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STS-119 Finally Launches Into Space
Iddo Genuth writes "After several delays, including twice over the past week, the space shuttle Discovery has finally been launched into space. The spacecraft took off at precisely 7:43 p.m. EDT, embarking on the STS-119 mission, which will provide the International Space Station with the fourth and final set of solar arrays — and which will make the ISS brighter than Venus. The shuttle will also deliver to the ISS its newest crew member, Japan's Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Koichi Wakata, who will replace flight engineer Sandra Magnus at the station."
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that's no moon!
I hope I don't blind myself looking for it
I hope there will be no footage of blown O-rings or damaged tiles. Shuttles are getting old. On another note, where could one get data on when the ISS will be overhead? I live in North-Eastern America and would love to catch a glimpse.
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Can somebody recommend a website or an application which can be used to calculate the fly-over times of the spaceshuttle and/or the ISS from a certain location on this planet? I would love to show a special "star" to my little boy.
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Tonight was the first time I've gotten to see the shuttle launch. I went out to walk the dogs and saw half my neighbors standing in the street. They pointed up and I was like "Woah!" It was a really cool sight; huge smoke trail and super bright.
According to various authors, we should be at Jupiter and beyond by now. What's this piddle about an ISS then? And it's not really a "space station", is it? It's more of an orbiting "mobile home", and probably smells much worse.
I for one cannot get excited over this same ol' same ol' time after time and then do it again stuff.
my boyhood dreams of dueling space mecha warriors will come true after all.
Strangely enough, one of them is a transformer that morphs into something that resembles the old International Space Station...
"Koichi, this is Sandra."
I want to chill my cock in your mouth.
Beautiful launch, and I am very much looking forward to the mission, But what I want to know is why was did CNN and Fox have better/more interesting coverage than NASA TV? (Leave it to NASA to make something as spectacular and awe inspiring as a launch and make it so boring/mundane. I ended up having NASA TV, FOX and CNN all on.
NASA should kick them a couple bucks (or whatever) and let them do the coverage... We need to get more people interested in Space, and with that boring coverage, you are not going to get the common person excited about Space.
Still, even with all of that, I was again inspired... Great Job on the launch NASA.
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The spacecraft took off at precisely 7:43 p.m. EDT
Having watched NASA's official feed, I can inform you this is incorrect. The precise time was 7:43:44 EDT.
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I videotaped the launch from Titusville and it was pretty amazing even from 10-some miles away. The horizon lit up, and all of a sudden it was flying. Then the sound hit, and it sounded like ... well, a rocket. Nothing quite sounds like a rocket.
The precise time was 7:43:44 EDT.
How precise could that time be when the Shuttle takes a second or two to get moving? It's not exactly a quicky off the pad in the way the Saturn V's were.
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I'm in Florida and was able to walk into the street to see the launch. Absolutely gorgeous. It happened at sunset so the plume was colored just like clouds would be during a sunset - white, yellow, pink, and orange. Here's a pic of how it looked (not shot by me, but that's how it looked where I was. Search Flickr for STS 119 for more.) Also, it was a perfectly clear day and you could easily see the boosters for a long time after separation. Thanks for the great show NASA, and good luck spacemen!
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The wife and I stepped out into our driveway and watched the shuttle until it disappeared to the east. We weren't the only ones, about half of the neighborhood was out watching.
Kind of reminded me of the rocket launches back when I was a kid in South Carolina.
No matter where you go... there you are.
We don't launch so you can see a crash! NASCAR is all about that, and don't even bring up F1 back in the days. The space program is 100x safer than car racing. Besides, that thing orbiting Jupiter will still be there in 3010. And Arthur C. is dead, and I would think, buried. Sorry about Scotty's ashes. We don't win them all!
I wonder what happened to it...