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Aug 7th, 2005 at 11:02pm

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Those who care are probably still following this, but thought I might mention it here...
Some damage was noted, but no show-stoppers. I'd guess that if this inspection had been done on all flights, the same sort of damage would have been noted in many cases. Some things were repaired; some were left alone.
  So now they just have to make a normal re-entry and landing. I think Collins will do just fine- she doesn't seem the type to worry unnecesarily.
I might just try to wake up to watch this landing live- don't know if we'll see another anutime soon.
 
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Reply #1 - Aug 7th, 2005 at 11:19pm

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Yah, that's awful painful to wake up in the morning to see this, but I'm still interested. 

I agree with ya... I think there's a lot of things they're finding now that have probably been there all along. 

I wonder if they're flying in the dark on purpose to see anything as it reenters.
 
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Reply #2 - Aug 8th, 2005 at 5:34am

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Well! I got up REAL early to watch it both on tv and nasa tv and now the weather is too bad their to land this morning so they post poned until tomorrow....  Sad
 
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Reply #3 - Aug 8th, 2005 at 6:36am

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Well, now I don't feel so bad that I slept through the planned landing time...  Grin
 
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Reply #4 - Aug 8th, 2005 at 11:25am

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Here's a quote from an article on MSNBC about possible landing times and places.

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NASA will open up its backup landing sites at Edwards Air Force Base in California and at the White Sands Space Harbor in New Mexico for Tuesday's opportunities. The potential landing times (all Eastern) are 5:07 a.m. and 6:43 a.m. at Kennedy, 8:12 a.m. and 9:47 a.m. at Edwards, and 6:39 a.m. and 8:13 a.m. at White Sands.
 
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Reply #5 - Aug 8th, 2005 at 1:09pm

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Wait... why's it coming back so soon?  Was this planned? Sorry, haven't been up to date on the shuttle... Embarrassed
 
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Reply #6 - Aug 8th, 2005 at 1:14pm

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It was only a short mission to test out the shuttle, add to the ISS and remove their rubbish. carry out a few experiments.
 
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Reply #7 - Aug 8th, 2005 at 1:16pm

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It was only a short mission to test out the shuttle, add to the ISS and remove their rubbish. carry out a few experiments.

That would explain it, thanks Craig.  Now go utside and get some sun. Grin
 
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Reply #8 - Aug 8th, 2005 at 1:18pm

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Sunlight, arrrrrggghhhhh nooooooo Grin Richie can better explain its mission, but it was definatly not intended to be longer.
 
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Reply #9 - Aug 9th, 2005 at 12:02am

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It was only a short mission to test out the shuttle, add to the ISS and remove their rubbish. carry out a few experiments.

Actually, it was a rather long mission-it was planned at about 13.5 days which is pretty long.  The longest Space Shuttle mission in history was 18 days.  The shuttle was designed for a maximum of 28 days in orbit but has never been pushed that long.  Its a short term vehicle, the space station was built for long duration flights.  

This mission was to test new repair techniques and deliever much needed supplies to ISS.  The mission was actually extended 1 day about a week ago to help with the transfer of supplies to ISS and garbage to the shuttle.  It has now been extended another day due to weather at the landing site.  The clouds were actually within mission rules but with the new landing trajectory they are using (which goes mostly over the ocean-unlike before) they wanted extra clear weather.  They are using the extra day to hope that the weather will improve in Florida and to prepare the secondary landing sites at Edwards AFB and White Sands, NM if needed.  According to NASA, the shuttle will land tomorrow-it just depends on where.
 
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Reply #10 - Aug 9th, 2005 at 10:09am

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Discovery landed safely early today at Edwards AFB in California.
 
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Reply #11 - Aug 9th, 2005 at 12:22pm

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The descent is amazing... listening to them calling out the alts. was pretty amazing. Shocked 

"Shuttle's at 7,000 feet" .... a few seconds later... "The shuttle's at 5,000 feet".... a few seconds later... " The shuttle's at 3,000 feet".   Thing comes in like a lawn dart. 

Glad to see things are back on track.  Great job.
 
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Reply #12 - Aug 9th, 2005 at 5:21pm

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Discovery landed safely early today at Edwards AFB in California.


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Reply #13 - Aug 10th, 2005 at 3:00pm

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*phew* The old girl did it again! Smiley

Still dun understand why they landed it so early.  If I was flying that monster, I'd want a little daylight!
 
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Reply #14 - Aug 10th, 2005 at 8:56pm

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Still dun understand why they landed it so early.  If I was flying that monster, I'd want a little daylight!

I'm not sure why they chose to land so earily, it probably had something to do with the trajectory of the orbit (remember, they landed 2 days late so maybe originally they would have landed later).  But, landing in the dark is not a big concern.  They have landed in the middle of the night with no problem-most of the approach is automated and they have all kinds of radar and such.  So, its not a concern-they've been having night landings since 1983.
 
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