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07-09-2011, 09:07 AM | #111 |
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I think this says it all
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — The clouds haunting Kennedy Space Center parted late Friday morning, and NASA sent its last space shuttle skyward — with a magnificent roar that put Atlantis and its four astronauts into space and the agency’s manned space flight program closer to an end. With the apparently flawless 11:29 a.m. EDT blastoff, Atlantis carried supplies for the International Space Station, plus the memories of glory and tragedy for a 30-year program in a spaceship admirers call "the incredible machine." "The shuttle is always going to be a reflection of what a great nation can do when it dares to be bold and commits to follow through," Atlantis commander Chris Ferguson told launch director Mike Leinbach. "We’re not ending a journey today, Mike, we’re completing a chapter of a journey that will never end." Up to 1 million people poured into the Cape Canaveral area to catch the historic launch, the last big rocket blastoff expected at space center for perhaps a decade. At Kennedy Space Center, the emotions were tinged with bittersweet pride and sorrow. Thousands of people spent whole careers working on the shuttle program at Kennedy, and most of their jobs are gone, or soon will be.
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Atlantis schedule for 7-9-2011
07/09 03:59 AM...00...16...30...00...Crew wakeup 06:11 AM...00...18...42...02...NC-2 rendezvous rocket firing 07:04 AM...00...19...35...00...OBSS unberth 07:29 AM...00...20...00...00...Ergometer setup 08:19 AM...00...20...50...00...OBSS starboard wing survey 10:14 AM...00...22...45...00...Crew meals begin 11:14 AM...00...23...45...00...OBSS nose cap survey 11:49 AM...01...00...20...00...Middeck transfer preps 12:04 PM...01...00...35...00...OBSS port wing survey 02:00 PM...01...02...31...00...Mission status briefing on NASA TV 02:19 PM...01...02...50...00...SRMS berths OBSS 02:34 PM...01...03...05...00...Laser scan data downlink 02:39 PM...01...03...10...00...Spacewalk equipment preps 03:24 PM...01...03...55...00...Rendezvous tools checkout 03:29 PM...01...04...00...00...Centerline camera install 03:59 PM...01...04...30...00...Orbiter docking system ring extension 04:00 PM...01...04...31...00...MMT briefing on NASA TV 04:39 PM...01...05...10...00...Airlock prep 05:27 PM...01...05...58...19...NC-3 rendezvous rocket firing 07:29 PM...01...08...00...00...Crew sleep begins 09:00 PM...01...09...31...00...Flight day 2 highlights on NASA TV 11:00 PM...01...11...31...00..."Launching Our Dreams" replay on NASA TV
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07-09-2011, 05:27 PM | #114 |
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This is Florida Today giving you the History of our Amazing Space Shuttles
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07-10-2011, 10:28 AM | #118 |
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Wake up STS-135 Atlantis
STS-135: Rendezvous Pitch Maneuver and Pictures On July 10, 2011, space shuttle Atlantis performed the nine-minute Rendezvous Pitch Maneuver, or “backflip.” With Commander Chris Ferguson at the helm, Atlantis rotated 360 degrees backward to enable space station crew members to take high resolution digital pictures of the shuttle’s heat shield. Three cameras outfitted with 1,000 mm, 800 mm and 400 mm lenses captured photos that will provide Mission Control experts with the best possible imagery to validate the integrity of Atlantis’ heat ...
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07-10-2011, 11:23 AM | #119 |
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STS-135 Atlantis Schedule for 7-10-2011
07/10 03:29 AM...01...16...00...00...Crew wakeup 05:19 AM...01...17...50...00...Group B computer powerup 05:34 AM...01...18...05...00...ISS rendezvous ops 07:01 AM...01...19...32...22...NC-4 rendezvous rocket firing 08:29 AM...01...21...00...00...Ti rendezvous rocket firing 09:05 AM...01...21...36...00...Sunset 09:27 AM...01...21...58...36...Range = 10,000 ft 09:36 AM...01...22...07...16...Range = 5,000 ft 09:39 AM...01...22...10...53...Sunrise 09:41 AM...01...22...12...45...Range = 3,000 ft 09:45 AM...01...22...16...54...MC-4 burn 09:49 AM...01...22...20...00...Begin final approach timeline 09:49 AM...01...22...20...54...Range = 1,500 ft 09:52 AM...01...22...23...36...RPM Start Window Open 09:54 AM...01...22...25...54...Range = 1,000 ft 09:57 AM...01...22...28...54...KU to LO (800 ft) 09:58 AM...01...22...29...54...Shuttle directly below station (725 ft) 10:04 AM...01...22...35...06...Range = 600 ft 10:06 AM...01...22...37...00...Start pitch-around maneuver 10:08 AM...01...22...39...38...Noon 10:14 AM...01...22...45...00...End pitch maneuver 10:16 AM...01...22...47...36...Initiate pitch up to velocity vector (575 ft) 10:16 AM...01...22...47...40...RPM full photo window close 10:25 AM...01...22...56...10...RPM start window close 10:28 AM...01...22...59...06...Shuttle directly in front of station (310 ft) 10:29 AM...01...22...59...56...Range = 300 ft 10:33 AM...01...23...04...06...Range = 250 ft 10:37 AM...01...23...08...16...Range = 200 ft 10:37 AM...01...23...08...23...Sunset 10:39 AM...01...23...10...46...Range = 170 ft 10:41 AM...01...23...12...26...Range = 150 ft 10:45 AM...01...23...16...36...Range = 100 ft 10:48 AM...01...23...19...36...Range = 75 ft 10:52 AM...01...23...23...46...Range = 50 ft 10:56 AM...01...23...27...06...Range (30 ft) -- start stationkeeping 11:01 AM...01...23...32...06...Push to dock 11:05 AM...01...23...36...26...Range = 10 ft 11:07 AM...01...23...38...07...DOCKING 11:12 AM...01...23...43...15...Sunrise 11:34 AM...02...00...05...00...Leak checks 11:41 AM...02...00...11...59...Noon 12:04 PM...02...00...35...00...Orbiter docking system prepped for ingress 12:09 PM...02...00...40...43...Sunset 12:14 PM...02...00...45...00...Group B computer powerdown 12:34 PM...02...01...05...00...Hatch open 01:19 PM...02...01...50...00...Welcome aboard! 01:24 PM...02...01...55...00...Safety briefing 01:30 PM...02...02...01...00...Mission status briefing on NASA TV 02:04 PM...02...02...35...00...SRMS OBSS handoff 04:00 PM...02...04...31...00...MMT briefing on NASA TV 04:14 PM...02...04...45...00...ISS evening planning conference 06:29 PM...02...07...00...00...ISS crew sleep begins 06:59 PM...02...07...30...00...STS crew sleep begins 09:00 PM...02...09...31...00...Flight day 3 highlights on NASA TV
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For tens of thousands of past and present shuttle workers, including more than 3,000 expecting layoffs July 22, the traditional "wheels stopped" call when the space shuttle Atlantis returns to Earth will signal the end of an era.
Atlantis lifted off on time at about 11:30 a.m. ET today on NASA's final shuttle mission after three decades and more than 130 flights, with a landing at the Kennedy Space Center set for July 20. "After the wheels have stopped and the displays go blank and the orbiter is unpowered for the final time...there will be a rush of emotion when we all finally realize that's it, that it's all over, the crowning jewel of our space program, the way we got back and forth from low-Earth orbit for 30 years...we'll realize that's all over," said shuttle commander Christopher Ferguson. "That's going to take a little while to deal with it." Atlantis' landing will come seven-and-a-half years after President Bush, responding to the 2003 Columbia disaster, ordered NASA to complete the International Space Station and retire the space shuttle fleet by the end of the decade. When all was said and done, the final two shuttle missions slipped into the first half of 2011 and a third flight, with Atlantis, was added to the manifest to deliver a final load of supplies to the space station. The Bush administration's plan was to eliminate the costly shuttle program--and the thousands of contractor jobs that made it so expensive--and use the savings to help pay for a new program, building safer, lower-cost rockets needed to support the establishment of Antarctica-style bases on the moon by around 2020.
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