
EirikV
on 22 Jun, 2007 22:29
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#422
by
Zachstar
on 22 Jun, 2007 22:31
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Conference over, and that looks to be about it for updates from NASA TV.
Enjoy the replays again and claw into the media stuff (Images,Video and the lots)
I want to thank everyone at NASASpaceFlight for giving me this chance to cover with images the Flight of STS-117. I missed a few days but I hope my coverage will greatly aid research done in the future on this flight. I did this for the archive and not for fun.
I will likely be unable to do the same for 118 so I look forward to a new set of posters covering in detail that flight.
Later everyone!
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#423
by
ApolloLee
on 22 Jun, 2007 22:33
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Judging by the comms, is CJ still in Atlantis with "Butch"?
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#424
by
DaveS
on 22 Jun, 2007 22:36
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ApolloLee - 23/6/2007 12:33 AM
Judging by the comms, is CJ still in Atlantis with "Butch"?
No. It's a poorly synched comm recording with the videos. They shouldn't play it at all.
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#425
by
ichilton
on 22 Jun, 2007 22:38
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Hi,
It's a replay!
The crew have long left the orbiter and runway.
Ian
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#426
by
AstroRJY
on 22 Jun, 2007 22:39
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What the heck is the deal with these cheesy scripted lines the CAPCOM reads after Wheels stop??
"Atlantis-Houston, copy Wheels stop. Welcome back, congratulations on a great mission. Good job installing the S3/ S4 continuting to expand the space staiton in preparation for adding modules from more of our internaitonal partners in stepping stones for the rest of the NASA exploratiioon plan."
What the heck? The crew doesn't need to be told that, they KNOW what their mission was!! One recent flight I even heard them say "demonstrating the capabilities of the 50-foot robot arm..." This stuff really sounds laboriously pre-scripted as though they are hoping that sound bite makes the evening news but it's cynical and ridiculous. Enough fo that.
Whoever this Entry/ Landing PAO was today wasn't too swift, hardly said a word or gave much information at all.
Great landing though, glad they are safely back which is all that's really important.
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#427
by
DaveS
on 22 Jun, 2007 22:40
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ichilton - 23/6/2007 12:38 AM
Hi,
It's a replay!
The crew have long left the orbiter and runway.
Ian
Yes, if they switch back to live views of Atlantis on the runway, we would most likely see Atlantis in a nearly ready tow config.
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#428
by
ichilton
on 22 Jun, 2007 22:43
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Hi,
When will they get back to their families? - will they all fly home tomorrow?
Presumably the families are all at KSC thinking they would be landing there?
I assume they will all be on the phone to them as we speak
Ian
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#429
by
DaveS
on 22 Jun, 2007 22:43
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ichilton - 23/6/2007 12:43 AM
Hi,
When will they get back to their families? - will they all fly home tomorrow?
Presumably the families are all at KSC thinking they would be landing there?
I assume they will all be on the phone to them as we speak
Ian
Yes, they'll fly home to Houston tommorow.
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#430
by
ichilton
on 22 Jun, 2007 22:44
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Hi,
Anyone know if
http://www.space-multimedia.nl.eu.org will publish the videos of the crew coming out of the CTW (or any other sites which would?)? - i missed that bit and just got back in time for the speeches.
Thanks
Ian
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#431
by
AstroRJY
on 22 Jun, 2007 22:46
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DaveS - 22/6/2007 6:36 PM
ApolloLee - 23/6/2007 12:33 AM
Judging by the comms, is CJ still in Atlantis with "Butch"?
No. It's a poorly synched comm recording with the videos. They shouldn't play it at all.
They are re-airing the replays as they originally broadcast them post-landing with the audio from the live broadcast, which is rather odd. They already aired this stuff about 20 minutes or so after the landing.
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#432
by
ichilton
on 22 Jun, 2007 22:58
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Hi,
Was there no flight day highlights for yesterday (day 14)?
Thanks
Ian
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#433
by
DaveS
on 22 Jun, 2007 23:06
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ichilton - 23/6/2007 12:58 AM
Was there no flight day highlights for yesterday (day 14)?
No. Because it wouldn't have been much to show except for some views from KSC and MCC along with pre-de-orbit comms.
The KU band antenna was stowed on Thursday so they couldn't downlink any video from the orbiter.
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#434
by
ichilton
on 22 Jun, 2007 23:07
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Hi,
ok - I thought that would be the case.
Will the footage they've recorded be published later now they are back and can downlink it all?
Thanks
Ian
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#435
by
ichilton
on 22 Jun, 2007 23:08
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Why didn't they get the antenna back out when they were waved off on Thurs btw?
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#436
by
DaveS
on 22 Jun, 2007 23:10
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ichilton - 23/6/2007 1:08 AM
Why didn't they get the antenna back out when they were waved off on Thurs btw?
That would just have added complexity to the mission as the it's perfectly reasonable that the KU band antenna might have failed to stow correctly and might have required an EVA to manually push the antenna into the payload bay again.
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#437
by
ichilton
on 22 Jun, 2007 23:19
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ahh, ok
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#438
by
kimmern123
on 22 Jun, 2007 23:28
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What's the reason for not having a crew press conference? Does it have anything to d owith how the crew feels or that the landing was at EAFB?
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#439
by
DaveS
on 22 Jun, 2007 23:30
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kimmern123 - 23/6/2007 1:28 AM
What's the reason for not having a crew press conference? Does it have anything to d owith how the crew feels or that the landing was at EAFB?
Probably because it's going to be so late. It was scheduled for NET Landing+6 hours which have put it about 6:50 pm PDT.
Also add in that the crew has been up since 2:38 am PDT, which puts their awake time to over 16 hours so they got to be pretty tired by then.
