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Post by lmtengs on Aug 25, 2012 11:43:33 GMT -8
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Post by FNS on Sept 19, 2012 6:48:09 GMT -8
After serving NASA taking astronauts up to lower earth orbit conducting many kinds of missions, the OV ENDEAVOUR took off atop N905NA this early morning from KTTS and is enroute to KEFD on the first leg of the final journey to Los Angeles. The landing at KEFD might be on NASA TV. The takeoff this morning was delayed by weather for a couple of days. THE FINAL MATING TO N905NA:THE FINAL TAKEOFF FROM KTTS (THE SHUTTLE LANDING FACILITY):A more extensive departure coverage is anticipated to be uploaded sometime this evening. The stack will spend the night at KEFD and take off for KEDW tomorrow, weather permitting. Friday, weather permitting, the stack would take off from KEDW and fly north to a few central California cities, including San Francisco, and then head south to fly over some southern California sites before landing at KLAX. After landing at KLAX, a makeshift demate device will remove the ENDEAVOR from N905NA and taken to a United Airlines hangar for preps in towing to a museum in Los Angeles. N905NA will takeoff from KLAX and do her final flight to the Edwards area and be retired and used as spare parts for other NASA planes. NOW AT KEFD FOR TONIGHT:NASA TV NASA TV NASA TV
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Post by FNS on Sept 19, 2012 20:53:39 GMT -8
A couple more videos of the ENDEAVOUR from today: Endeavour Begins Final JourneyEndeavour Makes First Stop on Cross-Country TourThursday, the stack flies from KEFD to KEDW. Friday, the flight goes from KEDW and fly over central California and San Francisco then down to sites around Los Angeles before landing at KLAX. After the ENDEAVOUR is demated, N905NA takes her final flight to the Edwards area and be retired. The 747 will then be used as spare parts for other NASA planes. Check the NASA site for more information on this final journey of the OV ENDEAVOUR and whatever video opportunities offered: www.nasa.gov
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Post by FNS on Sept 20, 2012 21:22:57 GMT -8
Thursday, September 20, 2012:
Endeavour Departs Ellington Field
Space Shuttle Endeavour Arrives at NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center
The ENDEAVOUR, atop N905NA, departed KEFD for KEDW. The stack overnights at Edwards before taking off in the morning Friday on the final leg of this journey.
Wheels up on Friday is estimated at 0700PDT and the stack is slated to fly north from KEDW to Sacramento and San Francisco and then return south with an estimated 1030PDT first sighting in the Los Angeles area. It is reported that the stack would fly over Pasadena, Los Angeles, Disneyland, Long Beach and the QUEEN MARY, and others sites before deploying the undercarriage and landing at KLAX at about 1100PDT.
NASA TV plans on showing the takeoff and you can look for LA TV stations showing the flyovers and landing at KLAX.
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Post by FNS on Sept 22, 2012 13:14:21 GMT -8
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Post by Low Light Mike on Sept 22, 2012 13:28:19 GMT -8
THE ENDEAVOUR IS NOW IN LOS ANGELES.I took to the skies early yesterday morning from KSEA to KLAX to see the ENDEAVOUR/N905NA stack in person in the Los Angeles area. It was an experience indescribable by words. THIS PHOTO IS TO BE VIEWED AND ENJOYED ON THIS FORUM. Thanks sir, for sharing this experience here on this forum. Much appreciated. And thanks for again proving that happiness is knowing what you like to do, and then going out and doing it.
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Post by FNS on Sept 22, 2012 14:03:02 GMT -8
MY PLEASURE!
Here are some videos of yesterday:
Endeavour Departs Dryden for LAX
Space Shuttle Endeavour over Golden Gate Bridge
Space Shuttle Endeavor is Flown Over NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Shuttle Endeavour Lands in Los Angeles
Space Shuttle Endeavour Receives Warm Welcome at Los Angeles International Airport
Do a YouTube search for more videos of this as well as over the QUEEN MARY.
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Post by FNS on Sept 22, 2012 22:54:27 GMT -8
Shuttle Endeavour hoisted off jet for road trip to L.A. museumwww.collectspace.com/news/news-092212a.htmlwww.space.com/17725-shuttle-endeavour-hoisted-off-carrier-plane.htmlThumbnails of images of the DeMating of the ENDEAVOUR off N905NA. You can get bigger images from the links above. As seen in these photos, the ENDEAVOR is now in a United Airlines hangar in preparation for her street journey to her permanent home. Meanwhile, N905NA is slated for her last flight on Monday, KLAX to Dryden, and be used as spare parts for other NASA planes. The NASA Shuttle Carrier aircraft have served their purposes well.
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Post by Low Light Mike on May 12, 2013 20:20:29 GMT -8
Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield isn't just an astronaut with variuos shuttle missions on his resume and the recent commander of the International Space Station. - he's also a musician, a great public speaker and a fun guy.
Here's some recent work that he did on the International Space Station
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Post by Northern Exploration on May 13, 2013 19:25:12 GMT -8
Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield isn't just an astronaut with variuos shuttle missions on his resume and the recent commander of the International Space Station. - he's also a musician, a great public speaker and a fun guy. Here's some recent work that he did on the International Space Station Apparently the Russians have taken notice of our singing Canadian Astronaut as well and he has become a bit of a celebrity there as well. His pics of the earth are also making the rounds and are popular there as well. Unfortunately he will get bad news on landing of that his favourite hockey team, who shall not be named, lost their lead in the last part of the third period to end their season.
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Post by FNS on Jun 28, 2013 16:50:27 GMT -8
BIG CHANGE IN PLANS FOR N905NA!As we know, N905NA took off last year from KLAX to KEDW on what would have been her final flight after delivering the Space Shuttle ENDEAVOUR to Los Angeles. She was to be used to donate parts for the SOFIA (Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy) plane, a Boeing 747SP quadruple engine aircraft. But she has fewer parts to donate than her N911NA sister, retired from shuttle carrying duties earlier. But, soon after arriving KEDW, she was given new flying orders to KEFD for the 2012 Wings Over Houston Airshow. She's still there as noted below: jetphotos.net/showphotos.php?regsearch=N905NAThen, a new future has been announced for her at Space Center Houston. There, N905NA is planned to be used as a permanent display with mockup Space Shuttle EXPLORER on her top as explained at this site: spacecenter.org/the-shuttle-and-747-carrier/Meanwhile, here's the takeoff from KLAX (shortly after delivering the ENDEAVOUR on September 21, 2012): And, a walk around of N905NA at the 2012 Wings Over Houston Airshow at Ellington TX:
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Post by FNS on Oct 1, 2014 4:31:14 GMT -8
NASA has something to share this week. A view of Seattle from space: Larger image from the NASA site is HERE. eol.jsc.nasa.gov/EarthObservatory/WakingUpPugetSound.htmA note from NASA: Puget Sound partly reflects the sunlight in this detailed photograph taken by an astronaut on the International Space Station. The patterns of boat wakes are prominent in this reflection zone. The difference between the boat wakes in this image may be related to the different speeds of the boats. The patterns also differ because of the specific light reflection angles at the time the photo was taken.
The land shown in the photo is Seattle, Washington. The darkest areas with rectangular grids are suburbs richly covered with trees. The broadly gray zones of the city center are brighter where buildings are lower (as in Harbor Island), and darker where the high-rise buildings of downtown cast shadows. Interstate Highway 5 bisects downtown.This was shown on NASA TV's "Space Station Live" yesterday. ENJOY THE PHOTO!
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Post by FNS on Oct 27, 2014 18:24:32 GMT -8
Mariners sailing in areas of coastal rocket launch sites should always keep checking for launch dates and times as well as areas to keep out of. Monday night (10-27-2014), a boater was inside a "Keep Out" area at the time of a launch of a rocket full of supplies for ISS "ALPHA". All systems were "GO" for launch, except for the boat in the area. This launch is from a pad located on the shores of Virginia. The launch was scrubbed and set for a next day turnaround. The lead communicator thanked the team for their professionalism in getting the rocket set for launch. They'll try again Tuesday (10-28-2014). www.nasa.gov/press/2014/october/launch-of-third-orbital-sciences-mission-to-space-station-rescheduled-nasa-tv/#.VE77AMlWhRo
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Post by Neil on Jul 12, 2015 22:27:33 GMT -8
Anybody else counting the hours, as I am, to New Horizons' closest encounter with Pluto? Late Wednesday afternoon, we'll get the message that hopefully will say that everything has functioned well on the craft as it zips by the Plutonian system. We're promised at least a few images that day, though data will be coming back for months afterward. Already, the shots of Pluto and Charon have been intriguing.
The mission website also answered a question I always wondered about... how bright is daytime on Pluto, given the distance from the Sun? Couple of months ago, high noon on Pluto was equivalent to about 9:15pm in Vancouver, so right now it's about the same. Brighter than I would have thought, more than four billion kilometres away.
Exciting days for space buffs.
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Post by Low Light Mike on Jul 13, 2015 3:15:31 GMT -8
Anybody else counting the hours, as I am, to New Horizons' closest encounter with Pluto? Late Wednesday afternoon, we'll get the message that hopefully will say that everything has functioned well on the craft as it zips by the Plutonian system. We're promised at least a few images that day, though data will be coming back for months afterward. Already, the shots of Pluto and Charon have been intriguing.
The mission website also answered a question I always wondered about... how bright is daytime on Pluto, given the distance from the Sun? Couple of months ago, high noon on Pluto was equivalent to about 9:15pm in Vancouver, so right now it's about the same. Brighter than I would have thought, more than four billion kilometres away.
Exciting days for space buffs. I am with you on this. I love that we are still in the age-of-discovery. I remember being fascinated as a young tween with Voyagers 1 & 2 and the images of Saturn, etc, and then again with Neptune in 1989. I love how science textbooks get re-written (figuratively speaking) when new discoveries such as Pluto's other moons are made. It's good to know that Charon has some friends. ...But I'm still trying to accept Pluto's heart-shaped tattoo. Seem's like a rebel thing to do, maybe done in recent years to protest its demotion from planet status.
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Post by Neil on Jul 13, 2015 10:22:58 GMT -8
I wrote down the wrong day... New Horizons zips past Pluto tomorrow.
Yes, Pluto's had its share of disrespect in recent years with the downgrade to 'minor' status, but it gets to be real celebrity now. Clyde Tombaugh would be delighted.
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Post by chokai on Jul 13, 2015 16:50:07 GMT -8
Yup. Totally pumped. Very intrigued so far by the huge amount of (at least surface) differences between Pluto and Charon. Oh and if you wanna go seriously nerd out about the whole thing, this is the go to place: www.unmannedspaceflight.com/index.php?showforum=20For the Mars rovers section of that forum it was even known for people on the mission team to post there, one of the drivers posted for quite some time. The forums rover traverse maps are as good and in some ways better than the actual NASA maps.
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Post by Low Light Mike on Jul 13, 2015 16:57:30 GMT -8
Oh and if you wanna go seriously nerd out about the whole thing, this is the go to place: www.unmannedspaceflight.com/index.php?showforum=20For the Mars rovers section of that forum it was even known for people on the mission team to post there, one of the drivers posted for quite some time. The forums rover traverse maps are as good and in some ways better than the actual NASA maps. If there were multiple rovers on Mars, then the forum nerds could do all sorts of speculation of rover re-assignments whenever one unexpectedly breaks-down or needs to go into refit. And then there'd be the forum member who always complains that his favorite part of Mars always gets the worst rover.
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Post by chokai on Jul 13, 2015 21:15:07 GMT -8
You mean like which route... err crater to send your brand new rover to?
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Post by Low Light Mike on Jul 13, 2015 21:42:39 GMT -8
You mean like which route... err crater to send your brand new rover to? Exactly, various NASA officials have already promised the newest rover to certain crater routes. It's all part of Martian politics, mostly by Mary Martian Haugen. Also, how come one crater always gets "2 Rover Service" and another crater has to suffer with only one rover?
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Post by Neil on Jul 14, 2015 17:06:52 GMT -8
New Horizons has called home... all systems operating. No collision with anything nasty.
When we get up tomorrow morning, there should be some spectacular views of Pluto.
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Post by FNS on Apr 3, 2016 4:42:56 GMT -8
NASA astronaut Tim Kopra sent down an image recently of a city almost all, or all of us, Forum mates have been to: Go to his Twitter site to get a larger image: twitter.com/astro_tim
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Post by mybidness459 on Jan 29, 2018 15:34:16 GMT -8
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Post by FNS on Jul 20, 2019 20:19:21 GMT -8
Today marked the 50th anniversary of the landing on the Moon by Apollo 11 and the first human footprints on its surface. Neil Armstrong did just that in 1969.
NASA TV has been commemorating this historic milestone during the week.
As a double bonus, we were treated to watching a launch of another Soyuz rocket today with a new crew for Space Station ALPHA.
Something rare to see during a Soyuz launch day coverage: LIGHTNING at The Baikonur Cosmodrome!
It was hot and sweltering there today. Fortunately, the thunderhead(s) cleared the area for the launch. Ascent and docking went by the book.
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Post by Neil on Jul 20, 2019 22:25:43 GMT -8
Today marked the 50th anniversary of the landing on the Moon by Apollo 11 and the first human footprints on its surface. Neil Armstrong did just that in 1969. NASA TV has been commemorating this historic milestone during the week.
Anyone remember actually watching the landing, or the first moon walk? I was vacationing at Bennett Bay on Mayne Island with my sister and niece at the time. Guess we didn't have a TV at our cabin... I remember wading in the water, holding my treasured AM/FM radio, listening to events unfold. The moonwalk was far too late, so I must have been listening to the landing, which occurred just after noon our time. With the optimism the mission inspired, I'm sure everyone at the time would have been disappointed to think that fifty years later, we still wouldn't have set foot on Mars.
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