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CURTAIN MOTH SUCKS.
Space Shuttle STS-121 - Mission ULF1.1 to the International Space Station
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lol..
Maybe. 
Anyway, I guess it's time to just sit and wait, and hope for the best.
Anyway, I guess it's time to just sit and wait, and hope for the best.
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45minute hold coming up.
Are we go or no-go at the minute?
Are we go or no-go at the minute?
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There's a clock on http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/main/index.html that gives the actual time to launch.
At a guess no-go, and given the amount of clouds about, we're going to stay that way. This one could turn into a marathon as we have the same forecast or worse right up to at least Tuesday. Hoped they'd get off today so I could watch the landing (online), but I guess not.
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Flibster said:T-Minus 12 minutes.
Next hold is at T-minus 9 minutes - the hold will last for 45 minutes
So really - we're at t-minus 57 minutes
Pretty much.
Current Launch status: Go
EDIT: Just found that on the nasa site, cant find it again
Just found this in NASA's site.
T-9 minutes and holding
This is the final built-in hold, and varies in length depending on the mission.
The Launch Director, Mission Management Team and Shuttle Test Director poll their teams for a go/no go for launch
T-9 minutes and counting
Start automatic ground launch sequencer
Retract orbiter access arm (T-7 minutes, 30 seconds)
Start auxiliary power units (T-5 minutes, 0 seconds)
Arm solid rocket booster range safety safe and arm devices (T-5 minutes, 0 seconds)
Start orbiter aerosurface profile test, followed by main engine gimbal profile test (T-3 minutes, 55 seconds)
Retract gaseous oxygen vent arm, or "beanie cap" (T-2 minutes, 55 seconds)
Crew members close and lock their visors (T-2 minutes, 0 seconds)
Orbiter transfers from ground to internal power (T-50 seconds)
Ground launch sequencer is go for auto sequence start (T-31 seconds)
Activate launch pad sound suppression system (T-16 seconds)
Activate main engine hydrogen burnoff system (T-10 seconds)
Main engine start (T-6.6 seconds)
T-0
Solid rocket booster ignition and liftoff!
T-9 minutes and holding
This is the final built-in hold, and varies in length depending on the mission.
The Launch Director, Mission Management Team and Shuttle Test Director poll their teams for a go/no go for launch
T-9 minutes and counting
Start automatic ground launch sequencer
Retract orbiter access arm (T-7 minutes, 30 seconds)
Start auxiliary power units (T-5 minutes, 0 seconds)
Arm solid rocket booster range safety safe and arm devices (T-5 minutes, 0 seconds)
Start orbiter aerosurface profile test, followed by main engine gimbal profile test (T-3 minutes, 55 seconds)
Retract gaseous oxygen vent arm, or "beanie cap" (T-2 minutes, 55 seconds)
Crew members close and lock their visors (T-2 minutes, 0 seconds)
Orbiter transfers from ground to internal power (T-50 seconds)
Ground launch sequencer is go for auto sequence start (T-31 seconds)
Activate launch pad sound suppression system (T-16 seconds)
Activate main engine hydrogen burnoff system (T-10 seconds)
Main engine start (T-6.6 seconds)
T-0
Solid rocket booster ignition and liftoff!
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This is fantastic - I remember listening to an audio cast of the landing of one of the Mars rovers a year or two ago. Truly incredible.