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its like target shooting, never gets any headlines, its not really a spectator sport, but an olympic discipline, non- the- less.


many broadcasters, , I am sure,....
they seem to think that the Olympics is only running and swimming...

Bob

My link
http://www.livestream.com/spaceflightnow?utm_source=website-channel-page&utm_medium=related

What I can't understand is why this is not headline news?

Instead what we get is endless footage of Libya,, and those, knowing the risk, chose to work there at salaries hundreds of times above what they could get in the UK moaning that the government should bale them out?

If it wasn't for NASA, the space project, and putting the man on the moon we would not even be sitting here with a computer in front of us.

Well done, Mildred, for putting this up. I for one will be watching.

Thanks for the reminder. Yet another brilliant view.
Some precision work here by the looks.
Ria x

watching on the live stream link. My laptop prefers this to the Nasa link.

some footage taken from a plane as Discovery took off...awesome sight !

http://cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/02/25/6134101-shuttle-launch-witnessed-from-above

aprox 50 minutes...to docking.....

National Aeronautics and Space Administration - NASA
At 1:15p ET, Discovery began a 9-minute Rendezvous Pitch Maneuver, or backflip. With Commander Steve Lindsey at the helm, Discovery is rotating 360 degrees backward for space station astronauts to take high resolution pictures of the shuttle’s heat shield. Lindsey then will fly the shuttle to a position about 310 feet directly in front of the station, allowing the station to catch up with it for docking at 2:16 p.m.

Florida is 5 hours behind the UK

Discovery will be docking with the ISS soon

http://www.nasa.gov/55644main_NASATV_Windows.asx

Thanks for the heads up. Elaine, unfortunately I had a prior engagement that I couldnt get out of..........but I sure will catchup on the current mission activities.........AND there are a couple of good sighting opportunities friday, and two more on sunday....... never know, might see the two craft before they mate up saturday......heres hoping!!
( that OUR weather plays ball with some clear skies....)

Bob

Just wanted to thank you again Elaine :) I would have missed it otherwise.

I saw those tiles go, it was when the camera on the fuel tank was taking pictures as it went up.

I was expecting the commentator to say something, but he didn't.

I'm sure it was a few hundred dollars for the four of us as this included transport.

How amazing was that.
Thank you for the info.
Did you see some of the tiles fall off. How brave are those astronauts.
Ria x

I'm watching it now Elaine - very exciting although I'm glad I'm not in the Discovery. I'm not that adventurous. Good luck to the people on board - they are making history.

Sue x

How much would it cost to go the launch Elaine?

wow, that was fantastic!

I had 2 chances, first time I was in St Petes & we watched it in our hotel on CNN, second time we couldn't justify the cost of tickets as storms were unpredictable.

It got put off twice when we were there, then went up during the early hours

they're going to go :)

Hi SRS
Thanks, I am watching now. The second live web site is much better.How exciting.
Ria x

maybe everyone's tuned in...this is getting exciting...I'm so glad you mentioned it. Wouldn't be be great to see it in real life if you know what I mean?