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On Orbit => Real NASA Space Shuttle Missions => Topic started by: Admin on October 23, 2007, 09:42:43 PM

Title: STS-120 Liftoff! Wishing them a successful Mission and a safe return home!
Post by: Admin on October 23, 2007, 09:42:43 PM

 The Space Shuttle Mission 2007(tm) Team wishes the STS-120 Crew a successful mission and a safe return home!  

(http://www.space-shuttle-mission.com/pic/STS-120-wish.jpg)

Title: Re: STS-120 Liftoff! Wishing them a successful Mission and a safe return home!
Post by: james on October 23, 2007, 09:55:47 PM

so, ISS docking thursday?

Title: Re: STS-120 Liftoff! Wishing them a successful Mission and a safe return home!
Post by: marvx on October 23, 2007, 10:04:57 PM

Good luck Discovery n the best for attaching harmony to iss


been a beautiful launch


greetings
marvx

Title: Re: STS-120 Liftoff! Wishing them a successful Mission and a safe return home!
Post by: Fearless on October 23, 2007, 10:05:28 PM

And an awesome viewing it was here from "Down Under" Especially viewing through the external camera  8)

From Australia, wishing the STS-120 Crew every success with the mission and a safe return home.

Title: Re: STS-120 Liftoff! Wishing them a successful Mission and a safe return home!
Post by: james on October 23, 2007, 10:07:59 PM

This is awesome! According to wikipedia:



"During STS-120, the lightsaber used by actor Mark Hamill in the 1983 film Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi will be flown to the station, and then returned to Earth. Stowed on-board Discovery for the length of the mission, the fictional Jedi weapon is being flown in honor of the 30th anniversary of director George Lucas' Star Wars franchise.

The initial shuttle launch time was set at 11:38 (EST), a possible homage to George Lucas, whose first film's name THX 1138 often appears in his later scripts.

On 28 August 2007, Chewbacca from the Star Wars films presented the lightsaber to NASA officials from Space Center Houston, in an official ceremony at Oakland International Airport. The lightsaber was then flown to Houston, where it was greeted by Stormtroopers. After STS-120, the lightsaber will be on display at Space Center Houston."

Title: Re: STS-120 Liftoff! Wishing them a successful Mission and a safe return home!
Post by: simking on October 23, 2007, 11:21:29 PM

Hey thanks for that info as a member of the 501st Neg ill pass that info on...www.501neg.com.....good luck STS120

Title: Re: STS-120 Liftoff! Wishing them a successful Mission and a safe return home!
Post by: Cornwallus on October 23, 2007, 11:35:11 PM

We could have a seperate thread for each flight day. That would be helpful to keep things relevent :)

Title: Re: STS-120 Liftoff! Wishing them a successful Mission and a safe return home!
Post by: Admin on October 23, 2007, 11:41:19 PM

That's too many threads! NASA does a great job maintaining daily updates :-)

We can definitely live with two...

Best,
/Admin

Title: Re: STS-120 Liftoff! Wishing them a successful Mission and a safe return home!
Post by: Cornwallus on October 23, 2007, 11:42:54 PM

Ok. Just throwing some ideas out there...  You can check the Shuttle and ISS tracking at this link. Currently out of KU atm.

http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/realdata/tracking/

Title: Re: STS-120 Liftoff! Wishing them a successful Mission and a safe return home!
Post by: Firefighterdan on October 24, 2007, 05:42:59 AM

Good luck Discovery. ;D I hope you all have a great mission and a safe return.;D

Title: Re: STS-120 Liftoff! Wishing them a successful Mission and a safe return home!
Post by: james on October 24, 2007, 02:55:18 PM

Quote from: Admin on October 23, 2007, 11:41:19 PM

That's too many threads! NASA does a great job maintaining daily updates :-)

We can definitely live with two...

definately, the real mission board is secondary to the SSM boards. Otherwise every mission would create 10-14 threads! I think that the main reason why the first sts-120 thread grew so quickly was simply because it was about to launch and updates were coming in so frequently. Each day of a mission won't be as 'event-ridden' (haha) as the launch day.
:)

Title: Re: STS-120 Liftoff! Wishing them a successful Mission and a safe return home!
Post by: schaller on October 24, 2007, 11:50:48 PM

I watched the launch on HDNET in hidef. WOW what an amazing sight.  It never gets old watching a launch.
I ran Shuttle and enterd in ITEM 777 right at 11 seconds and tried to synch the launch.  Got it about 1/2 second off.  It was really fun to hear my PC alert me of SRB sep with a boom as I was watching it happen live on TV.
Best Wishes Discovery with Harmony Deploy and a safe ride home.

Schaller

Title: Re: STS-120 Liftoff! Wishing them a successful Mission and a safe return home!
Post by: Admin on October 25, 2007, 04:10:19 AM

Press Briefing on the debris/foam at liftoff and after External Tank separation: many interesting pictures and explanations.

The preliminary message is "no damage and no reason for concern". That's great news.

NASA plans to analyze the pics and data during the next days but for now all seems A-OK.

/Admin

Title: Re: STS-120 Liftoff! Wishing them a successful Mission and a safe return home!
Post by: Cornwallus on October 25, 2007, 06:30:00 AM

I feel there is "over"-concern these days within NASA and the media. Yes, Columbia's accident was a result of Tile damage. A Gaping hole in the leading edge of a wing is a big deal! Many early Shuttle missions lost tons of tiles and were fine. If an actual tile were lost on any current mission the media would have a field day and NASA would waste time with a repair mission. STS-1 didn't even do the kind of inspection they do currently. That's my little rant for the day. I'm sure some don't agree with me and understandably so, I just want more science and less catering to the media.

Title: Re: STS-120 Liftoff! Wishing them a successful Mission and a safe return home!
Post by: Admin on October 25, 2007, 03:36:35 PM

My 5 y/o son's take of STS-120:

(http://www.space-shuttle-mission.com/pic/Shuttle-Tom-01.jpg)

Note the ET is still attached to the Shuttle - he says that that's "extra storage" lol.

This brings me to a question: will a "Kids Shuttle Program drawings gallery" board be popular in the forum?

If yes, we will certainly open one immediately.

/Admin

Title: Re: STS-120 Liftoff! Wishing them a successful Mission and a safe return home!
Post by: Cthulhus on October 25, 2007, 03:52:20 PM

I like that "picture"  and I think it could be great to have a T-shirt of anything else with a picture like that one (maybe just a little bit inproved)

Last week my niece draw a very simplified airplane, and I found it very stylized and beautiful! (Like St Exup?ry)

And a Space Shuttle drawing could be great too !

Title: Re: STS-120 Liftoff! Wishing them a successful Mission and a safe return home!
Post by: james on October 25, 2007, 09:42:52 PM

that picture is awesome!  :D

Title: Re: STS-120 Liftoff! Wishing them a successful Mission and a safe return home!
Post by: Cornwallus on October 26, 2007, 12:58:50 AM

Excellent drawing for someone that age! Wouldn't it be nice if the ET could be useful once in orbit  :D

Title: Re: STS-120 Liftoff! Wishing them a successful Mission and a safe return home!
Post by: Admin on October 26, 2007, 01:31:05 AM

Quote from: Cornwallus on October 26, 2007, 12:58:50 AM

Excellent drawing for someone that age! Wouldn't it be nice if the ET could be useful once in orbit  :D

LOL! He's been exposed to Space and Shuttle since he's been out in this world and he really got a kick out of the latest launch...

And we'd LOVE to see others' kids related drawings too :-)

Best,
/Admin

Title: Re: STS-120 Liftoff! Wishing them a successful Mission and a safe return home!
Post by: Fearless on October 26, 2007, 08:03:54 AM

Worth having. Perhaps a prize of  some sort  is warranted.

Title: Re: STS-120 Liftoff! Wishing them a successful Mission and a safe return home!
Post by: Admin on October 26, 2007, 01:25:08 PM

Quote from: Fearless on October 26, 2007, 08:03:54 AM

Worth having. Perhaps a prize of  some sort  is warranted.

Thanks for the vote.

AMOF, I was not thinking of this as a contest, but more of a way for the (geek) parents among us to tell everybody about their kids' interest in Space Exploration.

We hope that contests will come eventually - maybe related to SSM, but now it is simply too early :)

/Admin

Title: Re: STS-120 Liftoff! Wishing them a successful Mission and a safe return home!
Post by: Twabi2 on October 27, 2007, 04:06:37 AM

I'm leaving in a couple of days on a camp together with a bunch of kids,
and the best part is: it's a space camp...
So by the time I come back, I should have quite a few drawings ;)

These kids are not of my own, mind you, I'm a little bit too young for that!
I'd love to have some kids later on, but that's still some years away

-Toine out-

Title: Re: STS-120 Liftoff! Wishing them a successful Mission and a safe return home!
Post by: Admin on October 27, 2007, 04:31:09 AM

Quote from: Twabi2 on October 27, 2007, 04:06:37 AM

I'm leaving in a couple of days on a camp together with a bunch of kids,
and the best part is: it's a space camp...
So by the time I come back, I should have quite a few drawings ;)

These kids are not of my own, mind you, I'm a little bit too young for that!
I'd love to have some kids later on, but that's still some years away

-Toine out-

Nice timing!

Let's make the subject "STS-120". Plenty of exciting stuff, the Shuttle, ISS, EVA, Harmony! Can't wait to see your scans. Open a new thread "STS-120 Drawings" or whatever appropriate title you manage to dig and post them all. The width should be 600pix. Height is not important.

Best Regards,
/Admin

Title: Re: STS-120 Liftoff! Wishing them a successful Mission and a safe return home!
Post by: Rocket-Man on October 29, 2007, 07:23:39 AM

 8) Just wanting to also say i hope they have a good mission and a safe return home.  ;D

Title: Re: STS-120 Liftoff! Wishing them a successful Mission and a safe return home!
Post by: Skylab on October 31, 2007, 08:01:26 PM

Oups...

(http://i23.dnspro.org/u/f23/11/47/63/56/de_310.jpg)

And a other bad new: A micrometeorit hurt the ISS.  :-[

Title: Re: STS-120 Liftoff! Wishing them a successful Mission and a safe return home!
Post by: Rocket-Man on November 01, 2007, 07:10:17 AM

Quote from: Skylab on October 31, 2007, 08:01:26 PM

Oups...

(http://i23.dnspro.org/u/f23/11/47/63/56/de_310.jpg)

And a other bad new: A micrometeorit hurt the ISS.  :-[

>:( :'( :-[ No now we gona have to fix it darn. Bad micromederoite. :'( :-[ >:(

Title: Re: STS-120 Liftoff! Wishing them a successful Mission and a safe return home!
Post by: james on November 01, 2007, 02:37:42 PM

haha, at least it isn't as bad as skylab.  :D

Title: Re: STS-120 Liftoff! Wishing them a successful Mission and a safe return home!
Post by: Skylab on November 01, 2007, 09:55:46 PM

Mir:

(http://i23.servimg.com/u/f23/10/05/44/73/damage10.jpg)

And ISS with an another angle:
(http://www.nasa.gov/images/content/195443main_1031-02_array_damage-inset.jpg)
(http://www.nasa.gov/images/content/195445main_1031-03_array_damage.jpg)

Title: Re: STS-120 Liftoff! Wishing them a successful Mission and a safe return home!
Post by: simking on November 02, 2007, 11:03:33 AM

Wonder how much thats going to cost...heck wonder how much one of those panels cost?