Shuttle Discovery: successful mission and landing

Website · #61 Postby **Brent** » Sat Dec 09, 2006 9:01 pm

Beautiful launch! 8-)

Rainband · #62 Postby **Rainband** » Sat Dec 09, 2006 9:11 pm

It was nice.

I love my binoculars 8-)

#63 Postby **JonathanBelles** » Sat Dec 09, 2006 11:28 pm

I saw it without binoculars!

#64 Postby **feederband** » Sat Dec 09, 2006 11:36 pm

Looked good from here in lakeland.. :lol:

HurricaneHunter914 · #65 Postby **HurricaneHunter914** » Sun Dec 10, 2006 10:24 am

I didn't even know it went off, I was helping my dad put lights up on my roof when I see an orange glow from the clouds in the East. A few seconds later, the shuttle was coming out of the clouds and into the sky! I was like HOLY @$%$! :lol:

#66 Postby **JonathanBelles** » Sun Dec 10, 2006 11:33 am

shuttle tracker:

http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/realdata/tr ... index.html

#67 Postby **JonathanBelles** » Mon Dec 11, 2006 6:01 pm

discovery docked at 5:12, 4 minutes late. the hatch is to open shortly after 7 pm

#68 Postby **JonathanBelles** » Mon Dec 11, 2006 9:17 pm

Crew to Inspect Wing

About 7:40 p.m. EST, the STS-116 crew members received word from the Mission Control Center in Houston that they are now scheduled to conduct an additional inspection of an area of interest on Discovery’s port (left-hand) wing. They will conduct the inspection with camera’s on the station’s robotic arm.

Leading-edge wing sensors detected a possible impact and flight controllers want to gather data with the arm’s camera. Engineers will analyze the imagery on the ground.

A Mission Status Briefing is scheduled for 9 p.m. and will be aired on NASA TV.

Rainband · #69 Postby **Rainband** » Mon Dec 11, 2006 9:22 pm

fact789 wrote:I saw it without binoculars!

so did I but it was better! With them :wink:

#70 Postby **JonathanBelles** » Mon Dec 11, 2006 9:38 pm

truss segment is being moved

#71 Postby **JonathanBelles** » Sat Dec 16, 2006 6:30 pm

problems with P6 did occur in short "it didnt want to go back into its box." a 4th space walk was approved just momments ago to put it back in its box manually. all power will be restored momentarily to the ISS. this spacewalk will not end until 8:47 pm tonight. sunita Williams is currently installing the robotic arm grapple fixture. A camera has drifted away from ISS. No comments from NASA yet.

Website · #72 Postby **Brent** » Sat Dec 16, 2006 6:31 pm

I just saw it with the space station fly over here! It moved very quickly from SW to NE and passed a little to the east. Very bright and noticeable.

#73 Postby **JonathanBelles** » Sat Dec 16, 2006 6:32 pm

you can actually see the ISS from the ground?

Website · #74 Postby **Brent** » Sat Dec 16, 2006 6:43 pm

fact789 wrote:you can actually see the ISS from the ground?

Well it looked like a star(but was moving quickly). I only knew what it was from the news.

#75 Postby **JonathanBelles** » Sat Dec 16, 2006 6:47 pm

wow. space walkers going to airlock to get grapple for instalation and relocation. well ahead of schedule. they may try further tasks.

#76 Postby **JonathanBelles** » Sat Dec 16, 2006 7:09 pm

they are way ahead of schedule and are moving to the task of troubleshooting the P6

#77 Postby **JonathanBelles** » Sat Dec 16, 2006 7:45 pm

no solution in the sticky P6 problem but they are working on it. I didnt realize the solar panel was either a plastic or paper until he started shaking it.

#78 Postby **JonathanBelles** » Sat Dec 16, 2006 7:53 pm

an attempt of retration of P6 will occur on the next day pass and if they do have success Space Walk 4 will not occur.

#79 Postby **JonathanBelles** » Sat Dec 16, 2006 8:01 pm

during the night pass space walkers are resting because they will try to shake gromits out of being stuck and try to retrack the P6 during the next day pass.

#80 Postby **JonathanBelles** » Sat Dec 16, 2006 8:07 pm

they are now sight seeing the US from 200 mile up. They spotted the Baja, el paso, chicago, the great lakes and possibly detroit.

Shuttle Discovery: successful mission and landing

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