Last Shuttle Launch @3:47EST

Gord.T

Gord.T

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Launch Day Countdown Highlights (All Times Eastern)

6:15 a.m. NASA TV: External Tank Fueling Coverage Begins
6:22 a.m. Countdown resumes at the T-6 hour mark
6:30 a.m. Crew breakfast
7 a.m. Crew final medical exams
7:07 a.m. Liquid Hydrogen Low Level Cutoff sensors go "wet"
7:22 a.m. Liquid Hydrogen "fast fill" begins
8:37 a.m. LH2 "topping" begins
9:22 a.m. Countdown enters a 2-hour hold at the T-3 hour mark
10:30 a.m. Launch Coverage Begins on NASA TV and the Launch Blog
11:17 a.m. Astronauts receive a weather briefing from the Ascent Team
11:27 a.m. Astronauts suit up for launch
11:52 a.m. Countdown resumes at the T-3 hour mark
11:57 a.m. Crew departs for Launch Pad 39A
12:27 p.m. The astronauts begin to board Endeavour
1:47 p.m. Endeavour's hatch is closed and latched for launch
2:32 p.m. Countdown enters a 10-minute built-in hold at the T-20 minute mark
2:42 p.m. Countdown resumes at the T-20 minute mark
2:53 p.m. Countdown enters a ~45-minute built-in hold at the T-9 minute mark
2:53 p.m. MMT conducts final poll "go-no go" for the launch
3:38:55 p.m. Countdown resumes at the T-9 minute mark
3:47:55 p.m. Launch of Endeavour on the STS-134 Mission
3:56:22 p.m. Main Engine Cut-Off (MECO)

 
Darn it.
They found 2 failed APU heaters and have scrubbed the mission for at least 48 hours.


Never mind.
 
Hey Gord-
It was the last launch of the shuttle Endeavour- the very last shuttle launch is Atlantis in July.

I went to both the scrubbed launch (d'oh!) and Endeavour's last launch.
Here's a vid of the launch I shot with the AF100 (and HPX170 on the WS) from 6 miles away on the NASA Causeway... hope you enjoy.

 
From May 1992 to June 2011, the shuttle Endeavour made 25 space flights, spent more than 299 days in space, made 4671 revolutions around the Earth, and flew a total of 198 million km. When the shuttle accomplished its last mission it was decided to be exhibited at the California Science Center in Los Angeles.
 
Hey Jphn. Wow. You found this post from 2011. I'm flattered. Good times. Thank-you. :) hehe
 
Strange all ten posts of his posts have been about Space.... bumping up old threads! Weird weird thing to come to a camera forum to do. (is this a bot?)
 
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