** The Official Space Flight Thread - The Space Station and Beyond **

[Cosimo]

A look at some of the work being done on the station:

 

[Glaucus]

Weekly space news and interviews.

 

[Cosimo]

Scrubbed,
Another attempt tomorrow if they fix the issue in time.

Issue was with radar tracking, which Ai be live is under air force command.

Delayed until tomorrow night:

NOAA Satellites ✔ @NOAASatellites

#DSCOVR update: Weather unfavorable today, so the next launch attempt will be Tuesday, Feb. 10 at 6:05 pm EST.

1:20 PM - 9 Feb 2015

 

[Cosimo]

ESA’s Intermediate eXperimental Vehicle (IXV) is set for launch on Wednesday
from Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana at 13:00 - 15:00 GMT:

More:

http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Launchers/IXV/IXV_spacecraft

 

[Cosimo]

IXV ready for tomorrow:

 

[Cosimo]

Neil Armstrong had a bag of lunar goodies from Apollo 11 which he kept in a closet at home which have now come to light:

http://blog.nasm.si.edu/highlights-from-the-collection/the-armstrong-purse/

 

[Glaucus]

And the Dragon has been released

 

[Glaucus]

Well tracking station is fixed.
Video transmitter on falcon has been replaced (this Wouldn't have stopped the launch the other day)
Weather launch forecast is green
However we are red on upper level wind speed (25000 Ft), currently 100knts. Which is different to launch window (don't really understand that)

It is not looking good for launch. Upper level winds have been constant throughout the day and expected to stay the same throughout the launch window)

 

[Glaucus]

Scrubbed. Another attempt tomorrow at 23:03 uk time.
Upper level winds at 151%, weather forecast for tomorrow is looking good.

 

[Combat squirrel]

Darn will watch again tomoz!

 

[Cosimo]

Dragon comes home:

 

[Glaucus]

Darn will watch again tomoz!

Don't forget ESA IXV teat flight.
Scheduled for launch at 13:00 GMT, streaming starts at 12:45

 

[Cosimo]

IXV launch live here from 12:45 GMT:

http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Launchers/IXV/Watch_IXV_launch

http://www.livestream.com/eurospaceagency

 

[Cosimo]

All looking good for the launch.

 

[Glaucus]

What stream? The one you posted is a Philae program.

 

[bulletv1]

Got it on in the office, getting ideas for Kerbal Space Program lol

 

[Cosimo]

What stream? The one you posted is a Philae program.

http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Launchers/IXV/Watch_IXV_launch

 

[Glaucus]

Found it, clocks been stopped

Something wrong with launch base. Long window though 1hr45

 

[Cosimo]

All very laid back about the pause in countdown.

 

[Cosimo]

Looks like they've gone to sleep but the window is open until 14:43 GMT.