STS-130 Shuttle Mission to the International Space Station Launches Sunday 09:39 GMT

[Berserker]

Liftoff! Go Endeavour!

 

[Gonzo0]

LIFT OFF!!!

 

[Blackvault]

Whooosh!

Blackvault

 

[Brian Stuart]

Whoosh indeed

 

[Cosimo]

 

[Jamesdavid3]

im sorry what! 6000mph?!?!

Edit... 12000 MPH now?!??

 

[sbi5ar]

wheyyyy i didn't miss it this time

 

[Cosimo]

Main engine cut-off and the tank has separated.

Time for a drink.

 

[Jamesdavid3]

how can they go 12000mph without like going mental?

 

[Marine Iguana]

Good show im off to bed now.

Night gentlemen

 

[Cosimo]

im sorry what! 6000mph?!?!

Edit... 12000 MPH now?!??

Yup at T+plus 7 minutes, 25 seconds and it will reach an orbital velocity of nearly 17,500 mph.

 

[4p]

Flying over Britain atm

 

[TheBigCheese]

Great stuff

*pop* Back to reality.

Off to the office now.


Bah.

 

[Cosimo]

Launch replays are showing on NASA TV and here 1200kbps.

 

[Berserker]

Off to work then, I guess.

Hope to at least catch some of the mission, but I have real work to do these days so I won't be streaming NASA TV all day.

 

[Cosimo]

Hot off the press:

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[Cosimo]

So, the remaining activities for the day are:

• Payload Bay Door Opening
• Ku-Band Antenna Deployment
• Shuttle Robotic Arm Activation and
• Payload Bay Survey
• Umbilical Well and Handheld External Tank Photo and TV Downlink

The crew will go to sleep at 15:14 GMT.

 

[Cosimo]

Off and away.

 

[Kazz]

Doh! Missed it

Off and away.

Awesome pic, you don't happen to have a 1680x1050 or larger do you?

 

[Cosimo]

Doh! Missed it



Awesome pic, you don't happen to have a 1680x1050 or larger do you?

Will this do?

full size:

http://www.nasa.gov/images/content/423923main_2010-1647_full.jpg

slightly smaller:

http://www.nasa.gov/images/content/423922main_image_1585_1600-1200.jpg