It seems you also might have to hit the play button after the feed loads if the video doesn't start on its own.
Shuttle Discovery landed back at the Kennedy Space Center Shuttle Landing Facility at 3:14 PM this afternoon. The above feed is a live feed of NASA TV and will stay active even after the Discovery coverage is over. When I know of an upcoming event that may be interesting, I'll bump this thread so those who are interested can watch.
Thanks Loc! It still isn't as cool as the take off! :biggrin:
True. The takeoffs are definitely the best. :yes:
If you missed the landing, you can see it here.
I never get tired of watching those. I know they're glad to be back. :yes:
LAUNCH ALERT:
Atlas V rocket launching tonight at 8:31 PM EDT carrying a military communications satellite. NASA TV, viewable in the first post on this thread will cutover to live programming covering the launch at about 8:00 PM EDT. If you want to watch the rocket launch live, check out the feed in the first post of this thread.
The NASA TV feed will be active again tomorrow. In case anyone is interested, the feed is in my first post on this thread. Just click the play button and watch the live feed.
Tomorrow's action is the space shuttle Atlantis and its expected launch to service the Hubble Space Telescope one final time before the retirement of the shuttle and the telescope. Liftoff is scheduled for just after 2PM on Monday. If any of you are interested in watching the launch live, you can do so by clicking play on my very first post in this thread.
Thanks for the info. I hadn't heard about it.
About 12 minutes to launch for anyone who wants to watch. Click the video in my first post on this thread.
To Hubble Atlantis goes!
I was going to watch it and the neighbor came over and had a bad case of diarrhea of the mouth and I missed it.....gggggrrrrr
Here's a beautiful picture taken a few days ago prior to the launch. It is a high resolution picture of the Pads 39-B and 39-A with both Atlantis (in the foreground) and Endeavour (in the background) sitting on the pads at the same time. This will be the last time such a grand picture of two shuttles sitting simultaneously on the pads will be taken. You can scroll around in the picture and see the shuttles.
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0d/Space_shuttles_Atlantis_%28STS-125%29_and_Endeavour_%28STS-400%29_on_launch_pads_again.jpg)
Here's a lower resolution photo of the same above so you can see the whole thing at once.
(http://i39.tinypic.com/11vqo7a.png)
awesome shots! What kind of camera did you use?
Great pictures Locutus. I wanted to see that lift off so bad since we have the satellite dish and can get that channel but the neighbor interrupted it. :mad: :rant:
Quote from: Gryphon on May 11, 2009, 07:06:01 PM
awesome shots! What kind of camera did you use?
Those aren't mine. They are on the STS mission page at NASA.
Many years ago, when the kids were little, I was flying with them to Naples to visit the grams. The shuttle launch had been weather delayed for several days, but the captain came on the intercom and said to look to the left because the Columbia had just launched. The kids and I crammed ourselves against the window, and suddenly the shuttle punched through the cloud cover and ascended into the sky. It seemed to go so slowly! I still get chills thinking about that sight.
(http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20090514/i/r2544727964.jpg?)
The feed will be active again tomorrow night (Saturday, July 11th) for the scheduled launch of Endeavour at 7:39 PM.
The feed is active. Endeavour is scheduled to launch at 7:13 PM tonight.
Shuttle launch is currently a go for 6:03 pm Eastern time, about 25 minutes from now. Watch it live on the feed on the first page of this thread.
I'm truly beginning to doubt that this launch is going to take place.
LOL! Yep, this is the fifth try for this mission. They're still green across the board at this time for the 6:03 launch.
Well they got it off that time.
Quote from: Locutus on July 15, 2009, 06:14:02 PM
Well they got it off that time.
That figures. We decided to leave the TV off while we ate this evening and didn't see this one either. And here we thought we'd catch all of them when we had the satellite put in... :rolleyes:
Well you should start paying attention. There are only eight more of them left.
Check that. There are only seven launches remaining before the fleet is retired. 3 missions for Discovery, 2 missions for Atlantis, and 2 missions for Endeavour. I'm going to try and head up to central Florida for at least one of the remaining launches.
Quote from: Locutus on July 15, 2009, 08:48:19 PM
Check that. There are only seven launches remaining before the fleet is retired. 3 missions for Discovery, 2 missions for Atlantis, and 2 missions for Endeavour. I'm going to try and head up to central Florida for at least one of the remaining launches.
Hope you can get it done. That would really be something to be there, well as there as the law allows, for one of the launches.
My uncle is retired from the USAF at Patrick AFB just south of the space center. He can get me into the observation area 3 miles away inside the NASA gates. For those that aren't that lucky, I would recommend Jetty Park in Titusville.
Quote from: Locutus on July 15, 2009, 09:12:20 PM
My uncle is retired from the USAF at Patrick AFB just south of the space center. He can get me into the observation area 3 miles away inside the NASA gates. For those that aren't that lucky, I would recommend Jetty Park in Titusville.
Wow, I'm jealous. That is what you might call a ring side seat for sure.
Gonna' bump this one again with this image. This picture is of the new Ares I-X rocket perched on launch pad 39B at the Kennedy Space Center here in Florida. This is the replacement vehicle for delivering humans to the ISS after the retirement of the space shuttle next year. It's also the vehicle for returning men to the moon. Interesingly enough, in the distance, you can see space shuttle Atlantis perched on launch pad 39A awaiting launch on what is to be its second to last mission.
(http://i36.tinypic.com/2n856dv.jpg)
Ares I-X is scheduled for launch (weather permitting) at 8 AM this morning (Tuesday). It will be covered live on NASA-TV which can be viewed by clicking on the link in the very first post on this thread. For those of you who are up, it should be interesting to watch the launch of this brand new rocket.
Also, I would encourage any of you who live within travel distance of the Space Coast here in Florida to visit if you have any desire whatsoever in viewing a space shuttle launch. There are only 8 missions left in the program. Two for Atlantis, two for Endeavour, and two for Discovery. It really is quite a sight to see and I would encourage everyone to make the trip and see it firsthand prior to retirement of the fleet.
I'll even drive up and meet you there and we'll watch it together.
Best seats in the house originate at Skydive Space Center in Titusville! :biggrin:
(http://i.ytimg.com/vi/xf-2s3Yst_k/0.jpg)
I think I read somewhere that those guys go out and "fly" with the shuttle every time it launches. Pretty cool idea!
Quote from: Locutus on October 28, 2009, 08:39:12 AM
I think I read somewhere that those guys go out and "fly" with the shuttle every time it launches. Pretty cool idea!
If you lived there and you could, why wouldn't you? It isn't like you don't know going into it that conditions will be perfect!
Looks like they might get the Ares I-X off the ground at 11 AM. Stay tuned.
They're picking up the count at 11:04 AM for a launch at 11:08 AM. Check the feed on page 1 of this thread if you want to watch.
And there she goes!
Yep! That's a big candle. ;D
Unfreakin' believable...what are the chances that I go back to check out the live feed at exactly the moment the rocket is leaving the launch pad? Thanks for providing the link, Locutus!
You're quite welcome! Glad you got to see it. I try to keep this thread updated whenever there is any sort of a launch going on just in case people want to check it out.
As an aside, I noticed that the next test flight of this type (Ares I-Y) isn't scheduled until September of 2013 (almost 4 years from now). I wonder why such a long gap between tests.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ares_I-Y
Space Shuttle Atlantis launch this afternoon at 2:28 PM. Catch it on the feed on page 1 of this thread. This is the second to the last flight for Atlantis and 6th to last in the entire program. Only 5 more shuttle missions remain after this one. :(
Last night launch of a space shuttle in the wee hours of Monday morning. NASA will launch Endeavour at 4:14 AM EST. For any who may be early risers, or insomniacs, you can watch it on the video stream on the first post of this thread.
Shuttle Endeavour has been cleared for the deorbit burn. Night landing at the Kennedy Space Center here in Florida at 10:20 PM Eastern. Watch it live on the feed in the first post of this thread. Rare night landing for the shuttle and the last one that there will be.
Touchdown - safe and sound. These landings always make me very nervous after the loss of two! :spooked:
Me too. Smooth landing tonight though.
Yup, really smooth. :yes:
SHUTTLE ATLANTIS GOING IN 8 MINUTES ON ITS FINAL FLIGHT.
They made it safely into space! 8)
Kinda' sad that it's the last flight for that bird. :(
Quote from: Locutus on May 14, 2010, 03:52:00 PM
Kinda' sad that it's the last flight for that bird. :(
Yup. . . and for the next 2 that will bring us to the end of the shuttle program. :yes:
I'll be driving to Central Florida for one of those two. I'm not sure I'll be up to fighting the masses that will most likely be there for the last one, so maybe I'll head up there for Discovery's next launch.
Quote from: Locutus on May 14, 2010, 04:43:45 PM
I'll be driving to Central Florida for one of those two. I'm not sure I'll be up to fighting the masses that will most likely be there for the last one, so maybe I'll head up there for Discovery's next launch.
I'm betting both will be mobbed. :yes:
it is kind of sad....I agree, I bet there will be a huge crowd that will follow these last missions.
Shuttle Atlantis returned home here in Florida for the last time this morning. For those who may have missed it, here is a video of Atlantis' final landing at the Kennedy Space Center. After "wheels stop" near the end of the video, listen to the voice of the guy at Mission Control in Houston as he praises the crew for the work well done. Maybe it's me, but he sounded a bit wistful probably knowing this is one of the final times he'll be on CAPCOM for a shuttle landing. Sad. :'(
Quote from: Locutus on May 26, 2010, 06:33:06 PM
Shuttle Atlantis returned home here in Florida for the last time this morning. For those who may have missed it, here is a video of Atlantis' final landing at the Kennedy Space Center. After "wheels stop" near the end of the video, listen to the voice of the guy at Mission Control in Houston as he praises the crew for the work well done. Maybe it's me, but he sounded a bit wistful probably knowing this is one of the final times he'll be on CAPCOM for a shuttle landing. Sad. :'(
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I thought the same thing when I first heard that. . . :yes: