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Feb 8^th, 2010 at 3:10pm

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STS-130 launched safely this morning:

http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/main/index.html

Should be an interesting mission with the Cupola.

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Reply #1 - Feb 8^th, 2010 at 4:21pm

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How many missions for the Space Shuttle program are there left?
I guess it'll be a quiet time for manned space programs for a few years after that.

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Reply #2 - Feb 8^th, 2010 at 4:23pm

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I live in New Smyrna Beach (some 30 miles away) and saw her go off. There's a bridge that has a great view of it. It was amazing. After Endeavor made it pretty high and she discharged the SRB's, you could hear the sonic boom. It rattled my teeth, and my mom (who didn't want to see her go off) said our whole house was shaking.
Awe inspiring is what it was.

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Reply #3 - Feb 8^th, 2010 at 5:06pm

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Rich H wrote on Feb 8^th, 2010 at 4:21pm:

How many missions for the Space Shuttle program are there left?
I guess it'll be a quiet time for manned space programs for a few years after that.

Only 3 missions left. The Space Shuttle Program ends sometime in September I think. Cry

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Reply #4 - Feb 8^th, 2010 at 5:55pm

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4 left actually:

http://www.nasa.gov/missions/highlights/schedule.html

This has never been moved here before. Cheesy

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Reply #5 - Feb 8^th, 2010 at 5:59pm

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Well lets hope the Chinese and Indians get something interesting!

Iran seems to be getting somewhere with some sort of manned programme. Grin

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/8495181.stm

Even if turtles, rats and worms are the first there, but hey, America and the USSR did that too.

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Reply #6 - Feb 10^th, 2010 at 4:31pm

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Endeavour docked to the ISS this morning:

http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/main/index.html

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Reply #7 - Feb 17^th, 2010 at 2:07pm

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The view out the Cupola looks like the Millenium Falcon's windows:

http://www.nasa.gov/images/content/403499main_iss022e066972_425x365.jpg

http://www.theforce.net/swtc/Pix/dvd/ep5/escape12.jpg

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Reply #8 - Feb 21^st, 2010 at 4:19pm

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Endeavour is set to land tongight at 10:20pm EST, don't know if the weather will be ready for it:

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The crew of space shuttle Endeavour awoke at 2:14 p.m. EST to “The Marines' Hymn," played for Commander George Zamka (Col., USMC).

Weather permitting, Endeavour is scheduled to land at Kennedy Space Center's shuttle landing facility at 10:20 p.m. EST. The STS-130 entry team led by Flight Director Norm Knight will be on console in Mission Control at 3:30 p.m. to prepare for deorbit and landing.

The latest Kennedy forecast calls for a chance of showers within 30 nautical miles of the shuttle landing facility and a cloud ceiling at 6,000 feet, both violations of landing rules. The forecast for Edwards Air Force Base in California also contains violations for showers within 30 nautical miles of the runway and cloud ceilings at 3,000 and 6,000 feet. The National Weather Service Spaceflight Meteorology Group at Johnson Space Center will provide Knight and his team with continuous updated forecasts and real-time observations to aid in a "go-no go" decision for the deorbit burn.

http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/sts130/news/landing.ht...

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