STS-114 Mission Update Thread (Part 6)

[shuttle2moon]

Luck? we don't need no stinking luck! <img src="/images/icons/wink.gif" /> Shes a good ship.. Wonder what it feels like right now to be in the shuttle...

 

[telfrow]

Well said, Matt. Well said. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <strong><font color="#3366ff">Made weak by time and fate, but strong in will to strive, to seek, to find and not to yeild.</font> - <font color="#3366ff"><em>Tennyson</em></font></strong> </div>

 

[giofx]

Discovery is beginning the first of four banks to scrub off speed as it plunges into the atmosphere. These turns basically remove the energy Discovery built up during launch. This first bank is to the left with the wings angled 74 degrees.

 

[giofx]

Speed is beginning to decrease, now 16,800 mph. <br />

 

[shuttle2moon]

Matt--I had a tear in my eye when I read that.

 

[giofx]

Altitude is now 45 miles, traveling at 16,100 mph.

 

[shuttle2moon]

2000 miles from runway..

 

[earth_bound_misfit]

wow, speed's bleeding off quick now!<br /> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p> </p><p> </p><p>----------------------------------------------------------------- </p><p>Wanna see this site looking like the old SDC uplink?</p><p>Go here to see how: <strong>SDC Eye saver </strong>  </p> </div>

 

[giofx]

Distance left to travel to the runway now 2,500 miles.

 

[ozspace]

It was about this stage that Columbia started showing signs of trouble...........come on Discovery!!!

 

[mattblack]

Thank you. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p> </p><p>One Percent of Federal Funding For Space: America <strong><em><u>CAN</u></em></strong> Afford it!!  LEO is a <strong><em>Prison</em></strong> -- It's time for a <em><strong>JAILBREAK</strong></em>!!</p> </div>

 

[shuttle2moon]

13,600 mph..

 

[giofx]

All of Discovery's systems are operating normally, flight controllers report, as Discovery passes an altitude of 41 miles, some 2,000 miles from Edwards Air Force Base.

 

[shuttle2moon]

12,400 mph

 

[giofx]

Discovery is 217,000 feet in altitude, 1,450 miles from the runway.

 

[grooble]

Go go go!

 

[shuttle2moon]

11,700 mph

 

[mattblack]

"Break on through to the other side..." <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p> </p><p>One Percent of Federal Funding For Space: America <strong><em><u>CAN</u></em></strong> Afford it!!  LEO is a <strong><em>Prison</em></strong> -- It's time for a <em><strong>JAILBREAK</strong></em>!!</p> </div>

 

[giofx]

The shuttle is flying at Mach 17, now 1,000 miles from Edwards.

 

[earth_bound_misfit]

Yeah! Go you good thing! <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p> </p><p> </p><p>----------------------------------------------------------------- </p><p>Wanna see this site looking like the old SDC uplink?</p><p>Go here to see how: <strong>SDC Eye saver </strong>  </p> </div>

 

[shuttle2moon]

10,000 mph

 

[giofx]

Discovery's speed is 10,000 mph at an altitude of 34 miles.

 

[shuttle2moon]

8,700 mph

 

[shuttle2moon]

7,500 mph second left bank underway

 

[star_sirius]

11 minutes to touch down, 9 times speed of sound! <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <font size="0" color="#10bdee"><strong>A dazzling bluish luminosity from A distant south pacific.</strong></font><p><br /><img id="cb51e87e-8221-424c-8ff2-78c95122196c" src="http://sitelife.livescience.com/ver1.0/Content/images/store/11/15/cb51e87e-8221-424c-8ff2-78c95122196c.Large.jpg" alt="blog post photo" /></p> </div>