STS-134 Shuttle Mission to the International Space Station Launches Monday 16th @ 13:56 BST

PermaBanned · 16 May 2011 at 14:52

Cheers, just made myself a print of this:

http://twitpic.com/4yfwai

As good a souvenir as any

PermaBanned · 16 May 2011 at 15:55

If anyone else is interested the launch replays can be found here:

http://www.space-multimedia.nl.eu.o...id=6703:sts-134-launch-replays&catid=1:latest

Cosimo · 16 May 2011 at 16:30

The launch in HD:

http://youtu.be/PNWPEweU8pA

TheBigCheese · 16 May 2011 at 16:45

Just wanted to say thanks simulatorman for keeping this thread updated, I wouldn't have known they were launching if it wasn't for your updates.

Managed to watch the full launch in HD as it went, fantastic as usual!

DJMK4 · 16 May 2011 at 19:04

TheBigCheese said:
Just wanted to say thanks simulatorman for keeping this thread updated, I wouldn't have known they were launching if it wasn't for your updates.

Managed to watch the full launch in HD as it went, fantastic as usual!

I am going to have to find some HD links later, I was watching the feed from the NASA TV website, shortly after launch the quality of the video went dire

Cosimo · 16 May 2011 at 19:10

Ok, just a few more to watch:

Cosimo · 16 May 2011 at 19:17

The post launch briefing:

Berserker · 16 May 2011 at 19:38

Jph said:
Wish i had that kind of foresight, lulled into a false sense of quitness as no one had called for a while!

I figured the best way to avoid getting interrupted was to invite the whole (small) team to watch, so 60 seconds before launch I fired up a fullscreen HD feed on my 27in work monitor and invited them all to my desk. So yes, I saw the launch live.

quickshot89 · 16 May 2011 at 20:05

im assuming that its some form of unix based computer they use, and i hope its fortran code its using, the fact i understand fortran now, means i could program shuttle code

awesome launch though, great to see the AMS2 get up into space after so many years

Berserker · 16 May 2011 at 20:29

Niet on both counts - the shuttle GPCs are based on IBM AP-101S computers[1], which are derivatives of IBM System/360 mainframes[2]. The software is written in HAL/S[1][2], a language similar to PL/I, which is in turn somewhat similar to COBOL (I've worked with IBM mainframes and both of the latter two languages).

Sources - Wikipedia - [1] [2] [3].

FreeStream · 16 May 2011 at 22:08

BAH.

Missed it AGAIN.

Cosimo · 17 May 2011 at 07:45

The wakeup call for today (03:56 BST) was Beautiful Day by U2 and the plan is:

Flight Day 2

• Endeavour’s Thermal Protection System Survey with shuttle robotic arm/Orbiter Boom Sensor System (OBSS)
• Extravehicular mobility unit checkout
• Centerline camera installation
• Orbiter docking system ring extension
• Rendezvous tools checkout

Metalface Mark · 17 May 2011 at 08:37

simulatorman said:
The wakeup call for today (03:56 BST) was Beautiful Day by U2 and the plan is:

Flight Day 2

• Endeavour’s Thermal Protection System Survey with shuttle robotic arm/Orbiter Boom Sensor System (OBSS)
• Extravehicular mobility unit checkout
• Centerline camera installation
• Orbiter docking system ring extension
• Rendezvous tools checkout

SM- I know almost everything there is to know about Mercury, Gemini and Apollo but the shuttle didnt hold my interest the same way, on the Apollo flights one man would always stay up (or supposed to), do all the crew sleep at the same time or do they still have one man stay awake?

Berserker · 17 May 2011 at 08:56

They all sleep together. Onboard systems or the ground monitoring team can wake the crew if there's a problem (e.g. fire/smoke/critical system failure).

Cosimo · 17 May 2011 at 08:58

Metalface Mark said:
SM- I know almost everything there is to know about Mercury, Gemini and Apollo but the shuttle didnt hold my interest the same way, on the Apollo flights one man would always stay up (or supposed to), do all the crew sleep at the same time or do they still have one man stay awake?

They all sleep at the same time. They can be woken up easily and do all need to be working the same “shift”. When it comes to docking with the ISS both crews usually sleep at the same time so that they can work together on the same shift but they can have a different shift patterns.

Westyfield2 · 17 May 2011 at 15:32

Missed the launch because of an exam

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PermaBanned · 17 May 2011 at 17:25

PermaBanned · 17 May 2011 at 20:27

Do we know at approximately what time Endeavour will dock with the ISS? I assume it will be on NASA TV

Combat squirrel · 17 May 2011 at 20:38

Superewza said:

THATS AWESOME !!!! OMS burn, go go go , woop woop

PermaBanned · 17 May 2011 at 21:03

I know, i've watched it about five times already