Shuttle launch scheduled for late afternoon/early evening today

[erick (Eric)]

Zoom Zoom!!!

[jjjnettie (Jeanette)]

Another screen shot.

[supernova1965 (Warren)]

NICE I liked when they showed the ISS pass before the launch

[Liz]

Now in orbit!!

[jjjnettie (Jeanette)]

sigh.....
wouldn't it be awesome to be up there with them.

[kustard (Simon)]

Originally Posted by supernova1965

NICE I liked when they showed the ISS pass before the launch

Yeah, that was pretty cool

[Liz]

Originally Posted by jjjnettie

sigh.....
wouldn't it be awesome to be up there with them.

We can dream!! Would be awesome though.

[Ritchie-l (Ritchie)]

totally cool.

[MikeyB (Michael)]

Wooo Hooo, indeed!!! I never tire of that sight! (No probs with NASA TV for me).

[kinetic (Steve)]

It's a beautiful thing....the camera angles are getting fantastic.
It's a pity it is all coming to an end.
The MECO call and main tank separation still stir me up. It's the kid in me.

[spacezebra (Petra)]

What a cool launch!!!!

Cheers Petra d.

[astroron (Ron)]

NICE I liked when they showed the ISS pass before the launch

Watching that just shows how those UFO buffs make the object dance about the sky
It was the best one I have ever watched
as I have always had problems with receiving a decent picture, due to low reception

[jjjnettie (Jeanette)]

Remember IIS Member Rowena?
She went to a launch for her 30th.

[AdrianF (Adrian)]

I could get to either Spacevidcast or NASA TV Must have had an overload on their ends, maybe?

Adrian

[M54 (Molly)]

That was soooo good!

First time I've seen it like that. Last launch I had to be somewhere just before liftoff.

This modern age of computers is good for a few things.

Thanks for the alert.

[richardda1st (Richard)]

Thanks for the heads up.
That was spectacular.

[M54 (Molly)]

By the way.
Did anyone else have a problem with the audio echoing?
Was a bit hard to follow what they were saying.

[erick (Eric)]

Errrr? What are they going to do - just sightseeing? I guess headed for the ISS.

[Chillie (Henry)]

That was the worst launch I've seen! I had 4 Tabs open in Google Chrome from NASA. The picture kept buffering so I was missing some of the picture and audio. With about 2 minutes to go I switched over to Firefox and not much better. I had some audio but the picture was not much better. I even configured my email program so it would not check for new email.

Even now, the picture is frozen. Must be a busy time on the internet. I hope the next launch is late when most people are in bed.

I'm glad some of you enjoyed the launch.

[Liz]

Yes, i had trouble a couple of times, but mostly OK - they were saying that the servers were VERY overloaded.