STS-114 Mission Update Thread

[Leovinus]

NASA Fixes Shuttle Tiles -- Launch on Track <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> </div>

 

[odysseus145]

NASA Signs With Yahoo! and Akamai To Bring Shuttle Mission Online<br /><br />NASA has signed innovative agreements with Yahoo! Inc. and Akamai Technologies, Inc. to help bring the Space Shuttle's return to flight mission (STS-114) to millions of Internet users through the NASA Web Portal.<br /><br />Yahoo! Inc., of Sunnyvale, Calif., will provide live streaming of NASA TV mission coverage in Windows Media format and be the only other official online host of NASA TV footage beyond the NASA website. Akamai, of Cambridge, Mass., will stream NASA TV for RealPlayer and deliver all other Web content during the mission.<br /><br />"We're very excited to be able to offer this expanded coverage to the public," said NASA's Associate Administrator for Space Operations, William Readdy. "Internet users will be able to follow every event from launch through landing, including the spacewalks. Thanks to this agreement, they'll be able to do so at no additional cost to the taxpayers."<br /><br />With a 12-day mission that includes three spacewalks, NASA expects to deliver more data to users than it has for anything but the Mars Exploration Rovers, which are still going strong after 18 months on the mysterious red planet.<br /><br />Akamai's agreement with NASA builds on its existing role as the content-delivery provider for the Web portal. Akamai has agreed to expand the portal's available bandwidth by more than 30 times.<br /><br />"We are pleased to play a role in NASA's awe-inspiring Shuttle mission return to space by bringing the event through the Internet to enthusiasts around the world," said Keith E. Johnson, vice president of public sector, Akamai. "This is another significant milestone for the Internet, and for organizations that take advantage of a globally distributed, on-demand computing platform that delivers Web content to users around the world."<br /><br />NASA's agreement <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> </div>

 

[Leovinus]

I hope they have more bandwidth than was available for Deep Impact. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> </div>

 

[lunatic133]

I'm so excited and nervous *crosses fingers* My boss gave me the morning off to watch the launch on NASA TV ... Good thing it's on summer vacation so I'm home with the satellite dish, the bandwidth for the SS1 launch last October was horrible! All you without NASA TV should come over here. Ha. Party at Lunatic's house! I know my parents would LOVE that. Wish I was in Florida, though...

 

[shuttle_rtf]

Thanks for the link, Leo...and agreed on the bandwidth. I was cutting out on a 2mb ADSL line during Deep Impact <img src="/images/icons/frown.gif" /><br /><br />I'm hoping we can merge in a mutual amount of great coverage of this launch attempt, so if you have any good links to updated news etc. Please post them here and at the link below, which we're using to do link-wise and link back to here etc.<br /><br />http://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/forums/thread-view.asp?tid=189&posts=6<br /><br />The aim is to ensure people can practically have all the updates they want in a few open browsers, here, there and on places like Justin Ray's SFN etc.<br /><br />Thanks.

 

[marslauncher]

well I have half a day off from 2pm CST to watch the launch, I will have the whole day though to watch NASA TV at work <img src="/images/icons/smile.gif" /><br /><br />Then I come home (hopefully with a 19" Monitor) watch Nasa TV on my Comp with CNN on my 32" TV<br /><br />I am so freaking excited about this I will be up at 4am to start watching launch coverage from NASA TV, Methinks now might be a good time to beat the Fry record of 100 Cups of Coffee..... (Futurama reference for those wondering who Fry is)

 

[shuttle_rtf]

Already there with the coffee - and starting to feel like Bender (to keep the Futurama references going). <img src="/images/icons/wink.gif" />

 

[rvastro]

The engineers would agree<br /><br />From Florida Today, July 10--Jeff Parker<br /><br />

 

[SpaceKiwi]

Anyone heard what happened with Scott Bakula's commentary involvement with RTF? Wasn't he intended to host NASA TV's coverage at one point, if not provide some kind of 'colour commentary'?<br /> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p><em><font size="2" color="#ff0000">Who is this superhero?  Henry, the mild-mannered janitor ... could be!</font></em></p><p><em><font size="2">-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</font></em></p><p><font size="5">Bring Back The Black!</font></p> </div>

 

[shuttle_rtf]

Heh, great cartoon....<br /><br />And noooooooo to Star Trek actors doing NASA coverage! <img src="/images/icons/wink.gif" />

 

[llivinglarge]

Columbia launch delayed till next year due to clogged space toilet...

 

[lunatio_gordin]

first time i go back to nasa since they change the layout, and i see Captain Archer. I'm like, "???" and he starts yelling at me on my really loud speakers. So i cut him off <img src="/images/icons/tongue.gif" />

 

[SpaceKiwi]

Hehe, if you won't agree to a bit of '<i>Trek</i> of a day, how about the title sequence countdown and theme from the original <i>Thunderbirds</i> TV series? There was always something especially stirring about that start, and it wouldn't go amiss for a mission like this! <img src="/images/icons/laugh.gif" /> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p><em><font size="2" color="#ff0000">Who is this superhero?  Henry, the mild-mannered janitor ... could be!</font></em></p><p><em><font size="2">-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</font></em></p><p><font size="5">Bring Back The Black!</font></p> </div>

 

[shuttle_rtf]

Make it so!

 

[lunatio_gordin]

I love that. Put it in a story, pay quiet homage to the greats <img src="/images/icons/tongue.gif" />

 

[lunatic133]

HA! That is my theme cartoon. *checks watch* Darnit, I believe Starbucks is closed...

 

[summoner]

Not that I'd like to see anything spoiled by this event, but the phrase "Engage" seems quite fitting right now!! <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> <br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="width:271px;background-color:#FFF;border:1pxsolid#999"><tr><td colspan="2"><div style="height:35px"><img src="http://banners.wunderground.com/weathersticker/htmlSticker1/language/www/US/MT/Three_Forks.gif" alt="" height="35" width="271" style="border:0px" /></div>

 

[backspace]

Hey, personally, I kinda like Bakula, and having some big name types dropping in here and there to help with some PR might get the public paying more attention... Just sayin'.<br /><br />I am sooooo geeked. Is that 4am est NASAtv start time accurate? If so, I gotta get to bed...

 

[SpaceKiwi]

I wonder how SG is doing. I'll bet he is as excited as all get out right about now! <img src="/images/icons/smile.gif" /> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p><em><font size="2" color="#ff0000">Who is this superhero?  Henry, the mild-mannered janitor ... could be!</font></em></p><p><em><font size="2">-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</font></em></p><p><font size="5">Bring Back The Black!</font></p> </div>

 

[shuttle_rtf]

Fellow Yorkshireman Patrick Stewart or no one <img src="/images/icons/smile.gif" />

 

[backspace]

I just read the flight schedule .pdf just now... EVA #1 is 5.5 hours long? Nifty!

 

[lunatic133]

Patrick Stewart is actually against space exploration in the real world ... guess he's just a really good actor *begrudging snort*<br /><br />I was talking to someone who lives in Orlando and she says the weather conditions look pretty dicey for tomorrow. Let's all keep our fingers crossed.

 

[SpaceKiwi]

Why has this thread had a built-in hold at 1:44am for the past couple of days? <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p><em><font size="2" color="#ff0000">Who is this superhero?  Henry, the mild-mannered janitor ... could be!</font></em></p><p><em><font size="2">-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</font></em></p><p><font size="5">Bring Back The Black!</font></p> </div>

 

[rybanis]

Ahhh yes, Patrick Stewart.<br /><br /><br />Anyways, I'm really damn excited. I'm going to be off from work by then (7am PST to 3pm), so I should be watching the stream. We don't get NASA TV anymore <img src="/images/icons/frown.gif" /><br /><br /><br /> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> </div>

 

[backspace]

Primary firing package in intertank heater 1 purge failure - red crew going to pad to change it out. Tanking delayed.