Jul 13 2005

NASA TV

Phillip posted this at 2:12 pm under phillip's room, science

This is very cool. I’m watching NASA TV on my laptop as I write this. The cameras are inside the space shuttle. I can see the astronauts. Not much going on right now, but things should get interesting once the shuttle takes off in a couple hours.

With a 12-day mission that includes three spacewalks, NASA expects to deliver more data to users than it has for anything but the Mars Exploration Rovers, which are still going strong after 18 months on the mysterious red planet.

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  1. # Phillipon 13 Jul 2005 at 2:37 pm

    The launch has been canceled. Damn.

  2. # Phillipon 27 Jul 2005 at 9:52 pm

    The end of NASA? That is the question. I just heard the news that during the space shuttle launch on Tuesday, a huge piece of foam fell off and damaged the shuttle. This is exactly the same foam that damaged the last shutte (you know, the one that disintegrated on re-entry two and a half years ago?). I don’t know what they’re going to do with the astronaunts who are up there now, but all future shuttle launches have been scrubbed. Makes me wonder if they bothered to test this stuff before using it again. What the hell? I mean, exactly the same event that caused the last shuttle to blow up happened again. Jeez.

  3. # Phillipon 27 Jul 2005 at 10:02 pm

    Okay, looks like the foam didn’t damage the shuttle, but still…

  4. # Phillipon 29 Jul 2005 at 9:05 am

    Good shot of the earth on NASA TV right now.

  5. # Jodyon 29 Jul 2005 at 9:22 am

    Cool.

  6. # Phillipon 29 Jul 2005 at 3:58 pm

    I am such a space geek. I was just looking a live shot of the shuttle with the cargo bay doors open. The camera must be on the end of the new arm or maybe on the space station. Anyhow, I was watching it as it moved to the dark side of the planet, going from blinding sunlight to complete darkness in about 10 seconds. It was cool.

  7. # Phillipon 30 Jul 2005 at 11:11 am

    Space walk happening now. The camera is mounted to the guy’s helmet. This should be good.

  8. # Phillipon 03 Aug 2005 at 8:51 am

    Another spacewalk. This time to repair the shuttle. Some of the shots are sequential stills. Others are live video.

  9. # Phillipon 03 Aug 2005 at 9:42 am

    It’s happening now. This helmet cam is awesome.

  10. # Jodyon 09 Aug 2005 at 8:35 am

    The shuttle has started its descent, landing in California due to bad weather in Florida. This is nerve-racking.

  11. # Phillipon 09 Aug 2005 at 9:03 am

    Unless the wheels break off when it lands, looks like it’s going to land without any problems. At least it didn’t blow up.

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