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Discovery's final voyage
A reminder for anyone who is interested. tomorrow Thursday at 21:50 ish...... it's the final launch of discovery to the ISS.
She is then going to be retired I think 
more info here
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24-02-2011, 20:32
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Re: Discovery's final voyage
Anyone know if we would see anything by looking west ish?
oooh... just found this
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24-02-2011, 20:44
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Re: Discovery's final voyage
It will be a sad day when the Space shuttles retire 
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24-02-2011, 20:46
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Re: Discovery's final voyage
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Originally Posted by Hom3r
It will be a sad day when the Space shuttles retire |
Are they anywhere near developing a replacement yet ?
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24-02-2011, 20:47
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Re: Discovery's final voyage
about 18 mins to lift off
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24-02-2011, 20:56
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Re: Discovery's final voyage
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about 18 mins to lift off
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I think it will be closer to 1 hour 
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24-02-2011, 20:58
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Re: Discovery's final voyage
I think theres a 45 minute hold.
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24-02-2011, 20:58
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Re: Discovery's final voyage
t-18 doesn't mean 18 minutes till launch..instead it mean 18 minutes of preperation.. They have a 45minute hold at t-9 which means an approx launch time of 16:50EST (so approx in 52 minutes)
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Re: Discovery's final voyage
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2056 GMT (3:56 p.m. EST)
T-minus 9 minutes and holding. Countdown clocks have gone into the planned 45-minute, 27-second built-in hold. Launch is targeted for 4:50:27 p.m. EST.
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24-02-2011, 21:03
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Re: Discovery's final voyage
Once it's docked then the heavens above site will be good for gauging if you can see them or not..
http://www.heavens-above.com/
---------- Post added at 21:03 ---------- Previous post was at 20:59 ----------
For those wanting a better picture without the stupid non-techie commentary try Nasa's own site
http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/index.html
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24-02-2011, 21:08
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Re: Discovery's final voyage
Thanks Kymmy,  I'm afraid the "banter" was starting to set my teeth on edge  on the other site 
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Re: Discovery's final voyage
HD Stream here
http://www.ustream.tv/channel/nasa-hd-tv
No commentators just NASA mission control & Space shuttle
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24-02-2011, 21:24
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Re: Discovery's final voyage
OH WOW, great find..nice one Homer.. Fantastic picture
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24-02-2011, 21:28
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Re: Discovery's final voyage
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excellent clear audio as well
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24-02-2011, 21:35
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Re: Discovery's final voyage
The link was on twitter from twisst.
http://twitter.com/#!/twisst
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