STS-126

[Woo482]

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[Orbinaut Pete]

I am not getting the STS-126 Video on Nasa TV I just get some people talking

Coverage hasn't started yet. It starts at 2.30pm EST (6.30pm GMT/UTC)


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NASA TV SCHEDULE:

http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/MM_NTV_Breaking.html

An exact STS-126 schedule should be available soon...

 

[Woo482]

yes I know I just read it wrong I think I am the dumbest member on this forum

 

[Orbinaut Pete]

yes I know I just read it wrong I think I am the dumbest member on this forum

Don't worry, we've all done it

--UPDATE--

7 hours 50 minutes to go now....

All fuelling is going according to plan so far...

 

[Matt]

-3hrs and holding.

 

[astrosammy]

Launch coverage has started. Crew is entering the Orbiter.


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OK, I think I'm wrong, looks more like videos from the TCDT.

 

[Bj]

Some cool pictures;

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Palmettos appear to frame space shuttle Endeavour as it rolls toward Launch Pad 39A on NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The shuttle earlier moved off Launch Pad 39B starting at 8:28 am. EDT and headed for pad 39A. Endeavour is targeted to launch Nov. 14 on the STS-126 mission. On this 27th mission to the International Space Station, Endeavour will carry the Lightweight Multi-Purpose Experiment Support Structure Carrier and the Multi-Purpose Logistics Module Leonardo that will hold supplies and equipment, including additional crew quarters, additional exercise equipment, spare hardware and equipment for the regenerative life support system. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett

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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - At NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, space shuttle Endeavour atop the mobile launcher platform is seen as it begins rolling off Launch Pad 39B for the 3.4-mile rollaround to Launch Pad 39A. First motion was at 8:28 a.m. EDT. The white object at left is the White Room at the end of the orbiter access arm on the fixed service structure. Endeavour is targeted to launch Nov. 14 on the STS-126 mission. On this 27th mission to the International Space Station, Endeavour will carry the Lightweight Multi-Purpose Experiment Support Structure Carrier and the Multi-Purpose Logistics Module Leonardo that will hold supplies and equipment, including additional crew quarters, additional exercise equipment, spare hardware and equipment for the regenerative life support system

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[Woo482]

Launch in 6 Hours

 

[Bj]

In the Payload Changeout Room, or PCR, on Launch Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, space shuttle Endeavour's STS-126 mission payload is transferred from the payload canister into the PCR. Seen here is the Multi-Purpose Logistics Module Leonardo. The payload later will be installed in Endeavour's payload bay. Endeavour is targeted for launch on Nov. 14. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett

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In the Payload Changeout Room, or PCR, on Launch Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, space shuttle Endeavour's STS-126 mission payload is transferred from the payload canister into the PCR. Seen at right is the Multi-Purpose Logistics Module Leonardo. The payload later will be installed in Endeavour's payload bay. Endeavour is targeted for launch on Nov. 14. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett

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Count down with me,

Countdown to STS-126 Launch

 

[Orbinaut Pete]

Launch coverage has now started.

STS-126 NASA TV schedule:
http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/mission_schedule.html

Fuelling is now nearly completed.
5h 40m to go now...


(With regard to pictures: If any moderators are reading this, it would be nice to have an actual STS-126 album in the gallery, so all good pics of the mission could be put in there)???

-Pete

 

[Arrowstar]

Woo! I'll be coming home from class and then watching this for the rest of the night I think.

Out of curiosity, with all that payload the MPLM, is the shuttle's liftoff weight comparatively heavy or is it a pretty standard load?

 

[Zoe]

STS-126 has the first female launch NASA Test Director, Charlie Blackwell-Thompson.

Candrea Thomas is the second woman to commentate on a shuttle launch.

 

[Bj]

Woo! I'll be coming home from class and then watching this for the rest of the night I think.

Out of curiosity, with all that payload the MPLM, is the shuttle's liftoff weight comparatively heavy or is it a pretty standard load?

I heard on NASA TV that it is a abnormally heavy load compared to previous launches.

 

[FordPrefect]

It just occured to me, that the commander and pilot will have an almost full moon in front of them during their way up into orbit. I wonder if they will snicker about a last minute change of the mission objective...

 

[Orbinaut Pete]

The weight of the MPLM is 13,000 pounds. It is the heaviest MPLM ever flown on a shuttle.


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WOW...

STS-126 just made BBC news:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/7730099.stm

 

[Zoe]

T-3 hours and counting.

 

[Orbinaut Pete]

T-3 hours and counting.

Nope. T-4 and counting. Time is now 3 hours & 51 minutes to go...

Technically, there is over 3 hours left. But due to hold's etc. The launch clock is T-3...

 

[Zoe]

Nope. T-4 and counting. Time is now 3 hours & 51 minutes to go...

It's T-3 hours and counting as they hold for 10 minutes at T-20 minutes and then about 45 minutes at T-9 minutes.

 

[Bj]

whats going on with the NASA tv, my feeds all bad.

That's a bad omen. ...tv failing, whats next, navigation computer?

 

[Zoe]

whats going on with the NASA tv, my feeds all bad.

It's the same here.


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Crew now walking out to the astrovan.