Nasa TV

[Crimson Sky]

Kick ass Stuff. 8 mins to launch of STS-116 Discovery (http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/live_tv.html)

[simon275]

Sweet! watching it.

[simon275]

There is a slight delay comapred to TV by about 30secs.

[Crimson Sky]

That is seriously the most ****in kick ass engineering ever. period.

[simon275]

I would have missed it if it wasnt for you thanks for the heads up. It is fricken supersonic dam fast. Just hope they stay safe.

[Crimson Sky]

4500 mph..not bad. 17,000 mph tops needed to get into orbit...insane

[DaJe]

I always enjoy watching these live launches. There's just a whole different feel to it all, watching it right as it happens. Last month the Science Channel had live HD broadcasts from inside the space station. Now that was amazing.

[Crimson Sky]

that is so cool when the main engine seperates from the orbitor...great placement of the camera.

[DaJe]

That was one of my favorite parts. The burst of light illuminating everything, showing the bottom of the shuttle.

[simon275]

Yeah that was sick when the fuel tank broke away and you could see the bottom of the shuttle.

[AJ@PR]

That is seriously the most ****in kick ass engineering ever. period.
100% with you.

Kick. Ass. Engineering. Right there.

Thanks for the link! Watching it!

[simon275]

A ground station about 3 mins drive away from me provides telementary and communications for the shuttle and the ISS when they pass under Australia. This is the fasest moving thread ever.

Its sweet how when the rocket flares up at the start of take off and it becomes as bright as day for like miles around.

[Omega]

Anybody ever watch the NASA robotics competitions? My school competes in those -- We're US. Team 675 -- Tech High.

=D

[AJ@PR]

This is the fasest moving thread ever.
Well... there was that Britney Spears thread on that other forum.... :bunny:

[Aero]

I wish I still got the Nasa channel. We stopped getting it about 2 years ago. I do miss the live launches, those were amazing.

OH, btw, I found out I got accepted to Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Prescott AZ! So starting next September I will be on my way to becoming a rocket scientist (Aerospace Engineering baby)!

[Omega]

Well... there was that Britney Spears thread on that other forum.... :bunny:

Britney Spears is ugleh.

[AKA_RA]

aww, im totally bummed now. i love watching that sort of thing, but i was occupied around that time, with my mod.

its not gonna be as fun, but im gonna look for archive footage, or something like that. its prolly all over youtube by now.

[Redundant]

I live in central Florida so I was watching it on live TV and through my window! Looked like a shooting star or firework from the ground.

Heres to hoping they don't have any problems with the bottom panels coming off or with the the ISS's (International Space Station) power systems (they are going up there to rewire the space station).

[GT40_GearHead]

so did the take off went ok ?
any known problemes ??

[Crimson Sky]

After reaching orbit they encountered an ET but it was DOA so they sent it to thier onboard CSI to extract its DNA. I saw this on CNN.

[GT40_GearHead]

After reaching orbit they encountered an ET but it was DOA so they sent it to thier onboard CSI to extract its DNA. I saw this on CNN.
wha' ?!

[tybrenis]

After reaching orbit they encountered an ET but it was DOA so they sent it to thier onboard CSI to extract its DNA. I saw this on CNN.

OMG LOL ROFLWTFBBQ

[GT40_GearHead]

OMG LOL ROFLWTFBBQ
me confused...... butter toast....?!.... duuhhhh o.O

[Crimson Sky]

Discovery is currently docking with the ISS (http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/live_tv.html)--pretty cool .10 feet per second and orbiting at 17k mph...nuts Apparently they will be 'mating' over Australia ;)

[DaJe]

You can watch them work on the Space Station live right now!

[Crimson Sky]

yeah it looks pretty cool from the view of the helmet-cams!! They must have to be in direct sunlight to warm up all the cables prior to switching them out--must be really challenging to work in that environment where there is no leverage and moving a cable even slightly will have an effect on the entire space station.

::eats popcorn and watches::

[Crimson Sky]

http://playlist.yahoo.com/makeplaylist.dll?id=1369080&segment=149773

Direct link if you want to open NasaTV in WMP--good for adjusting brightness and vid settings

[DaveW]

Wow, that's really smooth considering! Nice stream...looks like he's having a bit of trouble with that cable at the moment.

-Dave

[Crimson Sky]

Crazy cable managment, eh? Look slike a big 'ole Molex connector built for clumsy spacesuit hands.

[simon275]

You can track the space shuttle in real time using a java plugin on this NASA site

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

Also you can use this site to put in your location and see when different satellites including the ISS is visible over your location.

http://www.heavens-above.com/countries.asp