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Airlock pressure in almost 0 psi. Initial EVA will start soon.
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Astronauts are now in the payload bay. It's live on NASAtv
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http://www.spaceflightnow.com/ariane/v188/status.html
Herschel and Planck are on their way 1400 GMT (10:00 a.m. EDT) Today's launch has been called "perfect" by Jean-Yves Le Gall. Officials just wrapped up their post-launch speeches in Kourou. Controllers at ESOC in Germany continue to evaluate the health of Herschel and Planck after today's launch. 1350 GMT (9:50 a.m. EDT) Acquisition of signal! Ground stations in Western Australia have made contact with Herschel and Planck, confirming they have survived this morning's launch. |
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Great picture. See http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap090516.html
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Acquisition of signal! Ground stations in Western Australia have made contact with Herschel and Planck, confirming they have survived this morning's launch.
All being well, Herschel and Planck (http://www.esa.int/esaCP/index.html) will be joined in five years' time by NASA's James Webb Space Telecope - see here: http://www.jwst.nasa.gov/. None of these three missions will provide a direct replacement for Hubble because they work in the infrared or microwave regions. All the more essential, therefore, that the Hubble repairs go well and credit to Sky News for showing the live launch. |
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Phew! It's good to know that the Ariane 5 rocket actually delivered something to Earth orbit rather than provide a very entertaining, but expensive, fireworks display.
All being well, Herschel and Planck (http://www.esa.int/esaCP/index.html) will be joined in five years' time by NASA's James Webb Space Telecope - see here: http://www.jwst.nasa.gov/. None of these three missions will provide a direct replacement for Hubble because they work in the infrared or microwave regions. All the more essential, therefore, that the Hubble repairs go well and credit to Sky News for showing the live launch. |
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It's a shame the media have pretty much ignored the spacewalks, but I suppose like always they are waiting for something to go wrong. Nothing at all on the 24HR news channels.
Absolutely amazing right now on NASA TV while repairing the ACS camera. |
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Off to find Nasa tv, like find to out how Hubble is getting along.
P.S. does anyone remember Skylab? |
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Off to find Nasa tv, like find to out how Hubble is getting along.
P.S. does anyone remember Skylab? |
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Off to find Nasa tv, like find to out how Hubble is getting along.
P.S. does anyone remember Skylab? |
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I do, it's sorta been lost in history hasn't it. Pete Conrad said his skylab mission was more of an acheivement than his time on the moon.
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Things have gone very well n this spacewalk
1951 GMT (3:51 p.m. EDT) Functional testing of the new Cosmic Origins Spectrograph is beginning. The instrument passed initial aliveness testing earlier today. The repaired Advanced Camera for Surveys has gotten good results from its aliveness test, too. A later functional test will show how well the repair efforts have worked. Astronauts now back in the airlock. |
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Anyone got a quick reference to what gaetanomorano was saying about this flight?
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http://www.dailymotion.com/user/ulst...space-pro_tech
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All of the main upgrades and repairs appear to have been completed !!
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Installing the new outer blankets now.
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http://www.spaceflightnow.com/shuttl...25/status.html
1258 GMT (8:58 a.m. EDT) Astronomy's iconic orbital observatory -- the Hubble Space Telescope -- has been deployed by the space shuttle Atlantis astronauts after a dramatic five-spacewalk servicing that should allow the spacecraft to continue probing the mysteries of the Universe for several more years. This fifth and final shuttle flight to overhaul Hubble installed two new science instruments, performed ambitious repairs on two broken instruments, replaced the observatory's 19-year-old battery packs, refurbished the pointing and control system with an upgraded guidance sensor and six fresh gyroscopes, changed out the partially failed science instrument command and data handling unit, mounted a capture mechanism on the craft for future use and added thermal shielding on equipment bay doors. All in all, every single task planned for the Atlantis mission was successfully achieved. |
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1258 GMT (8:58 a.m. EDT) Astronomy's iconic orbital observatory -- the Hubble Space Telescope -- has been deployed by the space shuttle Atlantis astronauts after a dramatic five-spacewalk servicing that should allow the spacecraft to continue probing the mysteries of the Universe for several more years. This fifth and final shuttle flight to overhaul Hubble installed two new science instruments, performed ambitious repairs on two broken instruments, replaced the observatory's 19-year-old battery packs, refurbished the pointing and control system with an upgraded guidance sensor and six fresh gyroscopes, changed out the partially failed science instrument command and data handling unit, mounted a capture mechanism on the craft for future use and added thermal shielding on equipment bay doors. All in all, every single task planned for the Atlantis mission was successfully achieved. |
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They've done a great job haven't they.
Ironically some of the tasks they thought would have been difficult went without any problem at all - such as removing the 110 screws to access the STIS instrument. |
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So an amazing success then!
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When are they expected home?
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When are they expected home?
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