T - 9 minutes and counting
Terrific looking launch. Well done NASA. I couldn't see it from here, way too much cloud cover.
I missed it lol, but I was just outside looking at Jupiter through my telescope. I managed to watch the live feed of the external fuel tank fall away from the shuttle.
That was awesome. I really want to see a launch of a shuttle, OR an Ares rocket some day.
That was awesome.. seeing the clouds light up from the ground up for about 10 seconds before the shuttle emerges.
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Will you have photos for us?Kmarion wrote:
That was awesome.. seeing the clouds light up from the ground up for about 10 seconds before the shuttle emerges.
1st pic: The STS-128 launch, viewed from the Banana River Viewing Site at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida; credit: NASA/Ben Cooper
Reported sightings in the UK. Someone posted a picture of the external tank and the separated and trailing the shuttle. The sun rising at 5AM lit them up.
So weird seeing that just minutes after we saw:
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UK!
The STS-128 night launch
forget that^ ..
watch full http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ijvC8AzCF1M&fmt=22
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I went outside to have a look but I couldn't see anything around
Longer version
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I hate long exposed shots of the sky/space that give a false impression of what it really looked like, it was all probably just a small useless dot in the skyhttp://i27.tinypic.com/2rwmj3t.jpg
that'd be a fair bit fucking boring thoughMekstizzle wrote:
I hate long exposed shots of the sky/space that give a false impression of what it really looked like, it was all probably just a small useless dot in the skyhttp://i27.tinypic.com/2rwmj3t.jpg
People actually saw the shuttle in the UK?!?! I'm in Florida and I couldn't see jack shit. o well
It is a small dot in the uk. The video was an accurate impression. Those long exposures probably aren't intentional. You get that because the camera has a hard time gathering light and so the shutter stays open.Mekstizzle wrote:
I hate long exposed shots of the sky/space that give a false impression of what it really looked like, it was all probably just a small useless dot in the skyhttp://i27.tinypic.com/2rwmj3t.jpg
El Beardo if you were in Springhill, FL and you didn't see Jack shit you're doinit wrong (Time and direction). Those UK folks didn't see what we saw.. they saw it as it was about to enter orbit, moments after the ET was jettisoned.
This is what it looked like from Tampa (Which is about the same distance)
> 2 mins..SRB separation.
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belly roll
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The ISS just went overhead, and I didnt see it!
If I knew it was going over, I'd have gone and looked for it.
noice 
I watched the countdown on TV and then ran outside and looked East....I got notta. I don't know how I missed it.Kmarion wrote:
El Beardo if you were in Springhill, FL and you didn't see Jack shit you're doinit wrong (Time and direction).
wow
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This is what they have been up to..
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Did you take that picture... That's insaneKmarion wrote:
wow
Love is the answer
No. I didn't go to the cape this time.[TUF]Catbox wrote:
Did you take that picture... That's insaneKmarion wrote:
wow
It came from: http://www.flickr.com/search/?q=shuttle … &w=all
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That is quite an image[TUF]Catbox wrote:
Did you take that picture... That's insaneKmarion wrote:
wow
A full moon is visible in this view above Earth's horizon, photographed by a crew member from the International Space Station while Space Shuttle Discovery (STS-128) remains docked with the station. A portion of a station solar array wing is at left.
Image credit: NASA
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I'm glad to hear they have Buzz Lightyear stowed for the return journey home. Apparently he's been up in the ISS for over a year now!
To infinity and beyond!
To infinity and beyond!
Yes, they were talking about it on Spaceflight now before the launch. Apparently he now holds the record for longest time in space.VspyVspy wrote:
I'm glad to hear they have Buzz Lightyear stowed for the return journey home. Apparently he's been up in the ISS for over a year now!
To infinity and beyond!
The shuttle has undocked from the ISS and is expected back Thursday at 7 PM EST.
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