STS-125, Atlantis

[Brando14100]

Virgin Galactic i already taking deposits (10%, I think, or $20,000), but I don't know when they start flying.

I'm waiting for the orbital SS2 (SS3?).

Space Ship 2 will be sub-orbital.

Here's their site:

http://www.virgingalactic.com/flash.htm ... ge=english

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[Brando14100]

Space shuttle Endeavour, which would be a rescue vehicle if needed has been rolled out to LC-39B. This is the last time two shuttles will sit on two pads at the same time.

http://www.nasa.gov/centers/kennedy/new ... 0415b.html

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[Mushroom_Farmer]

STS-125: Hubble payload installed in Atlantis: - Saturday evening at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the payload canister carrying hardware for the mission to service the Hubble Space Telescope was transported to Launch Pad39A. Once at the pad, it was transferred to the payload changeout room inside the rotating service structure. On Sunday, the team transferred the payload to the payload ground handling mechanism. This morning, the rotating service structure was moved around space shuttle Atlantis, and payload operations will continue throughout the week. At NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, STS-125 astronauts John Grunsfeld and Andrew Feustel will practice for the mission's third space walk inside the tank at the Neutral Buoyancy Lab.

[Brando14100]

The official launch date and time have been set for Monday, May 11, 2009 at 2:01pm EDT.

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[Brando14100]

http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/o ... unch-t.gif

Atlantis lifted off on time yesterday. Today the astronauts are inspecting the orbiter's heat shield and preparing for capture of the HST tomorrow.

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[tcco94]

I missed it. :-/

[WebbPA]

Shuttle transits the sun



Another one

One more

[Brando14100]

One more:

http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap090516.html

3rd spacewalk in progress.

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[Brando14100]

The fourth of five STS-125 spacewalks concluded at 5:47 p.m. EDT. It was 8 hour, 2 minutes, the sixth longest spacewalk in U.S. history. During their walk in space, Good and Massimino experienced trouble removing a bolt from the STIS handrail. Massimino eventually was able to manually remove the handrail by pulling it free. The spacewalkers were then able to finish the rest of the STIS repair work without issue. Due to the lost time spent on the handrail, the New Outer Blanket Layer work planned for installation did not happen. Mission timeliners will work various options for tomorrow's fifth and final spacewalk.

Atlantis Mission Elapsed Time:

 6        04     29    33
Days  Hours  Min  Sec

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[Brando14100]

A ba-bye:

[quote]The STS-125 crew bid a final farewell to the Hubble Space Telescope today. With servicing completed, the telescope was released from the shuttle

[Mictheslik]

Heard a rumour today that due to bad weather in America they were considering bringing her into Fairford but didn't need to in the end....could still happen though apparently....

.mic

[Brando14100]

Heard a rumour today that due to bad weather in America they were considering bringing her into Fairford but didn't need to in the end....could still happen though apparently....

.mic

No, that would never happen. Either KSC or Edwards.

No landing yesterday or today. It's now tomorrow.

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[Brando14100]

Watching the landing now.

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[WebbPA]

They really need to start proofreading these.



Link

[Brando14100]

STS-125 Mission Stats:

Landed:
Sunday, May 24, 2009, 11:39 a.m. EDT
Landing Site:
Edwards Air Force Base

Mission Elapsed Time:
12 days, 21 hours, 37 minutes, 9 seconds

Official Landing Times:
Main gear touchdown:
11:39:05 a.m. EDT
Nose gear touchdown:
11:39:15 a.m. EDT
Wheels stop:
11:40:15 a.m. EDT
Total miles:
5.276 million

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