STS-127 finally there.

[trekkiedane]

Close

Closer
(What's frakking JJ doing here?)

~50 feet

<35 feet
(actually at 33.22 feet -if you can read the screen )

~10 feet

Finally there.
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Now the work begins: spacewalk tomorrow - be sure to tune in at: http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/

 

[Aurian]

Nice.. great pictures

 

[Gryffindorian]

Huh?

 

[trekkiedane]

Huh?

I've been watching NASA-TV on-line the last couple of hours

 

[Squiggy]

So YOU'RE the one!

 

[trekkiedane]

^Yes I am!

And this being said on a trekkie message board on the internet: I'm not even embarrassed to say that I watch NASA-TV!





Not that I'm telling you my RL name or address or phone number or whom I might be on FB or anything though -I'm not daft you know!

 

[Gertch]

He wasn't the only one. I witnessed the docking also.

 

[RJDiogenes]

Too much lens flare.

I missed the docking, but I did discover that the NASA site has downloadable 3D models.

 

[trekkiedane]

Just as I'm on my way out of the door to go have a bit of a RL the first EVA of this mission starts

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

Oh, before I leave home, I promised grainy screencaps of astronauts:

 

[judge alba]

glad i wasnt the only one who watches nasa tv
it was the first time i watched it for ages got to admit i quite enjoyed it, though my other half did make a comment aboutme not docking first time but i digress. thanks trekkiedane great pics

 

[Jadzia]

I've never been that interested in the shuttle missions, but I watched the launch mid week because of the other link you posted. It's the first launch I've watched actually, and I was quite surprised how quick it gets up there. I'd never really thought about it before. Space isn't that far away really.

 

[RJDiogenes]

Not LEO, anyway. But that's pretty much the hardest part.

 

[trekkiedane]

I've never been that interested in the shuttle missions, but I watched the launch mid week because of the other link you posted. It's the first launch I've watched actually, and I was quite surprised how quick it gets up there. I'd never really thought about it before. Space isn't that far away really.

I

the webcasts. They are hours of suspense ending in an 8½ minute release

Well, if your car could go vertical, space would only be ½ an hour away...

I'm watching a live webcast (Surprise!!!):

SRMS handoff ICC to SSRMS

SSRMS installs ICC on MBS POA

Luckily the TV schedule comes with a APPENDIX named: "DEFINITION OF TERMS":

• SRMS: Suttle Remote Manipulator system
• ICC: Integrated Cargo Carrier
• SSRMS: Space Station Remote Manipulator System
• MBS: Mobile Base System
• POA: Payload/ORU Attachment

Grainy thumbnails (click to go to grainy 1280x960 32-65 kb screencap):

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[Lindley]

I've never been that interested in the shuttle missions, but I watched the launch mid week because of the other link you posted. It's the first launch I've watched actually, and I was quite surprised how quick it gets up there. I'd never really thought about it before. Space isn't that far away really.

Given the amount of fuel those boosters burn per second, it better not take long!

 

[trekkiedane]

EVA #2 just began!

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

 

[RJDiogenes]

Looks like it's all over. Nice view, though.