Space Forum / Shuttle / December 2006

Watched the shuttle fly up the East Coast past Central NJ (Monmouth
County)......went down to the end of our street [Colts Neck, NJ] a
couple of minutes after launch, and waited several minutes more.  Sure
enough, orange-yellowish fairly bright/fuzzy spot of light, moving from

0236 GMT (9:36 p.m. EST Thurs.)
SCRUB. Tonight's liftoff has been scrubbed due to low clouds over the
launch site

What is this ref to a problem ungrappling in auto I hear about? Did someone
leave a switch set wrong, or is this a fault?
Brian

With no fanfare whatsoever, STS-116 is expected to be the 75th and
final space shuttle launch (and the 80th launch of all vehicle types)
from Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39B.  Five Saturns (one Saturn
V and four Saturn IBs) also flew from 39B during the 1970s.

..but I can't find any more source or confirmation...
because it was a NY weekend editor who came across
a resend of Thursday night's scrub report.
The meeting is now over (10:30 AM EST)

That was spectacular.. Great launch.....

just heard on nasa that they have downgraded the chance of weather
prohibiting the launch of discovery to 30%.    I am so hooked on
watching nasa tv.
angela

Hi folks, I was wondering if there maybe was anywhere where  it might be
better to locate a launch facility where it would not be affected by weather
as much as the Cape seems to be these days.
As an aside, will Orion launches face the same problems, as apart from the

What is the UK launch time of the shuttle?

STS-116 launch activities - December 8 (update)
http://www.space-multimedia.nl.eu.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1234
NASA Reschedules Space Shuttle Launch for Saturday
http://www.space-multimedia.nl.eu.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1305

After the planned hold at 9 minuttes, is it correct that the clock can be
stoppet at any time as long as the stop (even if it is 2 or 3 stops after 9
minutes)  is not longer than the lunch window?
Is 5 minuttes any "planned" time to hold if any problems, or could this be 5

My husband's birthday is right after Christmas and he collects signed books.
Is this about Buzz Aldrin's trip back from the moon?
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Does the middeck get any kind of view or natural light coming in? For instance,
in the case of the Challenger did it go totally black down there for those
folks?

For years there's been a program at Stennis that involves
firing of each new SSME, not just for certification but
also to characterize its actual (versus rated) thrust level.
Hotter engines are used on missions with heavier payloads,

Interesting. During the countdown, the orbiter acces arm removal is made
with great fanfare and confirmation on the radio.
Post scrub however, I just noticed that the arm was brought back and I
don't recall any mention of it being returned to position.  I take it that