Space Shuttle launch at 2:28am EDT!!!

[krispos42]

Night launch, which is totally awesome!

http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/index.html

[Mojorabbit]

1. I am waiting for it

I haven't checked to see how cloudy it is outside yet but hope to see it go up.

[Subdivisions]

5. I'm watching too. It would be really cool to see one of these

things light up in person. I bet it's a sight to see.

[Mojorabbit]

9. I hope you get to one day

They are beautiful to watch.

[Breeze54]

2. To cool but to bad I can't watch it live.

:(

I think one of the people going up is from my state.

I think he's from Lowell, MA but I don't know his name.

Have fun watching it! :D Are you taking picture's?

[DainBramaged]

3. YES you can

http://countdown.ksc.nasa.gov/shuttle/countdown/cdt/

http://science.ksc.nasa.gov/video/nasatv/nasatv-cc.ram

[Breeze54]

6. Awesome! I'll check it out!

:hi:

[Breeze54]

10. Ok,They're "Holding" - I'm there but should I click on the images to the left or

just let the page refresh every 30 seconds to get the best picture? :shrug:

Live Video Feed: http://science.ksc.nasa.gov/shuttle/countdown/video/

[DainBramaged]

11. I'm watching the "closed caption" feed no refresh

http://science.ksc.nasa.gov/video/nasatv/nasatv-cc.ram

[Breeze54]

15. Awesome!! I feel like I'm right there!

:woohoo: I can even hear them on the radio's talking to the techs/base/whatever! :woohoo:

Using Real Player video live feed

[DainBramaged]

21. THIS IS GREAT like in the Eighties on CBS with Walter Cronkite

[Breeze54]

24. Yup! Except I hear a woman's voice now!! LOL! Woot!!

I'm getting all different pic angles of the shuttle too!

"Still showing no constraints to launch.

T-Minus one minute and counting...."

I love this kind of talk! :P

[Lorien]

47. Aww bummer. All I saw was a bright orange glow on the horizon

and then it was gone into the cloud cover. :-(

Oh well. I've seen quite a few in the past. On a clear night it almost looks as if the sun is rising.

[Breeze54]

51. I saw the whole launch! It was awesome!

:D

[Lorien]

52. Yeah should have stayed inside, lol!

Oh well, I'll see the recap on the news tomorrow.

BTW-when and where are they due to land? Gotta know if I'll need to wear earplugs when I sleep that night.

[Breeze54]

57. LOL! I didn't know you were right there. But it looked good on RP.

;)

And they're showing it again at the link braindamged gave me. ;) (see below)

[emilyg]

4. Thanks.

[tridim]

7. Watching on HDNet

Wow!!!

[DainBramaged]

8. 8 minutes remain in planned 45 minute hold

[Subdivisions]

12. All systems are go. Endeavour is go for launch..

9 minutes and counting...

[Lorien]

13. Oh crap, now I'm going to have to throw on some cloths

and walk down to the lake (it faces East. I'm about 45 miles from Cape Canaveral). I hope I can see it through the clouds!

[JI7]

29. it must be amazing to see it in person like that

[shireen]

31. Lorien, did you see it?

How do your cats react to the noise?

[Lorien]

50. Just a bright orange glow on the horizon. The clouds are thick and low

here. A lot of my neighbors were out. I heard one say "Wow. That was crappy". I guess we should have watched it on TV, lol!

I've seen plenty of launches before, though. Night launches are the best-it looks like the sun is rising rapidly across the sky. I saw one near-sunset launch too, where the trail turned every color of the rainbow. That was amazing. The best daytime launch I saw was John Glenn's last flight.

Oddly enough, my cousin was dating Commander Harrington (can't remember which shuttle launch he commanded) for a couple of years. They're still friends and I've yet to meet im and ask about his experiences. Now THERE'S a good seat for the launch-though nothing I would ever want to do, mind you. ;-)

[shireen]

60. "Wow. That was crappy".

:rofl:

you and your neighbors are spoiled rotten ... yawn, another shuttle launch. :P

how far are you from ksc?

[Lorien]

62. About 45 miles or so

I'm in downtown Orlando, but you still get a good view from here. Sometime I'll try to post a few of my launch photos.

My neighbor is really spoiled. He's a journalist and gets to watch the launch AT ksc!

[Up2Late]

14. Oh man, Night launches make me sad.

They remind me of the one that I had a VIP pass for in 1989, but it scrubbed both nights that went to watch it due to high winds, but the night I third night, the night I didn't make the trip, it launched.:(

[alphafemale]

46. I was able to see it from near Savannah, GA.

Only for a few seconds and it was pretty low in the sky but it is still amazing to see something from so far away.

[Lorien]

53. Sadly, that happens alot.

My neighbor is a British journalist and he gets sent down there for EVERY launch (he's there now). Homeland security puts him through hell EVERY TIME.During those times it gets scrubbed over and over again he gets very tired and very grumpy.

[JI7]

16. watching

[shireen]

17. i'm not seeing any c-span or cnn coverage of the launch!

when did shuttle launches *not* become news?

i'm watching online. lousy resolution ...


:grr:

[shireen]

18. never mind, CNN just came thru! Woohoo! nt

[Breeze54]

20. Looks fine to me!

:D

[JI7]

22. the link from the OP is pretty good

they are showing some close up shots

[Up2Late]

19. I thought they didn't do Night launches anymore, because they wanted to see...

...if any foam was falling off?

[Up2Late]

23. What was that Flair on the side of the tower?

Is that normal?

[Up2Late]

25. Liftoff!

[DainBramaged]

26. WOO HOO

[Swamp Rat]

27. WOOHOO!!!

:woohoo:

:patriot:

[shireen]

28. i always have a stupid grin on my face during the launch

and start breathing after the srb separation

woohoo!!!! What a view!!!

[shireen]

30. and the srbs separate!!!

:bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce:

[Breeze54]

32. Holy sh*t! - Traveling at 4300 MPH and pretty purple trails!!

:P

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

33. I still love watching these.

[DainBramaged]

35. I have the first launch on video, it still makes me get goose bumps

[shireen]

39. it is amazing ... a joy to watch. nt

[Up2Late]

34. Now we just get the Radio version due to the night launch

Negative Return.

[Up2Late]

36. Press to ATO

[shireen]

37. saw a night launch in 1993

awesome view from the vip viewing area.
i was in such a state of shock that i don't remember it. :banghead:

[Up2Late]

38. Press to MEKO

[shireen]

40. must be an amazing feeling ...

when the main engine cuts off, and they start to feel weightlessness. wow ...

[Up2Late]

59. Oh yeah, it's probably MECO, huh?

I always forget what that call means.

[cascadiance]

65. Would that be this?...

[Up2Late]

41. Wow, that's really cool looking! What's the cause of that ring?

[DainBramaged]

45. Leaving the bullshit behind??

:shrug:

No seriously, it's the beer aura from Florida due to the impending Spring Break.

:rofl:

[Xenotime]

42. Why would they launch at night?

Unless there is something they don't want people to see. How can they see if something hit the shuttle?

[Up2Late]

49. It all has to do with the position of the International Space Station

Sometimes they have to launch at night, or else they have to wait for another month or so. With the end of the program coming so soon, they can't afford to wait for only day launches, I guess.

[Xenotime]

54. Thanks. I'll be glad when this program is over.

This shuttle configuration has been the worst design ever.

[Up2Late]

43. Main Engine cut off, and separation from ext. tank!

[Dudley_DUright]

44. Too overcast to see it from my house

but it looked good on TV. Heard the rumble about 5 min after launch.

[Lorien]

55. Yep, mine too

bright glow and that was it. :-(

[DainBramaged]

48. This was fun watching it with everyone, thanks!!

[better tomorrow]

56. bummer....

I stood outside in my driveway but it must have been too overcast here tonight. Didn't see a thing!!!! And, I was the only one in the neighborhood still up standing out there like an idiot. Everyone else is asleep in their beds. You think by now I'd have seen enough of them......looks like it would have been more fun to be on here during the launch. Night all....

[Lorien]

63. You weren't alone. About eight of my neighbors and I were out watching

last night. Too much cloud cover.

[parasim]

58. Well that was awesome. Saw it from the beach.

First night flight for me and although couldn't see that much with the clouds, it still was very cool.

I hope they do more night launches before the program ends.

[shireen]

61. Cocoa beach?

I was there 15 and 18 years ago to see 2 shuttle launches. I loved the area. Hope to return in August for the last hubble servicing mission shuttle launch.

You have some really incredible beaches!

[parasim]

66. No, but close. Melbourne Beach. Half a block from my house.

and yes, the beaches here are incredible.

[Up2Late]

68. Cocoa Beach was always my favorite when I lived in Orlando in the 1990s

Much nicer than Daytona Beach and more convenient that New Smyrna Beach.

Plus, I loved having the Bar "Coconuts on the Beach" there, always a good time there on a Saturday afternoon.:beer:

[cascadiance]

64. Just praying there isn't a 3:00 AM call on this event!

... even if it would wake up Bush and annoy him...

[CRF450]

67. I went outside to hopefully see it go by, but nope, damn overcast clouds.

Here at NC you could still see it fly about 7 and a half minutes after lauch usually. Last time I saw one was Culumbia on its last flight before its re-entry crash. All I could see through the binoculars was a orange dot, and behind it, a shock wave.