STS 130 - Shuttle is in orbit

[guyver01]

http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/main/index.html


Watch live on NASA TV
http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/


Launch has been placed on 24hr hold due to weather. Low Cloud Coverage.

 

[Freshgeardude]

Hell yea!! just woke up to see it!

by the way, this is the last night launch for the shuttle program ever.

 

[mugs]

Is it on TV?

Edit: Found it on HDNet

 

[Freshgeardude]

awww fuckkkkkkkk weather.

some no-goes....

 

[Freshgeardude]

Is it on TV?

nasa channel if you have it, if not


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

 

[Freshgeardude]

STS-130's launch has been scrubbed due to low cloud ceilings. The decision was made at 4:30a ET


FML

 

[Nohr]

They're gonna retry for tomorrow night.

 

[mugs]

This dude is sending some kind of morse code message with his eye blinks, but I don't know Morse code

 

[guyver01]

This dude is sending some kind of morse code message with his eye blinks, but I don't know Morse code

wouldn't surprise me if it's Sleep-blinking... it is 4:30am.. and they've probably been onsite for 10+ hours

i blink alot when i'm tired and sleepy.

 

[Leros]

FYI, you can get a free HD feed here.

http://www.spacevidcast.com/

 

[guyver01]

They've got 2-days to get this thing off the ground, before the current window closes.

 

[pray4mojo]

Hell yea!! just woke up to see it!

by the way, this is the last night launch for the shuttle program ever.

why is it the last night launch?

 

[Savarak]

doh, no launch in 10 mins?

 

[Freshgeardude]

why is it the last night launch?

last time they have it planned. I guess it has to do with where the sun is an the axis of the earth or something like that

 

[coxmaster]

by the way, this is the last night launch for the shuttle program ever.

Thats funny.. I saw the last one in person and they said the same thing...

 

[guyver01]

Bump for possible launch tonight


Endeavour Launch Scheduled
Feb. 8, 2010, 4:14 a.m. EST

 

[coxmaster]

Bump for possible launch tonight


Endeavour Launch Scheduled
Feb. 8, 2010, 4:14 a.m. EST

Probably gonna be getting up early for this one too. Fortunately, I'll be able to see it from my window

 

[guyver01]

little over 2 more hours...

 

[guyver01]

Launch remains on track..

12 minutes left in pre-programmed hold, at t-minus 9 minutes.

 

[guyver01]

Last NASA tweet:

Launch weather is "go." Now we're assessing low clouds and rain at all three overseas abort landing sites - we need one to be "go."
about 19 mins ago

 

[guyver01]

Endeavour Commander George Zamka has been told to select the emergency airfield in Zaragoza, Spain, as the primary transoceanic abort landing site in the unlikely event of an emergency early in launch. There are three sites in Spain and France to choose from and launch rules call for one of them to have acceptable weather conditions.

 

[guyver01]

Launch team is "GO" for launch
"No Constraints" for launch.

 

[Freshgeardude]

Endeavor is GOOO for launch! all clear!! woooooot

 

[thescreensavers]

Yes its clear to go!

 

[guyver01]

T minus 9 minutes and counting