Shuttle Discovery: successful mission and landing

#1 Postby **JonathanBelles** » Tue Dec 05, 2006 7:10 pm

im psyched for this liftoff as it is a night launch and have heard from people around here that we will be able to see it.

Launch Time: 8:37 p.m. EST
Landing Date: 12/22/06
Landing Time: 3:56 pm
Mission Duration: 12 days

chances of a landing at KSC are moderate with white sands and edwars looking better.

#2 Postby **O Town** » Wed Dec 06, 2006 6:49 am

They haven't had a night launch in like forever. We were thinking about driving the girls up to Cocoa to see it go off. It is a once in a lifetime experience. It goes from dark to ........BAM all the sudden its like the sun is up, the whole beach lights up. Hubby is afraid of a scrub though.

Chacor · #3 Postby **Chacor** » Wed Dec 06, 2006 7:51 am

Website · #4 Postby **Brent** » Wed Dec 06, 2006 2:25 pm

Problems may hinder Discovery launch
Weather and technical glitches jeopardize Thursday's planned liftoff
By Seth Borenstein
Updated: 1 hour, 3 minutes ago

CAPE CANAVERAL - Continually worsening weather forecasts and two late-breaking technical worries created uncertainty Wednesday about the planned night launch of the space shuttle Discovery.

NASA meteorologists downgraded the chance for good weather at the scheduled 9:35 p.m. EST Thursday launch time to only 40 percent with low, lingering clouds more likely than not to prevent liftoff.

"The forecast has trended toward the worse," NASA shuttle weather officer Kathy Winters said Wednesday morning.

Along with concern about the weather, engineers planned to spend much of Wednesday trying to decide whether the two technical problems — a brief power surge and concerns about a glue that helps protect seals in the solid-fuel rocket boosters — were minor or major.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16074740/

#5 Postby **JonathanBelles** » Wed Dec 06, 2006 10:44 pm

does anyone know the takeoff pattern they will be using.

#6 Postby **feederband** » Thu Dec 07, 2006 7:53 am

fact789 wrote:does anyone know the takeoff pattern they will be using.

Up pattern real fast... :lol:

#7 Postby **JonathanBelles** » Thu Dec 07, 2006 2:12 pm

now a 40% chance of takeoff

#8 Postby **feederband** » Thu Dec 07, 2006 4:42 pm

http://countdown.ksc.nasa.gov/shuttle/countdown/cdt/

#9 Postby **JonathanBelles** » Thu Dec 07, 2006 4:47 pm

nasa tv:

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

#10 Postby **JonathanBelles** » Thu Dec 07, 2006 5:53 pm

i just went outside and im giving it a 5% chance of take off because of increasing winds. 8/8 clouds. and a temp drop from 70 to 64 since 5:00

#11 Postby **JonathanBelles** » Thu Dec 07, 2006 8:13 pm

rainline is forming and probably will be a problem.

#12 Postby **JonathanBelles** » Thu Dec 07, 2006 8:15 pm

im gonna start doing 10 minute updates now.

#13 Postby **JonathanBelles** » Thu Dec 07, 2006 8:31 pm

clouds lifting rain coming, however weather improving. Shuttle ready.

#14 Postby **feederband** » Thu Dec 07, 2006 8:35 pm

t-15 woohoo!!!!

#15 Postby **JonathanBelles** » Thu Dec 07, 2006 8:37 pm

the next hold will tell if discovery will go or not at the 9 mins hold.

#16 Postby **JonathanBelles** » Thu Dec 07, 2006 8:37 pm

one hour until liftoff

#17 Postby **JonathanBelles** » Thu Dec 07, 2006 8:47 pm

no change in plans
process occuring in the 9 min hold:
The Launch Director, Mission Management Team and Shuttle Test Director poll their teams for a go/no go for launch

#18 Postby **JonathanBelles** » Thu Dec 07, 2006 8:48 pm

did anyone else notice that they rose the flag from half staff?

#19 Postby **JonathanBelles** » Thu Dec 07, 2006 8:52 pm

so far no change in launch time

#20 Postby **JonathanBelles** » Thu Dec 07, 2006 9:01 pm

no update but clearence was given by KSC

Shuttle Discovery: successful mission and landing

Shuttle Discovery: successful mission and landing

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