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watching endeavor launch live
11-07-2009 1:38 PM
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DAK a website where the launch is 'broadcast live'
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11-07-2009 1:45 PM
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currently at 10:54 to launch
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/main/index.html
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11-07-2009 2:06 PM
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11-07-2009 2:20 PM
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11-07-2009 2:30 PM
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Watch it live on NASA TV
Decent quality full motion in full screen on Media Player http://www.nasa.gov/55644main_NASATV_Windows.asx
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Re: watching endeavor launch live
11-07-2009 2:35 PM
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Quote from: mal0z Is that wall around the complex fairly new - I don't remember seeing it before ?
It's a long time since my previous visit prior to the one this year so I can't tell you how old the wall is. One thing that we were told is that in recent years security has been very much tightened and this may be part of the answer. Some areas I remember being allowed into before were certainly out of bounds. This could have been because there were 'live' shuttles being prepared.
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11-07-2009 5:47 PM
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Quote Careful Testing Under Way After Lightning Strikes
Sat, 11 Jul 2009 04:59:52 PM GMT
The launch of space shuttle Endeavour was postponed until Sunday evening so engineers could evaluate the spacecraft's myriad systems following 11 lightning strikes in the Launch Complex 39A area.
None of the strikes hit the shuttle or its external tank and solid rocket boosters, but there were strikes to the lightning mast and water tower. The launch pad is equipped with a lightning protection system of wires that is intended to steer bolts away from the shuttle.
"We've seen nothing so far that shows anything affected any of the systems," said Mike Moses, chairman of the pre-launch Mission Management Team.
Two of the strikes were strong enough to trigger an evaluation by engineers just to make sure all of Endeavour's systems are ready for flight. Although early evaluations showed no problems, engineers wanted more time to make sure they have checked everything correctly.
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11-07-2009 5:55 PM
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thanks for the link, been postponed for 24 hours, now Sunday
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11-07-2009 6:05 PM
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Very occasionally manned flights cannot land at Kennedy because the weather is bad at the arrival time and they are diverted to Houston or California. The shuttle then has to be transported back to Kennedy.
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11-07-2009 6:30 PM
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When i worked many years ago now near Cadiz in Spain - there were many US personell around the bars and restaurants, and on asking what they were doing, I was told they were there in case the Shuttle needed to land
Rota airfield on Google maps
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11-07-2009 6:40 PM
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13-07-2009 12:09 AM
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Launch at 6:51 p.m. EDT Monday.
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13-07-2009 7:57 AM
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14-07-2009 7:34 AM
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Quote Liftoff of space shuttle Endeavour on the STS-127 mission has been rescheduled for Wednesday, July 15 at 6:03 p.m. EDT.
Monday's attempt was canceled due to poor weather conditions within the launch area at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Anvil clouds and storm cells containing lightning flared up toward the end of the countdown, violating stringent launch safety rules.
"Technically, we've been really clean the last two days with our vehicle," Launch Integration Manager Mike Moses said of Endeavour's launch attempts on Sunday and Monday. "It's just been the weather scenario that got us."
The outlook is better on Wednesday, with only a 40 percent chance of weather conditions prohibiting liftoff.
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15-07-2009 11:03 PM
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Space shuttle Endeavour has taken off. Fantastic sight.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/8153091.stm
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