Space Shuttle Launch

[Matthew Chisholm]

Not long to go now until the launch of the Space Shuttle Endeavour (STS-126) on their mission to deliver equipment to the International Space Station.

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

[Stephen Brown]

Thanks for the link Jizz...

Countdown holding at T minus 9 minutes

[Matthew Chisholm]

8 mins to go, bring it on.

[Michael Mak]

Watching the launch now, thanks for the link.

[Matthew Chisholm]

Nice launch, now heading up and over the North Atlantic.

If theres one thing I want to do before I die seeing a shuttle launch is one of them.

For tracking you can use:

http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/realdata...ing/index.html

and for possible sightings:

http://spaceflight1.nasa.gov/realdat...ntry=Australia

People up north may be able to see it but aint coming over Sydney

[Tom Lohdan]

Originally Posted by Matthew Chisholm

If theres one thing I want to do before I die seeing a shuttle launch is one of them.

It's not an easy thing to do, I've tried twice, and there are less than 9 launches left from memory.

1st time it was hail damaged, delayed launch and spent a week in Orlando, not much to do in Orlando, managed to do Universal Studios via public transport, but I recommend the KSC site tour, basically you can spend as much time at each place and catch the next tour bus. Gator Tours do a early morning pickup (5am) from the hotel and return you in the evening. They also take you to the KSC Astronaut Hall Of Fame before KSC.

KSC Tour

Astronaut Hall Of Fame

2nd time, I was hoping there was a delay, made it to SFO to watch it on TV in the hotel room.



BTW: I keep this URL as a link on the desktop to the NASA TV Video: http://playlist.yahoo.com/makeplayli...segment=149773