STS-119

PeriscopeDepth · 03-10-09, 07:55 PM

About 24 hours to launch now. A handful of people are about to leave our planet. Good luck to Discovery and her crew!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/STS-119

PD

SUBMAN1 · 03-10-09, 08:10 PM

Cool! And the time suggests it will be another brilliant night launch, or at least have some dramatic background lighting!

-S

SmithN23 · 03-11-09, 04:49 PM

Its not going to happen tonight, there is a fuel leak in the external tank. It might launch tomorrow if all goes well.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,508893,00.html

Falkirion · 03-11-09, 05:49 PM

Earliest launch date now targeted for the 15th according to the engineers. Actual launch maybe on the 16th.

Hydrogen leak caused the launch abort this time, good thing too. Dont want the shuttle going up in a ball of flames.

bookworm_020 · 03-12-09, 01:14 AM

Better safe than sorry!

Just as long as they come back in one piece!

Enigma · 03-12-09, 02:10 AM

I really need to get to a launch before the Shuttle era is over.....

baggygreen · 03-12-09, 06:14 AM

Dont have too many left then mate!

Q3ark · 03-12-09, 12:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by baggygreen

Dont have too many left then mate!

When are they going to end the shuttle program? Didn't think NASA had anything to replace the shuttle with yet

Falkirion · 03-12-09, 05:39 PM

Shuttles being retired as of 2010, I'd put money on the fact that they're operating at least until 2012 thouugh.

NASA are looking at the old Saturn IV style rockets as the next generation of space vehicle, named Ares. Also they're returning to the capsule design (ala Apollo) named the Orion.

Kapitan_Phillips · 03-12-09, 05:42 PM

If luck wasnt illogical, I'd wish them it in a heartbeat.

geetrue · 03-12-09, 06:51 PM

Near miss for ISS: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/03...junk_march_09/

Quote:

International Space Station crew members were forced to flee to the outpost's escape capsule briefly on Thursday when a rogue piece of space junk came too close for comfort.
The debris, a discarded mechanism used in boosting a satellite into higher orbit, missed the ISS without incident. The three astronauts took shelter for 11 minutes inside an attached Russian Soyuz module, which serves as the station's lifeboat if needed.

03-10-09, 07:55 PM	#1
PeriscopeDepth Sea Lord Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Pacific NW Posts: 1,894 Downloads: 6 Uploads: 0	STS-119 About 24 hours to launch now. A handful of people are about to leave our planet. Good luck to Discovery and her crew! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/STS-119 PD

03-10-09, 08:10 PM	#2
SUBMAN1 Rear Admiral Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 11,866 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Cool! And the time suggests it will be another brilliant night launch, or at least have some dramatic background lighting! -S __________________

03-11-09, 04:49 PM	#3
SmithN23 Gunner Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 91 Downloads: 2 Uploads: 0	Its not going to happen tonight, there is a fuel leak in the external tank. It might launch tomorrow if all goes well. http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,508893,00.html __________________ The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing. - Edmund Bruke

03-12-09, 01:14 AM	#5
bookworm_020 Navy Seal Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Sinking ships off the Australian coast Posts: 5,966 Downloads: 1 Uploads: 0	Better safe than sorry! Just as long as they come back in one piece! __________________ "There is always one person in any organization who knows whats going on, That person must be fired"

03-12-09, 02:10 AM	#6
Enigma The Old Man Join Date: May 2005 Location: At comms depth, obviously. Posts: 1,476 Downloads: 7 Uploads: 0	I really need to get to a launch before the Shuttle era is over..... __________________ "Patriotism is supporting your country all the time, and your government when it deserves it." -Mark Twain

03-11-09, 05:49 PM	#4
Falkirion Ace of the Deep Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Melbourne, AUS Posts: 1,043 Downloads: 34 Uploads: 0	Earliest launch date now targeted for the 15th according to the engineers. Actual launch maybe on the 16th. Hydrogen leak caused the launch abort this time, good thing too. Dont want the shuttle going up in a ball of flames.

03-12-09, 06:14 AM	#7
baggygreen Sea Lord Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Canberra, ACT, Down Under (really On Top) Posts: 1,880 Downloads: 7 Uploads: 0	Dont have too many left then mate!

03-12-09, 05:39 PM	#9
Falkirion Ace of the Deep Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Melbourne, AUS Posts: 1,043 Downloads: 34 Uploads: 0	Shuttles being retired as of 2010, I'd put money on the fact that they're operating at least until 2012 thouugh. NASA are looking at the old Saturn IV style rockets as the next generation of space vehicle, named Ares. Also they're returning to the capsule design (ala Apollo) named the Orion.

03-12-09, 05:42 PM	#10
Kapitan_Phillips Silent Hunter Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Swansea Posts: 3,903 Downloads: 204 Uploads: 0	If luck wasnt illogical, I'd wish them it in a heartbeat. __________________ Well, here's another nice mess you've gotten me into.