STS-120

JennieM · Post by **JennieM** » Sun Oct 07, 2007 6:12 pm

Discovery is on the way to the launch pad!!!

SpaceCanada · Post by **SpaceCanada** » Tue Oct 23, 2007 10:53 am

She's off the pad now. Successful launch. Beautiful from my view on NASA TV but Vincent will know the nitty gritty details on how 'pretty' it really was in a day or two.

Amazing, just over two months ago I was walking next to Harmony and under Discovery. Now, they are both in space. Wow!

Boomerang · Post by **Boomerang** » Tue Oct 23, 2007 11:38 am

Well i watched it on CNN first HD broadcast of a launch. Though it was hard to see if their was any debris while the SRB's were attached i noticed some definate debris coming off of the lower tank after the seperation at several points. Dint look like anything hit the orbiter and may have been too high to matter but there was definately some shedding. Thankfully it didn't look to be anything huge. Ofcourse there is always some shedding they know that will happen.

JennieM · Post by **JennieM** » Tue Oct 23, 2007 12:39 pm

Darn it!!! I was working on a project here at work and totally forgot to go outside and watch it go up.

SpaceCanada · Post by **SpaceCanada** » Tue Oct 23, 2007 3:27 pm

I noticed higher quality on the internet feed as well, but maybe that is just me. I also saw the debris shedding but could not tell if any damage resulted.

Off to do some work and then watch more NASA TV...

Boomerang · Post by **Boomerang** » Tue Oct 23, 2007 4:11 pm

Well according to space.com preliminary imagry showed 6 instances of foam shedding all far enough into flight so that the orbiter was too high for the foam if it hit to do any significant damage but then tommorows inspection will be the real test of that as will fuirther film review.

Post by **Vincent** » Tue Oct 23, 2007 7:01 pm

It was a pretty cloudy morning...

JennieM · Post by **JennieM** » Tue Oct 23, 2007 9:09 pm

It was one of the clearest mornings we've had here in a long time which made me even more mad (that I forgot to watch, not that it was clear).

SpaceCanada · Post by **SpaceCanada** » Wed Oct 24, 2007 9:43 am

JennieM wrote:It was one of the clearest mornings we've had here in a long time which made me even more mad (that I forgot to watch, not that it was clear).

Really? Then maybe the shuttle decided to fly through the few clouds there were, because I thought it looked a bit cloudy too.

Pete Conrad Fan · Post by **Pete Conrad Fan** » Wed Oct 24, 2007 9:38 pm

Here's my view from Ocala (around 100 miles away) You can click on the photostream to see the others, or just click the next photo in the box.

Sorry you didn't catch it Jennie, that sucks, because it was a beautiful sky...

Fatal291 · Post by **Fatal291** » Sat Oct 27, 2007 10:49 pm

cool pics theyve also already expanded the space station

JennieM · Post by **JennieM** » Wed Oct 31, 2007 11:59 am

Pete Conrad Fan wrote:Here's my view from Ocala (around 100 miles away) You can click on the photostream to see the others, or just click the next photo in the box.

Sorry you didn't catch it Jennie, that sucks, because it was a beautiful sky...

Thanks for posting those pics!!! That's about what the skies looked like up here too.

monkeynautt · Post by **monkeynautt** » Sat Nov 03, 2007 4:19 pm

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21607468/

The problems with the station solar panel have been fixed but the metal shavings on the rotary joint will have to wait for another time. Shuttle set to land on Wednesday.

JennieM · Post by **JennieM** » Wed Nov 07, 2007 12:40 pm

She's headed in and may pass just over me. Hopefully we'll be able to hear the sonic booms.

JennieM · Post by **JennieM** » Wed Nov 07, 2007 1:05 pm

WOOHOO!!!! I HEARD THE SONIC BOOMS!!!!

I may have missed it going up, but I certainly heard it coming back!

Pete Conrad Fan · Post by **Pete Conrad Fan** » Thu Nov 08, 2007 10:38 pm

JennieM wrote:WOOHOO!!!! I HEARD THE SONIC BOOMS!!!!

I may have missed it going up, but I certainly heard it coming back!

Hee Hee, me too! I was in St. Augustine. I almost forgot, a friend called and I ran outside.