Live NASA TV Video & Countdown Clock

[Duppers]

http://countdown.ksc.nasa.gov/shuttle/countdown/cdt/

http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/index.html

This is expected to be the last shuttle launch in darkness.

Only four flights remain.





edited to add additional link.

[Lochloosa]

1. Launch at 6:21 AM. Not long till GO.

[Lochloosa]

2. 8:00 Mins.

[Duppers]

3. all systems are go....I wish I were there to watch.

only a few more chances to watch irl.

[Duppers]

4. Wow!

I'm watching as I type.

I've watched these missions for so many yrs.---all the successes and the failures and they're still emotional for me.

[lamp_shade]

5. I'm in tampa and can see a strange cloud formation over in that direction.

It's the only cloud in the sky. It's kind of zig-zaggy/spirally - like a slinky stretched out. The bottom section is black, middle is white, and I watched as the round cloud at the top turned bright pink.

[Xipe Totec]

6. I recognize that picture!

That's STS-1; the maiden flight of the Columbia.

Recognizable because it is the only launch where the external tank is painted white.

[RT Atlanta]

8. STS 2 had a white ET as well

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/STS-2

STS-2 was the last shuttle flight to have its External Tank painted white. In an effort to reduce the Shuttle's overall weight STS-3 and all subsequent missions used an unpainted tank, saving approximately 272 kg / 600 pounds.<5> This lack of paint gives the ET its distinctive orange color now synonymous with the Space Shuttle.

[Xipe Totec]

9. I stand corrected n/t

[RT Atlanta]

10. No one remembers 2nd place

:)

Cheers!

[Xipe Totec]

11. Sadly, not even me

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=105&topic_id=7178282&mesg_id=7192983

[Xipe Totec]

7. self delete

It was stock footage, never mind.