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Oneironaut
07-12-2009, 03:46 PM
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v675/DjTenacity/NASASpaceShuttleLaunch.jpg

Since there have been a couple of other threads that pop up whenever a shuttle goes off (1 (http://www.dreamviews.com/community/showthread.php?t=30194&highlight=Launch),2 (http://www.dreamviews.com/community/showthread.php?t=68496&highlight=Launch)), about those particular shuttles, I figured I'd just make a catch-all to put in ED. Endeavour is going up in about half an hour (supposedly. Skies are looking rough). Don't miss it!
Abra
07-12-2009, 04:00 PM
If they didn't delay it the last two times, I would've been there to see it. D:

But yeah, go NASA!
slayer
07-12-2009, 04:00 PM
What is Endeavour going to be doing? Repairing a satellite?

Someday I just want to send a shuttle out into space and see how far it goes.
Bearsy
07-12-2009, 04:09 PM
Endeavor is flying an International Space Station (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Space_Station) assembly mission which will deliver the last two elements of Japan's Kibo (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_Experiment_Module)Module along with the Spacelab Pallet-Deployable 2, and an Integrated Cargo Carrier-Vertical Light Deployable.

As for sending a shuttle to see how far it goes...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voyager_1#Current_status



http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Outersolarsystem-probes-4407b.svg/539px-Outersolarsystem-probes-4407b.svg.png
These are the launch dates, trajectories and locations of the four farthest outersolar probes as two years ago(April 4, 2007).
Xaqaria
07-13-2009, 03:25 AM
What is Endeavour going to be doing? Repairing a satellite?

Someday I just want to send a shuttle out into space and see how far it goes.

That's what space probes (http://voyager.jpl.nasa.gov/) are for.
Bearsy
07-13-2009, 05:57 PM
I nominate that this thread be about all current space missions from all space agencies in the world, not just upcoming NASA launches.
Oneironaut
07-13-2009, 08:13 PM
I nominate that this thread be about all current space missions from all space agencies in the world, not just upcoming NASA launches.

Approved. Changing the thread title as well.
[SomeGuy]
07-15-2009, 07:48 AM
SpaceX. Wins.
slash112
07-17-2009, 01:08 AM
i just got back from holiday in florida. i went to see it 3 times before it actually went up. but it finally went up, it was pretty cool.

did anyone go to see it? because the there was the biggest lightning storm i have ever seen in my life. anyone see that?
quite strange how the two most amazing things ive seen both happened on the same day.
Oneironaut
08-28-2009, 08:58 PM
Discovery is about to go up! Almost forgot about it.
Bearsy
02-06-2010, 03:03 AM
STS-130 is scheduled for launch at 4:39EST tomorrow!
ISS assembly flight 20A (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/STS-130)
This mission is to carry Tranquility ("http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISS_node_3) and Cupola ("http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cupola_(ISS)) to the ISS.
Bearsy
02-07-2010, 12:37 PM
Postponed due to weather
SpecialInterests
02-07-2010, 07:13 PM
Make way for the first commercial spaceport:
http://www.space.com/businesstechnology/commercial-spaceport-runway-100128.html
Bearsy
02-07-2010, 10:51 PM
Thread: http://www.dreamviews.com/community/showthread.php?t=79572
BLUELINE976
03-03-2010, 06:17 PM
Figured I'd explore this forum a bit.

One of my relatives (second cousin to be exact - i.e. my father's cousin) was on Endeavour in the early 1990's. I think he did about three or four flights. It's funny because he returned from one of his flights on the day I was born. I'm also named after him :P

Thought that'd be interesting for you guys.