STS-130

[Moonwalker]

And that was a great final night launch of the Shuttle program.

[Moonwalker]

And we have MECO & ET separation.

[Admin]

Yes! One final and impressive liftoff!

GODSPEED ENDEAVOUR!

/Admin

[Moonwalker]

OMS 2 successful. Post insertion timeline begins. That'll be a great mission!

[desktopsimmer]

Darn it! Missed the launch ... Oh well watch the replays later, Good Luck Endeavour

[Moonwalker]

Darn it! Missed the launch ... Oh well watch the replays later, Good Luck Endeavour

I've uploaded the final moments and launch until SRP separation:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_rYGIrPkiM

[desktopsimmer]

Thanks

[Moonwalker]

Thanks

That was my first Shuttle launch record ever. I thought I have to record it this time because it's a historical mission and probably the last Shuttle night launch within my lifetime

[Moonwalker]

And with Mike Massimino, alias "Astro Mike", serving as a CAPCOM guy for STS-130 (the guy with the yellow necktie), the crew enters its first sleep period. Although they won't hear us, I wish the crew a nice first "night" in space. Wake up call should take place tonight at 00:15 a.m. CET / 06:15 p.m. EST / or simply at 14 hours into the mission.



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_J._Massimino

[neosonic2k]

It was updating hell on Twitter, but it was a great launch. They're waking up in 3 hours 50 minutes for flight day 2.

[bradleyjs]

Who saw it launch "Live" early this morning (Eastern Time) ??

I got up with 7 mins to spare and watched it from my front yard.. Boy, was I tired when I went to work today.. such sacrifices... :-))

[Moonwalker]

Whilst the crew is going to be awakened, we get a nice view of the Tranquility module sitting in Endeavours payload bay, waiting for its attachment.

[Moonwalker]

Flight Day 2 has begun.

Introduced by CAPCOM Shannon Lucid, the crew got awakened with the song Give Me Your Eyes by Brandon Heath, for crew member Terry Virts.



Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ubLobZqp80w

Flight day two will include, among other things: two NC rendezvous firings and an OBSS nose cap survey.

PS: In case you can not view this or any other video due to content that is not available in your country, as it is the case for me, just enter the video link into this page -> http://youtubeproxy.org/

We do not let restrict our freedom to watch "publicly" availabe stuff, don't we?

[spaceboy7441]

Who saw it launch "Live" early this morning (Eastern Time) ??

I got up with 7 mins to spare and watched it from my front yard.. Boy, was I tired when I went to work today.. such sacrifices... :-))

I went to school today with 2 hours of sleep last night and had track after school!

[Moonwalker]

And again CAPCOM Shannon Lucid this time introduces the flight day 3 wakeup call for commander George Zamka. Nice view into the forward part of the payload by and the ODS with its extended ring ready for ISS rendezvous and docking.



I've recorded the wakeup call once again:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Frz22cyymy8

Today Endeavour will dock with the International Space Station at 12:06 a.m. EST / 06:06 a.m. CET / or at 1 day, 19 hours and 52 minutes into the mission. Hatch opening is scheduled for 01:19 a.m. EST / 07:19 a.m. CET / or at 1 day, 21 hours and 5 minutes into the mission.

Have fun today everybody. Don't forget to use the high bitrate stream for better quality: http://playlist.yahoo.com/makeplaylist.dll?id=1368163