Space Forum / Shuttle / June 2007

lol, is that the flight director with the 60s flat top?

Looks like those folks did an outstanding job undoing the hail damage.
Way to go!
Brian

Space Shuttle Atlantis as viewed from Orlando tonight 8th June.
Just grabbed my camera and clicked the video button.
Terribly shaky video quality but gives an idea of the view from Orlando.
Also look out for the Solid Rocket Boosters being released at the end of

Hi, what is the fumes exhaust on SSME nozzles on NASA TV ?
It's a gaz ?

I found this countdown to launch -
http://science.ksc.nasa.gov/shuttle/countdown/count.html
Anybody know where the Launch to Orbit sequence is located, please?
Urgent request

If memory serves me it seems like there was some hardware added during a
previous mission that would allow the shuttle to stay on orbit docked at the
station for additional days beyond its normal capabability.  Is this
hardware indeed on orbit and installed?  And, if so, has it ...

He is an excerpt from my autobiography on what happened for NASA to pick the
Ares 1 over the Atlas or the Delta.
Danny Deger
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Why not a circular landing field for the shuttle and any winged spacecraft
to follow?  The idea of a circular field dates back to the very beginnings
of flight, the theory being that no matter what the direction of the wind,
the aircraft can always land directly into it, thus no ...

STS-117 - L-3 Countdown Status Briefing
http://www.space-multimedia.nl.eu.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=
2340&Itemid=1
STS-117 Crew Arrival at the Kennedy Space Center
http://www.space-multimedia.nl.eu.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=
2327&Itemid=1

Orbiters feel pains of aging
NASA taking precautions in fear tanks could burst
BY TODD HALVORSON
AND JOHN KELLY ADVERTISEMENT

NASA, current collection of repair photos;
Damage:
http://www-pao.ksc.nasa.gov/kscpao/images//large/07pd0549.jpg
http://www-pao.ksc.nasa.gov/kscpao/images//large/07pd0547.jpg

外星人早已来到地球与"读脑技术"

What is the latest with regards to the USA strike ?  Was it just a vote
to authorize a strike after the first launch opportunity for Atlantis ?
Or has a decision to strike on that day been made ?
Also, if the weather is not cooperative or there is some glitch that

By Associated Press
June 2, 2007, 9:09 PM EDT
MELBOURNE, Fla. -- A union representing 570 space shuttle program
workers at the Kennedy Space Center voted to strike Saturday, less than