Latest pictures from Hubble, Simply Amazing
#12
01-30-2013, 08:15 AM
LoL `David,
I get lost in my own `space
Wish you & readers a Happy Day in your space 
LoL `Lou (Taz), I don't even have a camera (lol) I need to get one 4-Sure
Last edited by Space; 01-30-2013 at 08:18 AM.
#13
01-30-2013, 08:35 AM
I will be watching it 2night if weather permits from the warehouse parking lot
Atlas V ready for first launch of 2013 tonight
(PHOTO/Pat Corkery, United Launch Alliance) An Atlas V rocket carrying NASA’s TDRS-K communication satellite rolls out to the launch pad at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.
By Jerry Hume, Brevard County Reporter
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ATLAS V LAUNCH
- Launch window: 8:48–9:28 p.m.
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CAPE CANAVERAL --
An Atlas V rocket is set to take off Wednesday night in the first launch of the new year from the Space Coast.
That, of course, is if the weather holds up during the launch window, which runs from 8:48 to 9:28 p.m.
That, of course, is if the weather holds up during the launch window, which runs from 8:48 to 9:28 p.m.
- We will air the Space Coast's first launch of 2013 LIVE when it happens.
NASA said there is a 60 percent chance of favorable weather at launch time. Ground winds and low, scattered clouds are two concerns, but NASA and the United Launch Alliance said they are still hoping to launch Wednesday night.
On board the Atlas V rocket is NASA's new Tracking and Data Relay Satellite, TDRS-K, the first of three new satellites that will replace older satellites currently in orbit.
If Wednesday's launch is scrubbed, the launch would be pushed back 24 hours. But Thursday night's chances of favorable weather during the same launch window are only 40 percent.
If Wednesday's launch is scrubbed, the launch would be pushed back 24 hours. But Thursday night's chances of favorable weather during the same launch window are only 40 percent.
NASA showed a sneak peek of the new satellite a few weeks ago at Astrotech, in Titusville.
The satellite is key to NASA communicating with astronauts in space and aboard the International Space Station. It's just one in a series of satellites that allow the space station, as well as the Hubble telescope and even other satellites, to relay data, video and images back to Earth.
TDRS-K will orbit 22,300 miles above the Earth, positioned roughly over Hawaii.
Ahead of the Atlas V launch, NASA is also expected to give an update on the progress so far on the Orion spacecraft, which is being prepared for its first test launch next year.
Orion will be unmanned during that test flight, but NASA is betting on the spacecraft to eventually carry humans deeper into space, to places like the moon, Mars or even an asteroid.
The satellite is key to NASA communicating with astronauts in space and aboard the International Space Station. It's just one in a series of satellites that allow the space station, as well as the Hubble telescope and even other satellites, to relay data, video and images back to Earth.
TDRS-K will orbit 22,300 miles above the Earth, positioned roughly over Hawaii.
Ahead of the Atlas V launch, NASA is also expected to give an update on the progress so far on the Orion spacecraft, which is being prepared for its first test launch next year.
Orion will be unmanned during that test flight, but NASA is betting on the spacecraft to eventually carry humans deeper into space, to places like the moon, Mars or even an asteroid.
#14
01-30-2013, 09:49 AM
WOW, sure is amazing what takes place up above. Glad we have the technology to be able to see such beauty.
#16
01-30-2013, 10:31 AM
3-2-1 BLAST `OFF (WoW)
I wonder `if I could still log on2 the MCF 
from `Space 
*Note*
- NASA will air the Space Coast's first launch of 2013 LIVE when it happens on NASA.com. (If the weather permits)
- http://www.nasa.gov/ < Click
Check the beow vid (prior launch, but SuperSuper Vid below
Published on Dec 11, 2012
A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket blasts off from Space Launch Complex-41 with the U.S. Air Force's third Orbital Test Vehicle (OTV-3). This launch marks the 10th and last ULA launch this year, the 55th Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle (EELV) mission, and the 66th launch since ULA was formed nearly six years ago. The OTV, also known as the X-37B, supports space experimentation, risk reduction, and concept of operations development for long duration and reusable space vehicle technologies.
Last edited by Space; 01-30-2013 at 10:34 AM.
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