Africam - STS-123 - Comments

Yee-haw Chuck!!!

donnabac — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 17:42:15 -0700

Yee-haw Chuck!!!

thanks been trying to post

kru-kab bowser b.c. — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 16:47:36 -0700

thanks been trying to post for half hour good luck

to them

Go for the burn. Good burn,

Chuck C — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 16:31:00 -0700

Go for the burn.

Good burn, Eneavour is headed home.

Looking like either 1 orbit

Chuck C — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 15:23:45 -0700

Looking like either 1 orbit late or tomorrow.

Have sent the link to many

Chuck C — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 15:13:36 -0700

Have sent the link to many folks.

Don't know if you posted it,

Tourneyman1 — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 14:36:57 -0700

Don't know if you posted it, but NASA has a tv webpage that you can also watch the events as they broadcast it. Might as well add another cam to be watching along with africam's two cams lol.

http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/index.html

There is multiple ways you can view it from NASA

Waved off for one orbit.

Chuck C — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 14:31:06 -0700

Waved off for one orbit.

APU pre-start. OMS prep in

Chuck C — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 14:28:01 -0700

APU pre-start.

OMS prep in work.

Both ends of the SLF are

Chuck C — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 13:55:43 -0700

Both ends of the SLF are available, 15 is still prefered.

Brent Jett is in the STA

Chuck C — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 13:22:03 -0700

Brent Jett is in the STA doing approaches on both ends of the SLF. 15 is still the prefered end.

KSC weather4500 broken6000

Chuck C — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 13:02:42 -0700

KSC weather

4500 broken
6000 scattered
Visibility <10 miles
wind 150 at 11 kts

First views from the top of

Chuck C — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 12:49:58 -0700

First views from the top of the VAB are great.

Payload bay doors closed and

Chuck C — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 12:26:26 -0700

Payload bay doors closed and latched. Go for OPS 3 (entry and landing software)

Go for payload bay door

Chuck C — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 12:14:57 -0700

Go for payload bay door closing.

Just under 3 hours to the

Chuck C — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 11:47:44 -0700

Just under 3 hours to the de-orbit burn. The crew has been given a go to don suits and begin fluid loading.

STS-123

Chuck C — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 14:32:37 -0700

For those interested, I'll post updates for mission STS-123 of Endavour here.

Fueling of the external tank has started. According to the timeline, the crew should be awake and going for breakfast about now.