STS-130, Endeavour

[B-Valvs]

STS-130 launched safely this morning:

http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shutt ... index.html

Should be an interesting mission with the Cupola.

8-)

[Rich H]

How many missions for the Space Shuttle program are there left?
I guess it'll be a quiet time for manned space programs for a few years after that.

[Thud]

I live in New Smyrna Beach (some 30 miles away) and saw her go off. There's a bridge that has a great view of it. It was amazing. After Endeavor made it pretty high and she discharged the SRB's, you could hear the sonic boom. It rattled my teeth, and my mom (who didn't want to see her go off) said our whole house was shaking.
Awe inspiring is what it was.

[ApplePie]

How many missions for the Space Shuttle program are there left?
I guess it'll be a quiet time for manned space programs for a few years after that.

Only 3 missions left. The Space Shuttle Program ends sometime in September I think.

[B-Valvs]

4 left actually:

http://www.nasa.gov/missions/highlights/schedule.html

This has never been moved here before. 

8-)

[Rich H]

Well lets hope the Chinese and Indians get something interesting!

Iran seems to be getting somewhere with some sort of manned programme.

[B-Valvs]

Endeavour docked to the ISS this morning:

http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shutt ... index.html

8-)

[B-Valvs]

The view out the Cupola looks like the Millenium Falcon's windows:

http://www.nasa.gov/images/content/4034 ... 25x365.jpg

http://www.theforce.net/swtc/Pix/dvd/ep5/escape12.jpg



8-)

[B-Valvs]

Endeavour is set to land tongight at 10:20pm EST, don't know if the weather will be ready for it:

[quote]The crew of space shuttle Endeavour awoke at 2:14 p.m. EST to