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Shuttle Atlantis Launch - Scrubbed. Launch Saturday

 
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*EDIT* Launch Scrubbed today. Tune in tomorrow

1453 GMT (10:53 a.m. EDT)

SCRUB! The engine cutoff sensor issue has forced NASA to scrub today's countdown. The plan calls for the external tank to be drained and another countdown performed tomorrow to evaluate how the hydrogen fuel level gauge acts. If it behaves in the same manner, officials could allow Atlantis to launch with only three of the four sensors working. Tomorrow's launch time is 11:15 a.m. EDT.



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Orbiter: Atlantis
Mission: STS-115
Launch: Sept. 8, 2006
Time: 11:41 a.m. EDT (1541 GMT)
Landing: Sept. 19 @ 7:10 a.m. EDT (1110 GMT)

5:30 a.m. - STS-115 Live Launch Coverage Begins


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0620 GMT (2:20 a.m. EDT)

The slight delay in the start of fueling is the result of workers having to replace a faulty gaseous nitrogen purge control valve, NASA spokesman Bruce Buckingham says.


0653 GMT (2:53 a.m. EDT)

FUELING UNDERWAY. The filling of space shuttle Atlantis' external fuel tank with a half-million gallons of supercold propellants has begun at launch pad 39B.

The tanking operation commenced with the chilldown thermal conditioning process at 2:49 a.m. This will be followed by the slow-fill mode and then the fast-fill mode.
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So how long from now? I have trouble keeping track of all these timezones.
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T-Minus 7 hours 24 minutes
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I hope it gets delayed for 24 hours so I can see the launch. wall
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Not all that unlikely.
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Re: Shuttle Atlantis Launch - Scrubbed. Launch Saturday
There's supposed to be only a 30% chance of a no-go today because of weather. It will probably launch unless there is another hardware glitch.
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Launch might be questionable due to a problem with one of the fuel cells.
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Fueling has already started so the fuel cell isn't an issue they care about anymore.


Anyone know if Discovery Science channel or Discovery HD Theater channel shows launches live? I could at least DVR it.
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set your video to record your computers VGA output with NASA TV running :)
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I'm sure I heard them say there is 3 fuel cells and one of them is on the blink but the shuttle can re-enter with 1 fuel cell though its not ideal.

That did seem pretty cool with still going ahead but there is slight doubt.

Thats what I picked up anyway.
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Live coverage begins

And time for me to go to work.

(insert swear words here)
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[link to www.viidoo.com] streams nasa tv for windows users.
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Breaking: Launch delayed again.

Nasa...what a bunch of bozos, lol.
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a bunch of minutes and counting
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Breaking: Launch delayed again.
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Not yet. They're still stuffing them in the shuttle.

I went to work for 2 hours and took a sick day. anon
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Astronauts are such a bunch of stupid assholes.

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Breaking: Launch delayed again.


Not yet. They're still stuffing them in the shuttle.

I went to work for 2 hours and took a sick day. anon
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get well soon :D XD
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Astronauts are such a bunch of stupid assholes.
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I would love to be one of those stupid assholes.

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get well soon :D XD
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Thanks. I'm feeling better already. chuckle
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me too
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What is a good site to track the shuttle's flight progress?
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Probably Spaceflight Now [link to spaceflightnow.com] or Space.com [link to www.space.com] or the NASA TV links here or what I posted in the OP [link to www.nasa.gov]
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Re: Shuttle Atlantis Launch - Scrubbed. Launch Saturday
1310 GMT (9:10 a.m. EDT)

The engine cutoff sensor situation continues to be discussed and debated among engineers and mission managers. No decision about today's launch attempt has been made yet.
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if me is not mistaken he said fuck a while ago... (he is one of the asstronauts)
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WELL, DID IT LAUNCH?...OR, ARE:

ZETAS RIGHT AGAIN!! alien16
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Not yet ..

and

No
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1345 GMT (9:45 a.m. EDT)

The crew module hatch has been sealed and latched for flight, the closeout crew reports.



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I knew they wouldn't wait. They want to see if the freaking idiot aliens are right about that pesky planet x.
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1405 GMT (10:05 a.m. EDT)

The final engineering assessements of the engine cutoff sensor are being made now. A decision from the management team is expected shortly.





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