Space Shuttle STS-121 - Mission ULF1.1 to the International Space Station

Cybermyk · 6 Jul 2006 at 14:55

http://www.nasa.gov/55644main_NASATV_Windows.asx

Made me jump when she just spoke

Must be so cool to be in the space station but at the same time so confined.

El Gringo · 6 Jul 2006 at 15:00

So the backflip is so they can take photos for maintenance purposes?

ElectroBlaster · 6 Jul 2006 at 15:01

Just got home and im now watching the feed. Does anybody know what that stick thing is at the bottom of the screen?

Looks like an antenna to me?

Berserker · 6 Jul 2006 at 15:04

Must admit I've seen that so many times, and each time I wondered what it was but never thought to find out.

I've been snapping away at NASA TV, so I'll post a few pics here soon.

Cybermyk · 6 Jul 2006 at 15:07

Oh well I got to go get my youngest from school. Now wouldn't it be just typical if a UFO buzzed the Discovery and I miss it

ElectroBlaster · 6 Jul 2006 at 15:09

lmao that would be so cool, a massive ufo pops into view lol

Mr Mag00 · 6 Jul 2006 at 15:12

i dont know if anybody has posted these as i have searched couldnt find them and this is a very long thread now

but from these you can track orbiting vehicles and the second is for the iss and shuttles.

http://science.nasa.gov/Realtime/jtrack/Spacecraft.html
NASA - Science@NASA J-Track Astronomical Satellites

http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/realdata/tracking/
Human Space Flight (HSF) - Orbital Tracking

NightSt@lk3r · 6 Jul 2006 at 15:30

just came accross this while i was searching http://www.shatters.net/celestia/

Berserker · 6 Jul 2006 at 15:34

Nope, R Bar and V Bar are positions relative to the ISS. R Bar is the radial line from the centre of the earth to the ISS. V Bar is the direction of travel of the ISS in orbit.

Dave85 · 6 Jul 2006 at 15:49

says its approching docking but my screen is just black with some sort of light in the middle :confused:

Edit: never mind i see it now

El Gringo · 6 Jul 2006 at 15:52

Wheyy

Mr Mag00 · 7 Jul 2006 at 09:41

hehehe, just looked at nasatv and they cant get email on the shuttle, just struck as funny for some reason :rolleyes:

ElectroBlaster · 7 Jul 2006 at 10:04

Mr Mag00 said:
hehehe, just looked at nasatv and they cant get email on the shuttle, just struck as funny for some reason

LOL I wonder if thats because of windows xp?

Mr Mag00 · 8 Jul 2006 at 11:32

*bump*

the astronauts are about an hour away from a space walk, which i would imagine will make excellent viewing.

Berserker · 8 Jul 2006 at 11:50

ElectroBlaster said:
LOL I wonder if thats because of windows xp?

Nope - just Microsoft Outlook being silly.

Anyway, yup, spacewalk today. Hope they don't break the OBSS when they give it a shove. :eek:

Combat squirrel · 8 Jul 2006 at 13:23

almost time for walkies !

5 mins, woot

MR_Punk · 8 Jul 2006 at 13:41

How long is the Delay for NasaTV - my boss has had it on all day since the launch.

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Combat squirrel · 8 Jul 2006 at 13:43

Plus-44 said:
How long is the Delay for NasaTV - my boss has had it on all day since the launch.

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read figures of anything between 16 to 30 mins

5ingh · 8 Jul 2006 at 13:43

Plus-44 said:
How long is the Delay for NasaTV - my boss has had it on all day since the launch.

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Can somebody explain what they are doing at the moment? I see the robotic arm, and hear some noise.

MR_Punk · 8 Jul 2006 at 13:43

Combat squirrel said:
read figures of anything between 16 to 30 mins

So plenty of time to cut the feed if they have a problem?

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