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Henry'll probably already realise this - but objects low down in Virgo - like the Sombrero - only give us in UK a limited time-frame per year to catch them. In 1997 it fell to me to do a piece on Radio 5 Live about comet Hale Bopp. Anyway two reporters came with me to observe the comet. Now it so happened that at the appointed time the cloud cover was 100%. One of the reporters said to me "You are going to have to pretend to see the comet". Now I was very unhappy about this. By good fortune it started to clear out and I was able to make my report without any skullduggery involved. In fact the clouds made it better since the great excitement of the comet appearing was recorded. Not sure what would have happened if the clouds had stayed. That was over 12 years ago. In fact I last sighted Hale Bopp on May 4th 1997. |
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Shuttle mission to service Hubble due off on May 11th.
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Obama asks for space review to report by August. See http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/8039835.stm
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Shuttle Atlantis due off today to service Hubble. Another shuttle is standing by in case a rescue is needed.
See http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/sh...ain/index.html |
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Shuttle Atlantis due off today to service Hubble. Another shuttle is standing by in case a rescue is needed.
See http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/sh...ain/index.html |
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This really is an exciting mission. They are gonna be very busy.
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What time here will it launch? Not very good at transferring times.
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What time here will it launch? Not very good at transferring times.
I am sure this thread will keep up to date. |
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Well it says 10 hours 30 minutes from now. So that is about 7pm British time.
I am sure this thread will keep up to date.
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Thanks will keep eyes and ears open!
![]() See clock at upper right of this page. See http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/sh...ain/index.html |
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The countdown blog will begin at 8.30am EDT (Eastern Daylight Time) which is 1.30pm BST.
See http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/sh...unch_blog.html |
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The countdown clock here is the best as it reflects what is actually happening. If there is a delay the clock will show it. However I presume there is only one narrow window each day for a launch as they have to launch in such a way that they can catch up with the Hubble orbiting in space.
See clock at upper right of this page. See http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/sh...ain/index.html The lower launch window time means the countdown and holds are slightly different. The hold times are longer for ISS missions because the small target window means that if there's a problem you need a bit more time to make sure everything's sorted out. There isn't as much margin for error. Hence the T-9 minute hold is longer. |
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Hoping everything goes well for the Hubble servicing mission.
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Just under five hours to launch.
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Thanks for the reminder. Will be watching.
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Thanks for the reminder. Will be watching.
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Where can we catch live footage?
http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/index.html
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Thanks for the shuttle reminders. Old gaetanomorano's not gonna be a happy chappy, is he? He appears to have gone on a permanent holiday, though
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Thanks for the shuttle reminders. Old gaetanomorano's not gonna be a happy chappy, is he? He appears to have gone on a permanent holiday, though
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Great launch
![]() 1 bad transducer but everything else seems to be ok. EDIT: Engine cut off and now in orbit
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Go shuttle!
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Yep, very enjoyable and i always get a rush from watching launches. Love the rotation to topside up for better comms revealing the earth curvature in the background. Breathtaking. Got the .pdf timetable and will be watching what i can of the mission.
NasaTV for the coverage. Only reliable source. |
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Try this diddygirl
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Great launch
![]() 1 bad transducer but everything else seems to be ok. EDIT: Engine cut off and now in orbit ![]() |
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