Author Topic: Discovery Returns To Earth (Read 848 times)

RAIDER14 · « **on:** July 17, 2006, 02:27:42 AM »

Discovery is set to Return today
STS-121

FUNKED1 · « **Reply #1 on:** July 17, 2006, 03:12:18 AM »

*puts on helmet*

RAIDER14 · « **Reply #2 on:** July 17, 2006, 03:29:58 AM »

The STS-121 Crew

Pooh21 · « **Reply #3 on:** July 17, 2006, 03:37:13 AM »

the chicks are cute

eagl · « **Reply #4 on:** July 17, 2006, 04:28:29 AM »

They even call themselves the "chicks" on the crew. That's double cool, but then again if they were twitchy about that sort of thing they probably wouldn't have gotten as far as they have.

It's cool working with women who don't mind being called "chicks" any more than the guys mind being called "dudes" or whatever.

rpm · « **Reply #5 on:** July 17, 2006, 04:41:20 AM »

I wonder how long till the first orbital docking maneuver?

RAIDER14 · « **Reply #6 on:** July 17, 2006, 05:07:39 AM »

I think there on there way to florida already watch NASA Tv

deSelys · « **Reply #7 on:** July 17, 2006, 05:13:44 AM »

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Originally posted by rpm
I wonder how long till the first orbital docking maneuver?

My bet that it has already happened...

RAIDER14 · « **Reply #8 on:** July 17, 2006, 06:57:46 AM »

"go for deorbit burn"

Eagler · « **Reply #9 on:** July 17, 2006, 07:16:25 AM »

I'll be outside in about 45 minutes, listening for the boom

RAIDER14 · « **Reply #10 on:** July 17, 2006, 07:22:56 AM »

NASA TV

watch NASA TV for live coverage of the shuttle landing operations

eagl · « **Reply #11 on:** July 17, 2006, 07:28:59 AM »

From the map on NASA tv, it's only going to cross southern FL... No cross-US flight this time.

When the Columbia came apart, it showed up on TX weather radar for about half an hour

RAIDER14 · « **Reply #12 on:** July 17, 2006, 07:32:43 AM »

I was outside watching columbia that morning thought it might have been chase planes at first but then I figured it out I bet some redneck still has a piece of that shuttle

Mini D · « **Reply #13 on:** July 17, 2006, 07:38:26 AM »

Eagl... I think that was the launch that was mapped. It should be coming in on the same aproach it did previously.

eagl · « **Reply #14 on:** July 17, 2006, 07:41:33 AM »

NASA tv still shows an approach from the southwest of Florida...

http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/sts121/mission_docs/landing.html