STS-124 Launch Coverage

[uri_ba]

engine gimbled to launch position

[Moonwalker]

1 minute 30 seconds!

[KRHart]

Good luck and Godspeed Discovery!

[uri_ba]

Lift off..
godspeed.

[Admin]

LIFTOFF! Best of luck STS-124 Discovery - have a safe and successful mission in Space and a safe return to Earth!

/Admin

[Moonwalker]

That was a perfect show!

[uri_ba]

MECO!
what a rush!

[Moonwalker]

They are in orbit. Everything worked well. The people at NASA are just great.

[KRHart]

Hope they didn't forget their lunchboxes..

Sweet launch!

[marvx]

Failure of secondary electrical system of gimbal oms left

primary one lookin great

Good luck Discovery

/Marvx

[Steven]

There was a big piece of foam.. I'm not too sure if it struck the Shuttle or not.  Will keep my eyes peeled.

[marvx]

Inspection will clear that issue

[Moonwalker]

There was a big piece of foam.. I'm not too sure if it struck the Shuttle or not.  Will keep my eyes peeled.

I noticed that too. It was a pretty big peace and I'm rather sure it hit the HRSI tiles underneath the Shuttle. But it was late into the flight, at an altitude where the atmosphere is rather thin already. I think the speed of the piece of foam wasn't high enough to cause any big damage. My money is on 99,9% that there is no damage

They'll have a look at it anyway...

[Moonwalker]

They are talking about the foam loss in the conference at the moment. They say it was late into the flight and it probably is not a big issue. I think I'll safe my money

[Steven]

Yep, I posted a small video on NASASpaceFlight that shows the incident and slowed down.

Never hit the Shuttle.