STS-119

[St. Squigolas]

Minutes away...

 

[SeerSGB]

Hope the bat got clear

 

[jkladis]

This must have been a good one to witness in person. Dark enough for fireworks yet the later part of ascent and booster separation was in sunlight. Beautiful.

 

[trekkiedane]

Picture perfect!

What was the send off one-liner? "Full power for full science"???

 

[St. Squigolas]

Yeah. I don't know what was up with that. I really wish they would stop trying to be poets.

 

[Outpost4]

A good audio guy should be able to edit that out.

And while you're at it, put an "a" in Neil Armstrong's famous line, too, would you?

 

[trekkiedane]

Indeed, most other things we hear sound very professional, but those have always been quite funny!

 

[St. Squigolas]

"And lift off of the Shuttle Endeavour with no bats and smells like cheese!"

Wha?

 

[Outpost4]

Much better.

 

[trekkiedane]

Maybe they should just hire a team of good writers to come up with something decent.


"Homer the plumber and the ant-farm are on the way!"

 

[Kira's Mom]

I always seem to be away from my T.V. when there's a shuttle launch. I always love to watch them. Glad this one finally got up all right!

 

[Alpha_Geek]

Bet it was beautiful in person, the twilight launch looked great on streaming!

 

[St. Squigolas]

Maybe they should just hire a team of good writers to come up with something decent.


"Homer the plumber and the ant-farm are on the way!"

"And lift off of the Space Shuttle Atlantis. No hyper-intelligent space-chimps were harmed in the making of this mission."

 

[kscvideos]

STS-119 HD Launch Video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vX5U5h7qSfM

Great night launch!
Enjoy

 

[Mark_Nguyen]

Re: STS-119 HD Launch Video

Fate of the bat:

http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/090317-sts119-bat-shuttle.html

Mark

 

[Alpha_Geek]

Does Houston also assume control of the bat when it clears the tower?

 

[trekkiedane]

To boldly go where no bat has gone before…

 

[Rat Boy]

Bats all, folks!

 

[Stag]

Could not make it to the launch, but here are a couple pics from my backyard...

A little glow at ignition...

Climbing through the trees...

There she is...

Sun playing tricks with the vapor trail

Poor picture quality, but SRB separation just visible...

 

[St. Squigolas]

How far away are you?