STS-126

[Star explorer]

ya but in real life it takes longer because they have anought to do when they reach space while in orbiter you can just fly to ISS

 

[Andy44]

ya but in real life it takes longer because they have anought to do when they reach space while in orbiter you can just fly to ISS

Yeah, uh, it was a joke. You know, like "funny ha ha"?

 

[Star explorer]

oh sorry

 

[Kyle]

ENDEAVOUR IS ON ORBIT! Great job KSC, JSC, Crew, and the hundreds of Thousand of people behind it.

 

[ryan]

Anyone notice one of the directors is Bryan Lunney son of Glynn Lunney, wonder if they accidently call eachother flight at dinner.

 

[Andy44]

Am I just seeing things or in the launch replay did I actually perceive the gimbaling of the SRB nozzles during the roll program maneuver? I can't imagine I actually saw that, do they really move far enough to see visually?

 

[Woo482]

I don't I go swimming in less than 10 minutes on orbiter I still have not docked

 

[Zoe]

Go for payload bay door opening.


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Payload bay doors are now open, go for on-orbit operations.


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Ku band activation complete.


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Orbit 2 team standing by to take over.


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Orbit 2 have now taken over from the ascent team and with that, I'm off now. See you later.

 

[Kyle]

Am I just seeing things or in the launch replay did I actually perceive the gimbaling of the SRB nozzles during the roll program maneuver? I can't imagine I actually saw that, do they really move far enough to see visually?

I don't think you're seeing things, either that I am too. I noticed during the RP (Roll program) I saw the SRB nozzle's gimbal, I never saw it before?

 

[DaveS]

Coming up the NC1 burn.


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Good config for the burn.


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OMS ignition.


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Good burn, no trim required.

 

[ryan]

Coming up the NC1 burn.


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Good config for the burn.


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OMS ignition.


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Good burn, no trim required.

How do theu trim in space?

 

[Bj]

How do theu trim in space?

Quick RCS burns I guess

 

[ryan]

If you want to follow the mission via timelines i found a good link while i was looking for times the crew wake up.
http://www.spaceflightnow.com/shuttle/sts126/fdf/126flightplan.html
Also currently the crew is currently but im sure the guys in the flight deck arnt doing much sleeping

 

[Urwumpe]

I prefer first hand sources... even if they requires some training to read properly.

http://www.nasa.gov/centers/johnson/news/flightdatafiles/index.html

 

[Orbinaut Pete]

Just wondering...

Is there anyone here who watched the launch actually from KSC itself? I mean, anyone who was actually there...?

 

[Urwumpe]

Just wondering...

Is there anyone here who watched the launch actually from KSC itself? I mean, anyone who was actually there...?

Possibly Harmsway. He works at KSC, but he was rarely seen in a forum lately.

 

[Orbinaut Pete]

He works at KSC, but he was rarely seen in a forum lately

Probably because he's so busy....


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BTW: Anyone who wants to track STS-126, see here:

http://www.n2yo.com/

Just click on STS-126, then "track it now"
You can track the ISS from here also.


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Also...

Has anyone seen the KSC webcams that point at Pad 39A??

Has the huge bright flame from the launch blinded them???

 

[Missioncmdr]

Wake-up is in about 4 minutes.

 

[Matt]

NC2 burn complete, no further trim required.

 

[myles]

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Was it an error of the Narrator during launch to say 1000mph at around T+26s? That's about 4G's! Did he mean to say 100mph?