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Post by supermeerkat on Sept 23, 2009 15:00:50 GMT -4
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Post by tkw251070 on Oct 22, 2009 19:15:15 GMT -4
Flag was waving... it's a hoax.  |
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Post by echnaton on Oct 27, 2009 9:57:06 GMT -4
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Post by echnaton on Oct 27, 2009 10:05:23 GMT -4
T minus four minutes and holding. It appears that launch will be no earlier than 10:45 am eastern time. They have until noon.
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Post by echnaton on Oct 27, 2009 10:53:39 GMT -4
NASA is currently go on everything except weather. They anticipate starting the count at 11AM eastern for launch four minutes later.
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Post by echnaton on Oct 27, 2009 11:22:44 GMT -4
Weather didn't cooperate so the launch has been scrubbed.
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Post by echnaton on Oct 27, 2009 11:41:04 GMT -4
They have rescheduled for 8AM eastern time tomorrow with a 40% chance for another weather related scrub.
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Post by Apollo Gnomon on Oct 27, 2009 15:39:07 GMT -4
"The Ares I second, or upper, stage is propelled by a J-2X main engine fueled with liquid oxygen and liquid hydrogen. The J-2X is an evolved variation of two historic predecessors: the powerful J-2 engine that propelled the Apollo-era Saturn IB and Saturn V rockets, and the J-2S, a simplified version of the J-2 developed and tested in the early 1970s but never flown." www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/constellation/ares/aresl/index.htmlThe ghost of the Nazi plumber is still haunting Launch Complex 39...... |
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Post by BertL on Oct 27, 2009 21:59:31 GMT -4
I was watching it live - they did get to the countdown sequence starting from T minus four minutes one time, but they only got to T = -3 minutes ish before the weather gave it another red light.
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Post by echnaton on Oct 28, 2009 9:52:57 GMT -4
The next weather clearance possibility is scheduled for 11:00 AM eastern. Current conditions are partly cloudy, a big improvement from this time yesterday. They give a 20% chance of no launch based on weather restrictions.
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Post by echnaton on Oct 28, 2009 11:05:50 GMT -4
Predicted time has been reset to 11:20 am.
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Post by echnaton on Oct 28, 2009 11:24:12 GMT -4
Range weather is green for launch. Proceeding.
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Post by echnaton on Oct 28, 2009 11:39:49 GMT -4
All went well with the launch. Great job to NASA.
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Post by LunarOrbit on Oct 28, 2009 11:47:26 GMT -4
The stage separation scared me a bit. I wasn't expecting the second stage to just tumble away from the booster after separation. But since no one on NASA TV seemed concerned by it I'm assuming that was the plan.
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Post by Grand Lunar on Oct 28, 2009 20:39:06 GMT -4
Even though I'm not a fan of the Ares rockets, it was still quite the sight to see the test go well.
If anyone was watching on NASA TV, what were your thoughts on the choice of words on the speech?
Shows how excited the guy had to be!
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