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DesiBaba
August 8th, 2005, 11:31 AM
i juz hope and pray these guyz land home safely boss..
as we all kno the last one was a disater and this 1 would've been a repeat had they not done the spacewalk to remove them b1tchass foam pieces..

even befo they were gonna take off i was lyke God not anotha one..and it happened..the very next day they delayed the take off coz of some fuel gauge prob :rolleyes:

may the force be wit them :up: :(


Discovery landing delayed
New Florida arrival set for 5:07 a.m. ET Tuesday
By Thom Patterson
CNN

Discovery to return home Tuesday morning (1:32)

NASA delays Discovery landing (5:48)

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Florida (CNN) -- "Unstable" weather conditions prompted NASA to scrub Discovery's scheduled landing Monday, the first space shuttle landing attempt since the Columbia disaster.

The next opportunity is scheduled for Tuesday at 5:07 a.m. ET at the Florida landing site.

"We just can't get comfortable with the stability of the situation for this particular opportunity. So we're going to officially wave you off for 24 hours," Ken Ham at Mission Control told the shuttle.

"OK, Houston we copy that. We'll be a wave off for today," responded shuttle Commander Eileen Collins.

The cloud cover, although within NASA's safety limits for landing, was enough to make mission controllers uncomfortable about attempting a Monday touchdown in Florida.


http://www.cnn.com/2005/TECH/space/08/08/space.shuttle/index.html

DesiBaba
August 9th, 2005, 08:20 AM
Florida or Cali..didnt matter as long as they landed safely :up:

Discovery swooped through the darkness of the Mojave Desert and landed on the Edwards Air Force Base runway at 5:11 a.m. PDT, well before sunrise. It marked the conclusion of the first shuttle re-entry since Columbia's tragic return.

The detour to California came after thunderstorms in Cape Canaveral, Fla., prevented the shuttle from returning to its home base.

padhu
August 9th, 2005, 08:31 AM
Watched the total re-entry live on yahoo from 7 am EST. Couldnt resist clapping my hands when they finally did a touchdown. I am glad that nothing went wrong with the shuttle during re-entry. Great job NASA. :up: :up:

DesiBaba
August 9th, 2005, 11:21 AM
Watched the total re-entry live on yahoo from 7 am EST. Couldnt resist clapping my hands when they finally did a touchdown. I am glad that nothing went wrong with the shuttle during re-entry. Great job NASA. :up: :up:
yaar jahan audio video ki baat aati hai, tu sabsay pehlay pahunch jaata hai bawa :D

padhu
August 9th, 2005, 11:23 AM
yaar jahan audio video ki baat aati hai, tu sabsay pehlay pahunch jaata hai bawa :D


hehehe, once I move to my new home, you guys come on over and I will show you my new audio/video toys. :D :D :D

UMA
August 9th, 2005, 06:05 PM
watched it live on TV this morning. :up:

dhurandhar
August 9th, 2005, 09:05 PM
watched it live on TV this morning. :up:

big deal...watched it land using binoculars from hilltop rocket engine testing cell at Edwards AFB:D:D

Charchila
August 10th, 2005, 10:18 AM
big deal...watched it land using binoculars from hilltop rocket engine testing cell at Edwards AFB:D:D
Really omnipresent :p