Live coverage of the last Shuttle launch (STS-135, Atlantis)

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Post by whiskers » Fri, Jul 08, 2011, 11:50 AM UTC

Live coverage of the last Shuttle launch (STS-135, Atlantis)
nasa.gov

Re: Live coverage of the last Shuttle launch (STS-135, Atlantis)

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Post by jbri » Fri, Jul 08, 2011, 1:05 PM UTC

It's somewhat sad to see the shuttles go, especially without a replacement immediately to hand. Though hopefully the end up the shuttle program will pave the way for a manned launch vehicle that can get us out of LEO.

Re: Live coverage of the last Shuttle launch (STS-135, Atlantis)

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Post by jasonkester » Fri, Jul 08, 2011, 1:08 PM UTC

There's no timer on the feed, but at the moment they appear to be vacuuming. I'll take that as a sign that it's not going to launch in the next hour.

Anybody have an actual time when that's supposed to happen?

Re: Live coverage of the last Shuttle launch (STS-135, Atlantis)

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Post by teoruiz » Fri, Jul 08, 2011, 1:10 PM UTC

There is a bigger version of the video here:

http://www.nasa.gov/externalflash/135_splash/index.html

Re: Live coverage of the last Shuttle launch (STS-135, Atlantis)

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Post by [deleted] » Fri, Jul 08, 2011, 1:10 PM UTC

jasonkester wrote: post #3

There's no timer on the feed, but at the moment they appear to be vacuuming. I'll take that as a sign that it's not going to launch in the next hour. Anybody have an actual time when that's supposed to happen?

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Re: Live coverage of the last Shuttle launch (STS-135, Atlantis)

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Post by whiskers » Fri, Jul 08, 2011, 1:11 PM UTC

jasonkester wrote: post #3

There's no timer on the feed, but at the moment they appear to be vacuuming. I'll take that as a sign that it's not going to launch in the next hour. Anybody have an actual time when that's supposed to happen?

It's due to be around 4:30pm GMT

(edited to correct the time, I was out by an hour)

Re: Live coverage of the last Shuttle launch (STS-135, Atlantis)

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Post by jgrahamc » Fri, Jul 08, 2011, 1:13 PM UTC

It's sad to see the Shuttle go without a replacement. And to jog my own memory of the day I saw the shuttle in the UK, here's a set of pictures from the day Enterprise visited Stansted Airport in the UK: http://www.flickr.com/photos/mike_ward/sets/7215760339467228...

I was there as a boy standing against the wire fence with my father to see this amazing machine. Bloody marvellous!

Re: Live coverage of the last Shuttle launch (STS-135, Atlantis)

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Post by evilswan » Fri, Jul 08, 2011, 1:29 PM UTC

Anyone else see that plain text ASCII character randomly appear on the in-cockpit views?

Re: Live coverage of the last Shuttle launch (STS-135, Atlantis)

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Post by lgeek » Fri, Jul 08, 2011, 1:29 PM UTC

Is there a stream which doesn't require Flash?

Re: Live coverage of the last Shuttle launch (STS-135, Atlantis)

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Post by ugh » Fri, Jul 08, 2011, 1:42 PM UTC

lgeek wrote: post #9

Is there a stream which doesn't require Flash?

http://livestream.com/ has a stream that works on my iPad (I don't know about other devices or computers).