Space technology is best technology.

MCC A/G voice checks complete.
Controllability light test about to get under way.

Ground Launch Sequencer Activated
Fri, 08 Jul 2011 09:55:04 PM GMT+0900

The ground launch sequencer has been activated. For now, it's monitoring critical commands and systems -- but when the countdown reaches T-9 minutes and counting, the program will take over all of the vehicle's critical functions.

waste of fucking space, nasa is full of nerds

SAGE

The Space Shuttle has been around for longer than I've been alive. To see all this technology at work is absolutely astounding and a real testament to the capability of every american who worked on the project.

Then I remember this is the last flight.

God the U.S. is a fucking joke.

Nice factoids about the glowsticks. not only do they provide an awesome shuttle rave, but they assist with recovery.

NASA's launch system probably runs from Gentoo.

so how long now ?

>>18645005

This is a shot from one of the cams...

More comm checks AG channel 2. Uses triple trunking and a cept channel to multiplex Telemetry and Medical data.

AG 3 is pure voice. Same with 1. However AG 3 is simplex. Thus only one person at a time can chat.

>>18645032
2h 24m

>>redhead.rar

???

how much time left for takeoff?

They are way ahead of schedule today lol.

And T-38 called in about fuel levels. Discussing how long to stay up.

Houston now doing AG comm checks

>>18645051
2 hrs 22 minutes

>>18644970
Auto-pilot, pretty much, right?
Do the astronauts on board, aside from override conditions, ever have to steer and control the shuttle? Would it be harmful to the mission if they did assume manual control? And how often, if ever, do they override the computer?

what is this thing

>>18644984
man when I was a kid I saw apollo 8,9,10,11, 12, and 13 take off

>>18645063
For docking mostly. If any issues come up then they have contrl. Along with a number of computer updates they have to do since the Avionics is a bit older due to being in need of a sturdy and reliable drive system.

From what I understand

>>18645086
I'm insanely jealous.

LOX Fuel Pump down, needs swapping. 20 minutes to recover. No constraint to launch.

Preparing the orbiter for flight

Hatch cover is removed

http://countdown.ksc.nasa.gov/shuttle/countdown/cdt/

link to countdown

>>18645101
LOX = liquid oxygen?

Okay wtf The streams on the site arnt working all im getting are un-moving pictures

>>18645086
>main streaming page

that's http://onlinestupidity.com

"Fuel pump" issue at the pad. Tried bringing up the RPM up to heat it up some. Can see it on cam but can't determine anything because of all the vapors around it. Going to swap pumps, 20 mins to recover.

Pump type:
Pump 126 LOX.

Noted by the OTC on OIS 212 just now.

>>18645116
Then go to stream instead of webcam.

>>18645116
this is the count down clock with still's
http://countdown.ksc.nasa.gov/shuttle/countdown/cdt/

this is the live stream

http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/

>>18645131
http://www.onlinestupidity.com

Earthquake in Misawa right now
If I vanish its cause it was big. Seems kinda small right now

>>18645147
stop that

Ok quake over!
Info on quake magnitude in a bit. Back to coverage.

>>18645156
why? it's related to this thread

go die viral

>>18644947
>install Microsoft Silverlight

Fuck no.

Flight, do you have any intel on the estimated flight time from Earth to the ISS?

CAPTCHA: hos disissi

Ok, G9 Launch Polynomial/Target being updated. OMI Steps dictate just doing the prerequ updates to the platform.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9jK-NcRmVcw

fuck yeah I'm ready

>>18645131
>>18645137
ah thank so what time (Eastern) is the launch at?

>>18645184
>europe

im playing it at http://onlinestupidity.com

Flight, any chance of a visual sighting of the vessel?

>>18645173
3 days

>>18645188
in 2 hours


http://www.onlinestupidity.com

This is fantastic. Space is amazing.

>>18645200
Yes. They have a sighting page.

Also quake was 4.8 here.
No tsunami threat

>>18645207
i think you should know that i'm reporting every single one of your spam posts.

Shit.
Might have a flight rule violation in regards to cloud cover.

>>18645225
>hotspot shield

like I would give a shit you imbecile

>>18645218
Glad that it wasn't too bad.
I'm so excited.

>>18645233
>implying mods won't ban the whole url

All Non-flight Items Coming Out of Atlantis
Fri, 08 Jul 2011 10:15:23 PM GMT+0900

The Closeout Crew is already working to pull anything out of Atlantis' crew module that isn't supposed to fly, such as platforms, umbilicals and cameras. Several people -- including Closeout Crew Chief Travis Thompson and Orbiter Test Conductor Roberta Wyrick -- are keeping inventory and checking each item against a checklist to ensure everything comes out that needs to be out.

Why are you on the internet copying and pasting and not there Flight?

You are missing out.

>>18645230
Fuck, say it ain't so...

I'm really freaking out now that they are closing the hatch. Good luck, STS-135 Launch Team.

>>18645233
you must be gnu here.....

>>18645252
I live and work in Japan.
I have also been damned busy since the earthquake and have not been able to take any vacation.

>>18645259
I can't believe this man, the last one...

>>18645230
WINTERSSSS!
Or really,
CLOUDSSSSSS!

Readiness reports coming in.

>>18645273
it is summer in america.....

Everything looks good with pad crews so far.

>>18645243
>implying that was me you talked to

you're just an annoying kid, go make your parents proud.

go cut the grass

>>18645281
Winters.
As in Kathy Winters.

http://onlinestupidity.com

streaming everything you need for the space launch

>>18645281
He is talking about Kathy winters.
The weather officer at Kennedy.

Pad crews all seem good. T-38s coming in.

>>18645303
doh!

this thread is gay. the flight has no significance whatsoever
about the only significant thing is that its the last flight by this shuttle.
i mean pull down my pants, paint a big red cross on my ass and sing "hail to the chief" but WTF are these threads taking up room on /g/ for?

Seal leak check underway.
OVCC called in hatch is locked.

Go' to Close Atlantis' Side Hatch
Fri, 08 Jul 2011 10:21:25 PM GMT+0900

The Closeout Crew has made sure all non-flight items have been removed from Atlantis' crew module, and they've received the go-ahead from Orbiter Test Conductor Roberta Wyrick to start closing the shuttle's hatch. The hatch seals will be wiped down and pressurized to ensure a good fit. Cabin leak checks will verify a firm seal.

wait, why is everyone saying it's the last flight? i don't get it, it can't be the last flight, there has to be more flights in the future.. help me out?

>>18645339
Nope STS-135 is the final flight of the space shuttle.
>>18645324
Then GTFO

>>18645339
It's the last flight for a long time. No one knows how long.

>>18645324
space shuttles are a pinnacle of technology

this is the last shuttle launch, which ushers in a new age of space technology

gb2 your vidya card thread....

>>18645324
Yes, why should we clutter up the desktop threads and browser wars with something like rocket science?

>>18645324
I heard it was the last launch for the space shuttle program.

Is this incorrect? Please let me be incorrect.

also, sauce on it if I'm not.

>>18645339
Next time they go up it won't be in a shuttle, it'll be in a space plane.

ETA on launch? gonna email a link to my dad in case he wants to watch at work.

>>18645355
2 hours.

Good seal leak check now go for cabin pressurization and leak check

>>18645355
~2hours

>>18645339
It's the last space shuttle flight.
That's it.
No more shuttle flights.
There will be other kinds of vehicles yes, but no more shuttle flights.

>>18645353
No, you're right, but that doesn't mean it's the end of the space program. They'll be landing space planes on asteroids next, apparently...

>>18645349
you mean the final flight of that plane? why is that so significant?~~ (interrupted by
>>18645364
oooohhhh. what kind of vehicles?

>>18645375
Planes. Space. Places.

Not even trolling.

>http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/2011-07-07/news/os-space-sierra-nevada-shuttle-20110707_1_sp
ace-plane-future-of-human-spaceflight-shuttle-program

GPO providing starting address for GMT L/O and DSMs per flight rule.
GPO And INCO coordinate uplinks on FD loop.
DPS verifies GPC dump quality.
GPO Verifies GPC dump contents.
And Results will be noted in logs.

Right now, seal checks are good. CMDR is working through his checklist. Breaker to off and oxygen on.

>>18645367
I truly hope so. This is upsetting.

>>18645396
Are you able to provide the handbook now, or do you have to wait?

>>18645395
TL;DR
give me pictures.

>>18645412
It's the death of a titan, these were the machines that first took us to space; and now we're getting to watch the final one go up. It's insane.

>>18645412
>>18645367
Not if congress has its' way again.

They are aiming to cut commercial flights in half and are wanting to cancel the James webb telescope.

T-1 Hour and Counting
Fri, 08 Jul 2011 10:31:08 PM GMT+0900

The countdown clock just counted past the T-1 hour mark, but remember, there still are two built-in holds left to go. Those will add to the overall time before liftoff, which remains scheduled for 11:26 a.m. The next hold is at T-20 minutes, starting at 10:11 a.m

>>18645420
This is the start of the next great space race, there are no pictures of the new planes. At least, not that I know of...

>>18645424
not sure if trolling or just stupid

Pressurizing.

MILA station going to High power high gain mode. Best tracking for air to ground and telemetry until EOH.

Ok next steps:
IMU Gyrocompass allignment complete.
GLS initialization complete.

>>18645426

its about time they scrapped this piece of shit

it cant even land without a runway

>>18645424
srsly guise dont feed this troll !

its isnt worth it
regardless of the fact the first rockets into manned space flight were russian its not worth feeding the troll just dont

>>18645474
Yeah, fuck runways, it should just crater straight into the ground.

so whats with the glow sticks on the arms of the suits..
also is the hatch on the video the crew vehicle hatch?
which would mean i missed the astronauts gettin in :(

>>18645474
This "piece of shit" is the next step allowing us to live in space.

>>18645467
Politicians have alwasy been anti-science. Remember the anti-evolution tantrums last decade?

>>18645494
>valid point.

>>18645481
See:
>>18644990
If power goes out, they can see the glowsticks and find people that way.

http://onlinestupidity.com

>>18645481
If one of them farts the sticker glows, its so they can see which one dropped the silent but deadly fart

Almost there guys


I. Am. Ready.

>>18645481
ya missed them. glowsticks: power goes out, i see you in the dark

>>18645494
republican american* politicians. Remember the completel lack of evolution tantrums in europe and the american centre?

>>18645494
pretty sure those are still going on

>>18645508
You might wanna refresh your page. Your timer is about 10 minutes behind.

Sorry guys, blame it on bandwidth

>>18645481
the glow sticks is in case they lose power

yea you missed them getting in by about 45 minutes or so

>>18645491
>next step

No market for it. Space is no longer on anyone's priority list (exception being China and even then its just for dickwaving purposes, "we can do it too".)

Weather briefing going on.

Come on Kathy...Please give us a 1 time go.

Just this once...

>>18645508
f yeah

>>18645522
>chinks
>dick waving
srsly I hope none of the chinks reading this start waving their dicks around as chinks have tiny cocks and everyone will just laugh at you

>>18645540
fuck i forgot my image

>>18645479
>mfw reading this

Weather looks promising according to the voice comms...

Swap to Pump LOX 127 complete

>>18645558
I'm jelly, my bandwidth only just covers the 500kbps and KSC 32kbps.

1200kbps stream is just buffer, buffer, buffer.

S Band SYS HI PWE FM At MILAR and STS now activated.

Coming up on STA take off.

How long left?

>>18645586
How shitty is your internet man

>>18645586
yeah well us lithuaniafags pay only $8 for 20Mbps down (~2.4MB/s)

>>18645586
I'm running fiber. NASA TV HD,
ISS 300kpbs
Both audios
STS groundtrack.

feelsgoodman.jpg

Weather reports still coming in

Fun factoid:

21 mins from stable replenish to stable replenish with the pump swap.

Until traveling to other heavenly bodies hold promise for commercial purposes, space travel will be nothing more than an extremely expensive hobby limited to a small amount within the government and the extremely wealthy. Only private industry can lead to a genuine space based society.

>>18645598
>>18645597
yeah, optical fiber here everywhere. also, how much do you pay?

With the space shuttle, goes every kid's dream to be an astronaut, a star ship captain, or even going to the moon.

Let's hope private industry decides to have a space race. I wouldn't mind designing new J2's for space transports.

Launch window information update is coming in right now.

when is this thing going up CET?

>>18645618
7000 yen a month (About 75-80 dollars US)

What's the biggest space-related company nowadays? SpaceX?

>>18645595
3mbps/600kbps.

Theoretically the 1200kbps should work, but it isn't :(

I'm ~7KM from my Exchange/CO by cable, I'm essentially lucky to connecting at 3mbps.

Maybe in 2016 when the new craft is (might be) ready, I'll have NBN.

>>18645597
yeah, well us estoniafags only pay $20 for 100mbit down, 20 up, and Mbps = MB/s

>>18645657
>Mbps = MB/s
you just went full retard

>>18645652
Hey, that's what I have!
Shitsux, doesn't it. I'm less than a block from the exchange, though, and they still won't get me anything better without making me pay out the ass.

>>18645670
my bad, for some reason I saw it said Mbps and Mb/s, not MB/s.

>>18645681
yeah, sometimes it happens

>>18645631
But the space shuttle isn't NASA's last spacecraft . They're making the MPCV which will be able to dock to the ISS like the shuttle but also be able to land on other planets, E.G mars.

There will still be astronauts, they just won't be using shuttles that are 30 years old.

At the moment we are 'no go' due to cloud density over the launch site.

>>18645704
people just enjoy being dramatic

>>18645678
I live off base and use heronet.

You live on base use verizon and get charged out the ass.

What unit are you with? Obviously you are lower enlisted.
Unless if you live in the SRNCO houses with a waifu

FOR SOME REASON, http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/ DOESN'T WORK

WHY?

mission chatter is confirming solid blue sky. Good luck, STS-135

Oh yeah.

>>18645722
never understood why people join as enlisted

GLS Pre sequence start.
RTLS Weather briefing is coming up.

>>18645728
IT KEEPS LOADING AND LOADING

okay so what are they writing on that panel on the bottom right?

>>18645704

Yeah, they remind me of a new Apollo.

WAIT are they using tiles as heatshield? Please tell me they aren't and are using solid heatshields.

any link that works?

>>18645761
Welcome to my threads:
http://mcc.ocs.nl/

>>18645753
wouldn't that be harder to replace?

>>18645762

Jesus fucking christ.

>>18645770
Sexy eh?

http://www.livestream.com/spaceflightnow/

>>18645770
Press the dark grey button, it makes it better

How much longer? I realize this has been asked before, but I am exhausted. It is currently 9:01 AM where I am. (central time)

What time is it expected to happen?

>>18645763

Yeah, but safety would be bumped up and you wouldn't have to worry about losing tiles.

>>18645790
Around 11:30am ET.

>>18645790
1 hr 23 minutes now

Closeout Crew Prepares to Secure the White Room
Fri, 08 Jul 2011 10:58:42 PM GMT+0900

Before the Closeout Crew can leave the launch pad, they have to make sure the White Room is set up for launch time. Although the orbiter access arm swings away from the shuttle's side just minutes before liftoff, the arm can return quickly in the event of an emergency. Walls in the White Room have to be partially folded down so the arm can swing back into position even if the hatch has been reopened. Closeout Crew members also have to secure doors and equipment covers inside the room.

Atlantis' Cabin Pressurized
Fri, 08 Jul 2011 11:03:29 PM GMT+0900

The crew module aboard space shuttle Atlantis is pressurized and ready for flight and the hatch's carrier panel, which protects the hatch in the area where the exterior handle was removed, has been installed. Orbiter Test Conductor Roberta Wyrick just gave the Closeout Crew her "go" to close out the White Room.

Pass BFS Transfer underway

Is the dude on the ISS alone?

HD coverage just started for america and canada.

Hatch cover now removed.

>>18645842
Nevermind, just saw someone else.

>>18645842
No, there are others.

Nice photo op for closeout crew.
Altimeter updates being worked.

>>18645842
Where is this ISS stream?

>>18645870
NASA streams # 7

>>18645870
international space station

>>18645870
http://mcc.ocs.nl/
Nasa Streams -> ISSKbps

Coming up on T minus 20 minutes and holding.

All vent valves now closed.

>>18645915
Can you share the handbook now?

lol:
"You could have walked over"
"But it takes too much time, I could just drive"

Lazy pad crew

>>18645915
i like how they say that holding and http://mcc.ocs.nl/ just says
>01 Hours, 15 Minutes, 32 Seconds
plain simple.

So what are they gonna fly after this?

http://youtu.be/uBLD1RoEYpU?hd=1&t=9s

shiiiiiit

>>18645931
There's still a shitton to report on.

LOX drainback report is coming up.

>>18645885
You're hilarious, just look at my hilarious face.

>>18645877
>>18645889
Cheers, if I had only taken a moment to look before asking, I was already on the site.

>>18645868
What are the backpack things they are wearing?

One Last Time in the White Room
Fri, 08 Jul 2011 11:09:36 PM GMT+0900

The seven Closeout Crew members just paused for a group photo up in the White Room. If the weather allows launch today, this will have been their last time closing out a space shuttle crew module. Several Closeout Crew members have been part of the team for 25 years or more.

The inflatable dock seals between the White Room and the orbiter have been deflated, so the two are no longer connected.

Our next planned hold is coming up in about a minute.

Now in hold.

What are the chances of this high altitude plane not exploding?

So when's the launch going ahead? There's an LCD screen counting down in the spectator area giving less than 20 minutes

>>18645948
O2 tank in the event of a bad situation basically.

They also have a few bits of equipment to assist with closeout and pressurization.

Just a heads up OP you should consider making a new thread at around 200 posts incase the bump limit kicks in. (188 posts at the moment)

>>18645969
That was quick.

It took less time than the first thread to near the bump limit.

Making new thread now.

Wow, the main tank used to be white. I think the orange looks horrid.

>>18645969
Bump limit is 300 posts, we have a ways to go.

>>18645953
I noticed a lot of them are old. We need a new generation out there.

Did a crow just fly past Ch8 stream?

>>18645998
Yeah, no one wants to do it anymore... politics sucked all the fun out of it.

>papyrus font

Here's the new thread:
>>18645997

They used to paint the tanks white but they figured if they removed the white paint, they would shave weight off of the tank and that would help get more payload to orbit.

>>18645981
easier to see from a distance....

>>18646011
bump limit is 300, not 200.

>NASA
>God bless America
>God
>GOD

soniamdissapoint.wmv

>>18646009
First thing I noticed.
>Nasa
>Not using the glorious Helvetica

>>18646048
you haven't heard our national anthem have you?

>>18646048
>believing in atheism

>>18646082
>"God is up there"
>Go to space
>Yuri Gagarin
> "I don't see any God up here."
>Still believe in god anyway
Meh.

T-20minutes and counting

Somekind of software reset is going to happen.

how long will the t-9 minutes hold be? 40 minutes?

>>18646113
>believing propaganda
Lol.

when is this actually launching?
theres a countdown on topright screen too

>>18646264
51.10 to launch

>>18646113
>Mfw there are people who think he actually said that

I don't even have a face.

>>18646295
he honestly didn't? I believed he did.

I bet the shuttle runs Gentoo.

>>18646446
dont even start that shit

>>18646446
Scientific Linux, actually.

>>18646446
nope.jpg but they're bringing an iPhone into space.

Oh cool, I'm currently staying in a condo near ft. pierce, I'll be able to see it right?

>30% chance to launch
enjoy your weather watching fags

saged and reported for not nvidia related.

>>18646519
Who knows. maybe they snuck some fermis on there.

We will know soon.

did I hear T - 31 minutes? I see 9 minutes in the video

It would be cool if all countries could come together and start an international project.
I can't see any future in individual states doing space exploration.

>>18646538
They paused the clock.

THERES SMOKE COMING FROM THE BOTTOM

WEEEEEEE HERE WE GO!

I think i'm about to jizz

SPAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACE

FAILURE? A FAILURE?


NNNNNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

5500mph
damn

Beautiful.... I watched it launch from my roof.

anyone else just see that piece fall off?

>>18647360
I fuckin did

>>18647360
the ice?

>>18647376
screen shot?

>>18647379
don't know what it was...I just saw something fly by on the left side of the screen

>>18647403
>>18647390
>>18647379
Yea im pretty sure it was a large build up of ice the broke off

>can finally see space now

Fuck..

Spaceships.

Spaceships are technology.

That was fucking fantastic. I remember wanting to be an astronaut as a kid. That dream didn't come true, but just watching that launch was satisfying enough for me.

15000 MPH....almost as fast as my car

15 thousand miles an hour

Did you guys see that piece fall off? It was huge.

>>18647462
That's the shuttle.

>>18647432
Liar.

>5 miles a second.

>>18647432
Agreed. That was great.

WHERE THE FUCK DID IT GO I WANT TO SEE THE SHUTTLE

>>18647471
That's the joke.

So are we going to see video of the tank falling to earth?