Space Forum / Shuttle / June 2007

I went out this evening to see the ISS/STS-117 go over at about
11:39-EDT. I got the siting info' from 'heavens-above.com'. At the
predicted time, location and track, I saw what I thought was the ISS.
I've seen it dozens of times in the past few years. Less than a minute

Could the weird anomalies experienced in the last day or so on the
iss/shuttle be due to energetic particles from somewhere?
I refer to the Russian computers, the stranger isolated signal on the
leading edge sensor, and the apparent random reprogramming of several

I notice they seem to have an Outlook problem on the Shuttle.
This seems to be a common problem and I'm surprised nobody knows about it.
What I've done in the past is to use control alt delete to bring up task
manager, and odds are an occurrence of Outlook will be in there, though ...

Thanks to all those who offered advice.  I snapped a few pictures but
concentrated on watching.
http://www.hotchip.com/temp/sts-117-1.jpg
It was AWESOME.  Too bad the autofocus on my video camera freaked out and

OK, having listened to several exchanges now between Clay and Megan on the
ground, they sound like they are flirting. Its not what they say, more the
way they say it. I have no idea of their marital status, or whether its just
a bit of a 'lark' between them, but there is ...

Why do they sometimes use the term "on the big loop" and other times not?

Here's another section of my autobiography on STS-37 landing short of the
runway.
Danny Deger
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So, we have another pulled away blanket then. Where it is its probably
vibration at lift off, but what do they actually secure these with?
Or in this case, what didn't they secure it with....:-)
Brian

Would the astronauts have time to get out of the orbiter before something
catastrophic
occurs ?
Or am I missing the point of what it is really designed for?

Here is the launch from my driveway, about 55 miles from that KSC
launchpad, as a windows slideshow/movie (only around 584k in size)
http://setisociety.org/AtlantisLaunch8June07.wmv
If you can't watch windows movies, here is each frame individually

Could you show me a nice shuttle tracking webpage or application?
I have found only webpage with ISS tracking.
TIA
Marcin

Where are the umbilical "plugged" in ?
Are there any pics of these ?
During countdown what is the last one pulled out and what is its function(s)
?

Did anyone see the handheld video of ET from the orbiter after separation?
There are flashes of light that almost look like thruster firings (of which
there are none).  I was thinking it might be residual fuel or oxidizer
esacping but the locations seem wrong.

C-Span cut its coverage off a little early . . . but what a beautiful
liftoff.