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STS-121 MCC Status Report #01	11 Sep 2006 17:51 GMT	1
STS-121 MCC Status Report #01 STS-121 Report #01 12 p.m. CDT, Saturday, Sept. 9, 2006
Meaning of "press" in MECO or ATO etc. calls	11 Sep 2006 17:08 GMT	15
At the NASA website I found a question and answer to a question I've had: http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/feedback/expert/answer/mcc/sts-111/06_07_06_10_14.html "Question:From: Edwin Proctor, of McFarland, Wis.
Speed Brake issue	11 Sep 2006 14:57 GMT	1
Danny Dot wrote: I saw a note earlier there may have been a glitch with one of the 4 speedbrake channels. Does anyone know the details? The shuttle can fly just fine on 2 channels, so this is certainly not a problem. I use to teach
Dish Network carries free NASA TV	11 Sep 2006 14:15 GMT	7
I just fired up my eight-year-old Dish Network receiver for the first time in five years, just to see what I could see. I have no current subscription. I was surprised to see NASA TV come through in the clear. It's channel
Details on ECO sensors	11 Sep 2006 14:10 GMT	16
I copied the following from this site http://spaceflightnow.com/shuttle/sts114/050716ecographic/ Twenty four propellant sensors are used in the shuttle's external tank, 12
shuttle, tank and boosters on its crawler	11 Sep 2006 09:09 GMT	37
What holds them in place during the crawl to the pad? Could see no structure holding them. Anyone have pics of the support structures? Thanks,
terrible newscasters	11 Sep 2006 08:56 GMT	10
I'm thinking of going to Fox News Studios and/or CNN studios and just going postal. The misinformation and lack of knowledge of the newscasters is so unbelievable, they should be embarassed. On Fox, they spoke of the problem today as a "problem with a faulty fuel cell
how will the ISS appear to the unaided eye once the new pieces are added ?	11 Sep 2006 02:50 GMT	8
I have been observing the ISS with just the unaided eye since April 2002. when the current shuttle Atlantis mission is complete and the new truss & solar panel pieces are added, how significantly brighter/larger can
what? NASA-TV PAO earning his keep?	10 Sep 2006 21:34 GMT	2
Wow. The NASA-TV announcer guy just showed the NC-2 orbit manuever pad display, and explained (very well) what all the numbers meant, without watering it down to useless. Isn't this one of the signs of the apocalypse?
Heidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper - Candidate for most tongue-twisting name in NASA history?	10 Sep 2006 16:35 GMT	6
..."Heidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper". Could this be the "John Jacob Jingleheimer-Schmitt" of the Astronaut Corps? :-) OM
STS-115 Atlantis Day 1	10 Sep 2006 09:36 GMT	3
video - STS-115 Atlantis Launch http://www.space-multimedia.nl.eu.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=882 video - POST LAUNCH NEWS CONFERENCE http://www.space-multimedia.nl.eu.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=885
Proper attire at NASA (Shuttle Images)	10 Sep 2006 05:26 GMT	42
NASA understands the importance of how the proper attire can affect Shuttle Safety. They've, studied all aspect of this important aspect of Space flight. From the Orange Partial Pressure suits used on ascent.
3-G Throttling, NASA commentator's discription	10 Sep 2006 04:23 GMT	2
Anybody else notice the NASA commentator butcher the description of 3-G throttling just prior to MECO? Signature Craig Fink
The chance of a weather scrub drops to 20 percent Monday and Tuesday, Winters said.	09 Sep 2006 22:37 GMT	5
fill tank once only if possible
Launch views	09 Sep 2006 21:12 GMT	7
Is it me or is the Playalinda Beach cam the coolest of the ground-based shots? All those great close-ups of the SSMEs and SRBs, shock waves going in and out of the camera field of view, condensation, etc. Just the way a rocket launch is supposed to look. :-)