STS-130/(20A) Mission Thread

[EarthlingX]

I care, and also if that would not be so important, than those announcers would not keep repeating it over and over (later) ..
It might also be interesting for people living under the track, (just now again position) ..

STS-130-13:14:48:00
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STS-130-13:14:55:00
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.. ( now, for example, they are coming over Spain .. (no picture )
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STS-130-13:14:59:00
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.. ( here you can see current position, and weather over Florida ) ..
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STS-130-13:15:10:00
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.. ( first decent quality shot of the ground team, i will not continue with annotations .. )
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STS-130-13:15:34:00
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.. still aiming for the first landing opportunity, monitoring weather, plane is out ..
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STS-130-13:15:35:00
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[MeteorWayne]

Sounds like they might give it a try tonight...the STA is about to take off to recon the situation.

 

[MeteorWayne]

Again, I don't understand the value of the images of the control room. Just a waste of space, IMHO.

 

[EarthlingX]

If you can do text, it would help, that woman talks a lot, says a little ..

I don't think so about those pictures, that's why they are there.

STS-130-13:15:40:00
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STS-130-13:15:42:00
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What the ** did she just say ?

 

[MeteorWayne]

Huh? What woman?

 

[EarthlingX]

She's .. I'm not happy with her ..

And cameras are deadly boring with no picture from above ..

 

[MeteorWayne]

I have no idea of what you are talking about, so with Mod Hat On*** please stick to the topic.

 

[EarthlingX]

Yes sir ! Aye, aye !

STS-130:13:15:50:00
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.. plane taking off for weather observation ..
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STS-130:13:16:01:00
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[MeteorWayne]

Fluid loading has begun, weather looks "promising"

 

[MeteorWayne]

Should the landing take place tonight, the best place to watch it live will probably be Fox News Channel. They cover such events the longest, and have the sense to keep their mouths shut (and this not display their talking head ignorance) during most of the landing.

 

[EarthlingX]

STS-130-13:16:10:00
.. (weather green over Florida, coming over S America )

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STS-130-13:16:36:00
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.. go for deorbit burn ..

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STS-130-13:16:37:00
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[MeteorWayne]

GO for deorbit burn in 23 minutes!!!

 

[EarthlingX]

Endeavour Go for Deorbit Burn
Mon, 22 Feb 2010 01:52:13 AM GMT

Weather ended up being much more stable than originally forecast, so Endeavour has been given the go to deorbit.

The burn is set for 8:15 p.m. CST (9:15 Eastern) with touchdown scheduled for 9:20 (10:20 Eastern).

Crew return to Houston currently is Monday with a 4 p.m. CST welcome ceremony at Ellington’s Hangar 990.

STS-130:13:16:40:00
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STS-130:13:16:41:00
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.. deorbit to KSC, orbit 217
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[MeteorWayne]

Deorbit Burn at 9:15 (EST)
Sun, 21 Feb 2010 08:58:06 PM EST


Endeavour will begin the deorbit burn at 9:15 p.m. The shuttle's two orbital maneuvering system engines will fire for about 2 1/2 minutes and slow Endeavour down by about 200 mph, just enough to let Earth's gravity pull it into the atmosphere for entry

 

[EarthlingX]

STS-130-13:16:53:00
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.. in position for burn ..
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STS-130-13:17:00:00
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.. burn ..

 

[MeteorWayne]

Good config for burn..1 minute.

 

[MeteorWayne]

Deorbit Burn Underway

2 minutes 34 seconds...

 

[EarthlingX]

Endeavour Fires Engines, Heading Home
Mon, 22 Feb 2010 02:15:42 AM GMT

Space shuttle Endeavour fired its engines at 9:14 p.m. EST for the deorbit burn. The STS-130 crew is now headed home for a landing at Kennedy Space Center, Fla. at 10:20 p.m.

STS-130-13:17:03:00
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.. burn finished ..

 

[MeteorWayne]

Good burn, no trim required.

 

[EarthlingX]

STS-130-13:17:05:00
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.. landing convoy on the way ..
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STS-130-13:17:23:00
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.. all three APU s are running ..
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STS-130-13:17:26:00
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.. Endeavour in position for landing ..
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STS-130-13:17:54:00
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.. on ground control radar ..

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[MeteorWayne]

Entry Interface... (First serious contact with the atmosphere)

 

[MeteorWayne]

30 minutes to landing

 

[MeteorWayne]

Less than 6 minutes to landing, and it looks like Fox will interrupt Geraldo :shock: to cover it.

CNN was covering, but had to break fo a commercial :roll:

 

[MeteorWayne]

Double Boom at KSC

 

[MeteorWayne]

Wheel stop, she's home safely...