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

Cosimo · 19 May 2011 at 08:11

AMS on it's way:

Cosimo · 19 May 2011 at 09:35

"On hold":

Guerrilla · 19 May 2011 at 09:37

Fantastic pictures.

Cosimo · 19 May 2011 at 10:04

"Lost in space":

A pause in the proceedings waiting for more sunlight.

PermaBanned · 19 May 2011 at 19:42

Berserker said:
Who said they were indestructible? No-one that I'm aware of. They're very special though - try finding something else you can heat to several thousand degress and then pick up with un unprotected hand while they're still glowing.

I'm pretty sure that's what they were coined originally, heard it on that Shuttle documentary on (BBC 4?) recently.

A bit behind simulatorman but still:

I like these recaps, especially good for people who don't obsess over this stuff like some of us do

Longbow · 19 May 2011 at 20:54

Larger here: http://twitpic.com/4zrny4

Danfoss2011 · 19 May 2011 at 22:09

Fly with Nasa and a 75% chance of a free cremation!

Von Smallhausen · 20 May 2011 at 00:57

As Ronald Reagan said after Challenger exploded, the future doesn't belong to the faint hearted, it belongs to the brave.

Cosimo · 20 May 2011 at 07:27

Cosimo · 20 May 2011 at 07:32

Flight Day 4 highlights:

The wakeup call for today was We All Do What We Can Do by Dan Keenan and the plan is:

Flight Day 5

• Spacewalk 1 by Feustel and Chamitoff (MISSE experiment retrieval and installation, ammonia jumper installation between Port 3 and Port 6 truss segments, Destiny lab wireless communications hardware installation)

Spacewalk one is due to start around 08:16 (BST).

Westyfield2 · 20 May 2011 at 09:13

Watching the spacewalk live :cool:

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Cosimo · 20 May 2011 at 12:10

Westyfield2 said:
Watching the spacewalk live .

Men hard at work:

Westyfield2 · 20 May 2011 at 12:15

simulatorman said:
Men hard at work

I'm sat here with the builders outside hard at work, the spacewalk live stream with Drew Feustel and Greg Chamito hard at work, and as for me.... well I've only got one exam left so **** it

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Combat squirrel · 20 May 2011 at 14:29

Its awesome some of the shots were getting back from the ISS today, it's just sorta hit me that the space shuttle is on its way out

totally gutted and wish they gave the space industry the money it deserves.

Cosimo · 20 May 2011 at 17:31

A different look at the launch:

PermaBanned · 20 May 2011 at 17:36

I just regret so much that this is the first mission i've kept a close eye on, and the first launch i watched as it happened. If i thought i supported the space programme before then i was sorely mistaken

VaderDSL · 20 May 2011 at 18:21

I apologise this is not a shuttle vid, but it didn't really draw any comments from the big youtube vid, but this may be what we see taking astronauts to and from the ISS in the future?

Looks like one hell of a re-entry

Well worth watching, especially the feathering bit

PermaBanned · 20 May 2011 at 18:37

VaderDSL said:
I apologise this is not a shuttle vid, but it didn't really draw any comments from the big youtube vid, but this may be what we see taking astronauts to and from the ISS in the future?

Looks like one hell of a re-entry

Well worth watching, especially the feathering bit

Is it just me that finds that sickening?

Also, date set for STS-135, somewhat saddening

http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2011/may/HQ_M11-096_STS-135_Creds.html

Berserker · 20 May 2011 at 21:55

Just caught an astronaut swearing on NASA TV. See, they are human!

I can't post it though - it'd be removed.

Danfoss2011 · 20 May 2011 at 22:33

I wana see some space walking, only stuff i see was back in 98 with the encarta cd