LIVE: STS-117 Flight Day 15 - EOM+1

• #440 by AlamedaDad on 22 Jun, 2007 23:31
• Thanks for the excellent coverage of the landing and spaceflight in general!!
  
  Regards...Michael
• #441 by Martin FL on 22 Jun, 2007 23:52
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  AlamedaDad - 22/6/2007  6:31 PM
  
  Thanks for the excellent coverage of the landing and spaceflight in general!!
  
  Regards...Michael

  
  Hear hear. Super coverage, best on the net, yet again. Who says there's no interest in spaceflight, there's lots!
  
  Also thank you for L2, I've never felt so involved in space flight like that place makes you feel. I've got some much respect for the work that goes on. These people are amazing, making these vehicles work and safe.
  
  Proud to be an American.
• #442 by STS-500Cmdr on 23 Jun, 2007 00:00
• Yet another useless joyride at the cost of near billions to the US taxpayer...... Just kidding
• #443 by DaveS on 23 Jun, 2007 00:01
• Entry flight controll team video replay underway on NASA TV.
• #444 by tcj on 23 Jun, 2007 00:22
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  Zachstar - 22/6/2007  3:31 PM
  
  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!

  Anyone know when NASA TV will be showing the full landing sequence again for those of us who missed it today while we were at work?  I realize I can get it from John 44's site, but I'd like to see it on TV instead.  I'm a little surprised and very disappointed that NTV is bothering to show anything besides the landing stuff on-the-hour, since that is typically when they seem to show any of the day's event-related videos.  What is up with that?  I really have to question whether NASA knows who their audience is sometimes.
• #445 by Martin FL on 23 Jun, 2007 00:28
• It might be through the night. It'd make sense for them to do this, but I'm not sure. I'm sure someone will alert us if there are any replays.
• #446 by Pete at Edwards on 23 Jun, 2007 01:25
• Told you I'd be having a blonde for dinner Amazing to see her land here and I'll update status when I can.
• #447 by lsullivan411 on 23 Jun, 2007 01:43

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  tcj - 22/6/2007 8:22 PM

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  Zachstar - 22/6/2007 3:31 PM 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!

  Anyone know when NASA TV will be showing the full landing sequence again for those of us who missed it today while we were at work? I realize I can get it from John 44's site, but I'd like to see it on TV instead. I'm a little surprised and very disappointed that NTV is bothering to show anything besides the landing stuff on-the-hour, since that is typically when they seem to show any of the day's event-related videos. What is up with that? I really have to question whether NASA knows who their audience is sometimes.

  For the past 3 missions they have repeated coverage throughout the weekend of FD Highlights thru landing, they likely would do the same this time I would think.

• #448 by Andrewwski on 23 Jun, 2007 02:28
• Well, now that the mission is over, I'd like to give a huge thanks to everyone who kept these threads going throughout the mission.  It was so nice to be able to sit down after being away for a few hours and just read the pages and know exactly what happened.  Plus, while watching live, it was wonderful to have everyone's interpretations and analysis.  Your efforts are greatly appreciated!
• #449 by Ford Mustang on 23 Jun, 2007 02:32
• Very successful mission!  Great landing today.
  
  Just wanted to post and say that I was glad I could help support the archive with images and information.  Thanks to all who got information for us, thanks to all who posted images, and thanks for everything the mods/admins do here!  I hope to be able to cover 118 like 117 was covered!  Congrats to all the Atlantis crew and orbit/entry teams!
• #450 by Chris Bergin on 23 Jun, 2007 02:49
• Before I head off and throw my head into a bucket of cold water I want to thank everyone for visiting during this mission, and to all the people that help with the site - from live coverage to site maintenance to the sources etc. Too many to mention, but without whom I wouldn't be able to run this site.
  
  As the regulars will know, we never stop here. We've got a lot of post flight processing coverage to come, including Atlantis' ferry back to KSC. We're already deeply into Endeavour's processing for 118, with rollover coming at the start of next month, and that's just Shuttle.
  
  We've managed to get through the mission with the site up and running on our new servers, with only the short period where we had to turn guests off for 10 minutes today, during which time we were getting absolutely swamped (our main webmaster says he's never seen anything like it on demand levels).
  
  As someone wisely said earlier, "Who said there's no interest in space flight?" We're only into our third year of operations and we've gone through six figure visitor numbers just for this mission.
  
  Remember, every single one of us are ambassadors for the space program, so if you enjoyed this mission, make sure you represent it well to your family, friends, work colleagues and school friends. Send them to this site, send them to another space flight site, but whatever you do, give them an opportunity to be properly introduced to these amazing vehicles and the dedicated team of thousands that enable their safe flight.
• #451 by JMS on 23 Jun, 2007 02:53
• Sincerest thanks Chris.
• #452 by Ford Mustang on 23 Jun, 2007 03:26
• I've gotta hand it to you, Chris.  My first mission was more than you said!!  I didn't expect this much coverage.. ever!  Thanks, once again, for doing all this, as well as your staff.  Glad I could be part of a wonderful site, and glad I could make everyone's experience and archive a little better.  
• #453 by lsullivan411 on 23 Jun, 2007 03:36
• Chris - 3rd mission since I joined L2 - and they keep getting better.  A huge thanks to you, the sources that contribute, and those that help keep things running so smoothly.  Having NASA TV on the satellite is great, having NSF on the internet is priceless!!  Take a break and enjoy some time off!
• #454 by Shuttle Man on 23 Jun, 2007 05:20
• Well said. This website has been desperately needed due to the negative, lack of commitment to pure space flight coverage, or general utter boredom that was generated by a lot of the other websites ove the years. We've got people like James Oberg holding a candle in the dark and Bill Harwood of CBS, but thank god we've got Chris and this website now too. The amount of interest shown here has me emotional. I wish we had this internet and this site back during Apollo when the interest started to die. I'm very impressed by the website and the members on it. I'm also very impressed by L2 and I think it's a testiment to see all the willingness of USA and NASA managers to speak on there and help explain the documentation. It's also a testiment to see on the member list most of the major space media people like Miles O'Brien, James Oberg, Todd Halverson and Traci Watson on L2 also.
  
  I honestly believe this website is more important than most people may assume. My grandson says the internet will be more important than television and newspapers in years to come. If so then this place will be a shining light in the darkness NASA PR itself has not found a way to shine a light one. I urge you all to support Chris and the website because we can't afford to lose it and I ask you this as a person that has dedicated 30 years to the space program.
• #455 by Seattle Dave on 23 Jun, 2007 05:24
• Great coverage guys. Here's to STS-118. Only just over a month to go!
• #456 by kneecaps on 23 Jun, 2007 09:56
• Thanks to the site team, the sources and everybody else who makes the site possible. Great experience, great community! Thanks again!
• #457 by shuttlefan on 23 Jun, 2007 13:51
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  FatherRob - 22/6/2007  3:29 PM
  
  You know, I'm all for retiring the Shuttle in one sense, but I'll admit that there will never be anything quite like watching that hot brick drop!  Gorgeous landing!

  I totally agree with you, Father.
• #458 by Mark Dave on 23 Jun, 2007 16:00
• I got to see the landing, but I was struck by how weird the audio was acting. It kept on repeating out of sync with the image. NASA TV needs to fix this.
• #459 by Lee Jay on 23 Jun, 2007 16:27
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  lcs - 22/6/2007  3:29 PM
  
  This was from a backhaul feed from Edwards.  Not seen on NASA TV.

  
  Is there any further information on how the repair performed?  It looks like the pins pulled out as you might expect since they were put in straight and so only had friction with which to restrain the blanket.  The staples may have done the job because the neighboring blanket didn't pull up.
  
  How are these blankets restrained normally?  Adhesive or something?