Overflow's Great Thread of NASA Knowledge

[FenwickHockey65]

Originally Posted by Overflow

Well look at you reporting.

I learned it from the best.

[Redemption]

Originally Posted by Overflow

I'll guess I'll have to wait for SLS.



Another person will get to see the flyover! Gracie will be able to see it too!

Please please PLEASE take pictures and post them here!



Well look at you reporting.

I am hoping to get a timeframe, then I can go on the roof at work for a clear view. I can almost see Moffet field from y work. Only 3 miles as the crow flys....

[Overflow]

Originally Posted by Redemption

I am hoping to get a timeframe, then I can go on the roof at work for a clear view. I can almost see Moffet field from y work. Only 3 miles as the crow flys....

I believe you can find a press release that has all the information about when the duo will be where. Gracie had one sent to her.

[Overflow]

Originally Posted by FenwickHockey65

I learned it from the best.

Get ready to see the huge shuttle news report I'm working on.

[Overflow]

Well today was a big day for Space Shuttle Endeavour, the final space shuttle built and veteran of 25 spaceflights. This morning at 5 am EDT, Endeavour began her final move out of the Vehicle Assembly Building to the Shuttle Landing Facility.

At 7:20 am, Endeavour reached the Mate-Demate Device. The MDD is the lifting structure that NASA uses to place/remove an orbiter from the top of a SCA.

At 9:30 am, ground crews dropped the yellow sling that will be used to hoist Endeavour as high as 60 feet off the ground.

At 10:00 am, the front of Endeavour was hooked up to the sling, and her front wheels were hoisted off the ground.

By 10:20 am, Endeavour was completely hooked up and began being hoisted 60 feet in the air. That was the final time Space Shuttle Endeavour's landing gear will ever touch Kennedy Space Center property.

At 10:59 am, Space Shuttle Endeavour's landing gear was retracted.

By 11:45 am, Endeavour was 60 feet in the air.

At 12:50 pm, the SCA was towed under Endeavour.

At 3:00 pm, soft-mate was achieved. That concludes work for today. Hard-mate will be achieved tomorrow, and the duo will back out of the Mate-Demate Device Sunday Morning.

Now, here is the entire process through pictures. Enjoy.








































If you only see a couple pictures, it's because a lot of them didn't load.


MUCH more pictures to come!

[Overflow]

Originally Posted by Overflow

I believe you can find a press release that has all the information about when the duo will be where. Gracie had one sent to her.

Try checking this out, Jason.

http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewpr....srs.gs-twitter

http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2012...ry_Flight.html

[Redemption]

Hmmmm bad planning. 9am, it's usually still a little foggy here. Hope for early sunshine!

I'll keep an eye out. If it's clear, I will totally be able to see from my work.

[Overflow]

Here's various pictures from Twitter.





Endeavour passing by her home for nearly ten years one final time.. OPF-2. And her sister which is inside OPF-2, Space Shuttle Atlantis. The two will never see each other again.
















Gear up!

[Overflow]

Originally Posted by Redemption

Hmmmm bad planning. 9am, it's usually still a little foggy here. Hope for early sunshine!

I'll keep an eye out. If it's clear, I will totally be able to see from my work.

The only reason it's that early is because they jammed all sorts of stops and flyovers for this ferry flight.

Which is why they worked through rain and winds today, unlike when they mated Discovery. They can't afford to fall behind..

In fact... It's now pouring. They finished today just in time. Now Endeavour and SCA 911 will get a little bath from mother nature.

[Overflow]

In Bay 2 of the Orbiter Processing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the space shuttle Atlantis' payload bay is being configured for display at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex.





In Bay 2 of the Orbiter Processing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, United Space Alliance technicians prepare to install a television camera in the payload bay of the space shuttle Atlantis.






In Bay 2 of the Orbiter Processing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, United Space Alliance technicians install a television camera in the payload bay of the space shuttle Atlantis.








In Bay 2 of the Orbiter Processing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, a mock air lock has been installed in the payload bay of the space shuttle Atlantis. The orbiter is undergoing final preparations for its transfer to the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex targeted for November.

[Overflow]

Another cool thing to look at... Here is the "Transfer Order" for Space Shuttle Endeavour from KSC to the CSC.. Take a look at that price tag!!

[FenwickHockey65]

Endeavour on the SCA.

[bossbunny]

[Overflow]

Originally Posted by bossbunny