STS-117 Shuttle Launch : June 9, 9:38 AM AEST

[Dennis]

Those are excellent photos Paul; great captures of the ISS and Atlantis - well done and thanks for posting the results.

Cheers

Dennis

[StarLane]

Originally Posted by Dennis

Those are excellent photos Paul; great captures of the ISS and Atlantis - well done and thanks for posting the results.

Cheers

Dennis

Thanks Dennis, much appreciated.

Paul.

[matt]

Just heard the return has been delayed by a day, due to bad weather

[StarLane]

Originally Posted by matt

Just heard the return has been delayed by a day, due to bad weather

Yeah, it's been a troublesome mission.

The ISS computers failed last week. Among other things, the four computers run the life support systems for the astronauts using power from the solar panels to run systems that produce oxygen.
They bypassed power from other systems to enable two computers to start up again. I guess they are all working again now.

They also had a problem with the insulation foam on Atlantis that needed to be repaired. This extended the mission also.

Just heard that Atlantis has only a day of on board power left. They really need to come home but the weather is not helping the situation.

What a stressful job an astronaut has.

[erick (Eric)]

Originally Posted by StarLane

What a stressful job an astronaut has.

I suspect they are paid commensurate to the risk. And it's 7 days on, two years off, isn't it, approximately??

But I agree - It's some job they do! Just read about cosmic rays causing flashes inside their eyeballs! Only Buzz and Neil, who weren't going to fly again, admitted to them - the rest thought they'd be grounded on a medical condition. By Apollo 16, it was a true experiment - close your eyes and see if you see flashes!