Endeavor - Last Shuttle Launch

[Channel Hopper]

Now confirmed to be due off to the International Space station this Sunday at just before 1pm (8.56 EDT).

_http://eng.ntsomz.ru/news/news_cosmos/news10052011

 

[Channel Hopper]

Rescheduled for 1.56 pm UK time.

 

[Channel Hopper]

NASA live stream up and running.

_http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/ustream.html

though lift off is now set for 29 minutes time, must be GMT time above.

The number of online viewers has jumped from 13000 to 16000 in the last five minutes.

 

[Lazarus]

16001 now, thankyou CH :-thumb1

 

[Llew]

Thanks. Ready for go.

 

[Lazarus]

Bit of a wait.

34 minutes more on hold, then T-9mins.

 

[Channel Hopper]

I do believe the Americans are spelling Endeavour correctly

_http://www3.telus.net/linguisticsissues/BritishCanadianAmerican.htm

 

[Lazarus]

From their point of view ..............................

My own judgement is colored (sic) by an accident of birth!

 

[Lazarus]

Lots of interesting bird life to see, flitting back and forth across the otherwise uninteresting image!

 

[Channel Hopper]

Lots of interesting bird life to see, flitting back and forth across the otherwise uninteresting image!

Babewatch doesn't normally start until 10pm.

 

[Lazarus]

Over 76000 viewers no.

6 minutes to go ..................

 

[Channel Hopper]

And a 'by the book' launch.

 

[Lazarus]

Terrific ................ the HD Stream just about stays stable on my less than 1Mbps connection.

 

[Analoguesat]

A lovely launch - I remembered the coverage 5 minutes before lift off and had the NASA HD stream on the work computer .

 

[Channel Hopper]

Only Atlantis left now, STS-135, probably in the third or last week of July.