FTA on 13e, only HD though. UHD showing diffrent content
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FTA on 13e, only HD though. UHD showing diffrent content
Also available on youtube for those like me that can't see 13E
Tim Peake posted elsewhere:
Lots of people are asking about timings for tonight's spacecraft sightings. For the UK:
@Space_Station, 21:20 (look west, right of the moon)
@SpaceX launch, 21:33 then about 21:50, it will be following the same path as the ISS over the UK.
No point going outside to look, the launch has been called off due to weather.
Cancelled until Saturday :-)
I thought the ISS pass was 10:56 PM tonight over the UK?
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Apparently it did past over at 9.20pm but it was too light. I never saw it. Will have a look out a 10.56pmQuote:
Originally Posted by oscar
just watched the iss pass over. Was shifting abit, whats the hurry :)
There was a time when they took off in bad weather such as ice rain and thunder clouds, the execs have been overuled now as the new trainees and funeral costs have risen !
Three hours laid there waiting - and then zilch!!!
Florida weather is over rated, it rains almost every day mid afternoon. They should schedule a launch window for earlier in the day.
Not a fan of the new space suits. Cant imagine kids seeing those and saying they want to be an astronaut when they grow up. Imagine that classic moon shot of Niel Armstrong in this modern suit.
Pity the launch didn't happen -- would have been nice to see if the SpaceX was chasing the ISS as the shuttle did a few years ago with 2 dots going over.
Sometimes you can just see the supply vehicle chasing the ISS as a very dim dot.
Maybe Saturday but it will be earlier so not so dark.
sunset about 21.30, iss due to fly over 22:10:45 to 22:15:19 on Saturday.Quote:
Originally Posted by oscar
Tomorrow is a good time to see it @ 22.59
Still at the mercy of the Gods though.
It is the first mating of the 'Musk' and the ISS - no wonder they are being extra cautious.Quote:
Originally Posted by TonyO
A major failure would probably bankrupt the whole firm.
Nice bright pass at 22:06 this evening -- it only just missed the moon !!
22:09 hereQuote:
Originally Posted by oscar
looking good for a launch t-minus 15 mins
Brilliant launch -- I've put the kettle on in case they abort over Shannon .
At the speed they are going they would be in my back garden in seconds !
It will dock at 16:30 CET (15:30 BST) today. Unfortunately it won't be visible over Europe in daylight.
The public servers the tracking pages were using last night got overloaded and froze or gave unobtainable particularly when it passed over the U.S.
I'm watching on youtube just now - it's not far from Docking from the ISS - 585 meters away.
been watching the last few hours, looked cool as it past over the Med and Turkey.Quote:
Originally Posted by mrdude
Apologies to anyone who missed it. It made up 15 minutes on the predicted time and docked at 15:15.
Been watching for the last few hours - they are fully docked now, just pressurising the joint/cavity between the hatches just now - hatches will open in about an hour.Quote:
Originally Posted by Detlef
Another big moment in history has just been witnessed :-), that's quite a few now that we've seen in our lives.
1 of the astronauts bumped his head then kept rubbing it as if he had split his head open. The Wuss :) 1 thing that irks me is there constant smoke up there arse blowing, American made, american soil blah blah blah.Quote:
Originally Posted by mrdude
It was bleeding, could see it on the tissue just as the "ceremony" started.Quote:
Originally Posted by 3tv
The most impressive part was the first stage returning and landing bum first on a barge in a very choppy sea, that means 85% of the launch vehicle was reusesable and just the fuel was used which will save a lot of costs on future launches.
Its got to be safer landing on solid ground surely, I suppose NASA originally didn't believe it could re-land safely and didn't want to take the risk, the ending of 95% of the rocket being chucked away every time will alter the economics of space flight now, astronaughts still re-enter the atmosphere like a fiery meteorite though and splashdown in the sea, those bits havn't changed.
Yes I agree, stage 1 landing on the drone ship was very impressive. As was the ships name, "of cause I still love you".Quote:
Originally Posted by TonyO
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Originally Posted by TonyO
previous launches the first stage would return back to earth and successfully land, the only diffrence with this launch is the 2 crash test dummies :)
The astronaughts were just passengers on the flight up to the SS, they didn't fly the spacecraft it was on automation, it reminds me of the joke when the crossover from chimps to humans on automation when they asked what do I actually have to do as the pilot ? the answer was feed the chimp when he gets hungry.