STS-114 Mission Update Thread (Part 6)

[drwayne]

Through peak heating<br /><br />Wayne <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p>"1) Give no quarter; 2) Take no prisoners; 3) Sink everything."  Admiral Jackie Fisher</p> </div>

 

[giofx]

Speed is 8,700 mph, altitude is 33 miles, 630 miles from touchdown.

 

[shuttle2moon]

On course..all looks good.<br /><br />6,100 mph

 

[giofx]

The shuttle is beginning to bank back to the left at a speed of 7,500 mph. Altitude is 167,000 feet.

 

[shuttle2moon]

5,800 mph

 

[shuttle2moon]

4,300 mph

 

[telfrow]

135 miles out... <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>

 

[shuttle2moon]

3,200 mph, last bank underway

 

[telfrow]

81 miles to touchdown... <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>

 

[thechemist]

I was never that happy to see a bright dot <img src="/images/icons/smile.gif" /> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <em>I feel better than James Brown.</em> </div>

 

[shuttle2moon]

2,000 mph...<br /><br />instruments active that work on outside pressure!

 

[telfrow]

Looks good, doesn't it? <img src="/images/icons/smile.gif" /> <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>

 

[earth_bound_misfit]

even looks like a delta now <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]

An infrared tracking camera at Edwards has spotted Discovery. The shuttle is 155 miles away at an altitude of 21 miles.

 

[shuttle2moon]

1,100 mph

 

[star_sirius]

less than 4 minutes to go, 28 miles out! <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>

 

[thechemist]

A real beauty now <img src="/images/icons/smile.gif" /> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <em>I feel better than James Brown.</em> </div>

 

[shuttle2moon]

Subsonic soon! <br /><br />Kelly just finished flying discovery...GO Eileen!

 

[shuttle2moon]

30,000 feet

 

[grooble]

<img src="/images/icons/laugh.gif" />

 

[shuttle2moon]

22,000 feet

 

[telfrow]

God, that is one beautiful sight... <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>

 

[shuttle2moon]

17,000 feet

 

[shuttle2moon]

5,000 feet

 

[thechemist]

Sh#@$$ my nasatv link keeps breaking <img src="/images/icons/frown.gif" /><br /> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <em>I feel better than James Brown.</em> </div>