Space Shuttle Flying Past Calgary Tomorrow Morning!!!!

[Guest Sundancefisher]

It was awesome seeing the shuttle take off over Spring break in Florida...now apparently it seems the shuttle will be blasting past Calgary tomorrow morning between 6:20 and 6:30 am. By all accounts it should be low on the Western horizon and should be looking more like a meteor. After it flies past us...30 minutes later it lands in Florida.

 

Just thought I would point this out to my fishing buds!.

 

Cheers

 

Sun

[Guest Sundancefisher]

clouds and rain in Florida.

 

Landing delayed till next orbit. About 8:00 am?

 

http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/...ws/landing.html

 

http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/main/index.html

 

 

Mission Control Entry Flight Director Bryan Lunney has decided to wave off the first landing opportunity for space shuttle Discovery because of precipitation and cloud coverage at Kennedy Space Center’s Shuttle Landing Facility.

 

The shuttle’s next landing opportunity is at 10:23 a.m. EDT, which would call for a 9:17 a.m. deorbit burn.

 

Sun

 

http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/realdata/sight...P/JavaSSOP.html

 

 

[Guest Sundancefisher]

Monday Landings Waved Off

Mon, 19 Apr 2010 07:03:51 AM MDT

 

 

Mission Control Entry Flight Director Bryan Lunney has given Discovery's seven astronauts a "no go" to perform the deorbit burn and decided to wave off the 10:23 a.m. EDT landing opportunity because of continued low cloud coverage at Kennedy Space Center's Shuttle Landing Facility.

 

The first Kennedy landing opportunity Tuseday is on orbit 237 with a deorbit burn at 7:31 a.m. and landing at 8:33 a.m. Edwards Air Force Base also is expected to be called up for Tuesday landing opportunities.

 

 

Looks like tomorrow morning now.

[Rufus28]

The delay might work out better for us....

 

If they go for KSC tomorrow they will fly by at 5:09am approx. It should be darker and much easier to see. This is probably the last time we will see the shuttle over Calgary.

[Guest Sundancefisher]

The delay might work out better for us....

 

If they go for KSC tomorrow they will fly by at 5:09am approx. It should be darker and much easier to see. This is probably the last time we will see the shuttle over Calgary.

 

Is that Calgary time you posted?

[Rufus28]

Is that Calgary time you posted?

 

Believe so. This was the source of the info:

 

http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/realdata/sight...mp;city=Calgary

 

The 5:10am has been adjusted but that the about 25 mins before it is due in Florida.

[birchy]

Article I read this morning said they think they may have to use the backup landing site in southern California.. I'm thinking if that's the case, we won't get to see it at all.

 

Here's hoping the weather in Florida gets better!

[Rufus28]

They have waived the first opportunity....think we are hooped here

[Guest Sundancefisher]

They have waived the first opportunity....think we are hooped here

 

Yup...I did not see it.

[birchy]

Nope, sounds like it was definitely visible from Calgary this morning (if you check the comments underneath the article - a group of 5 in Calgary watched it):

 

http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/04...ry-landing.html

 

I completely forgot about it though! I'm kinda miffed right now actually..

[Guest Sundancefisher]

Nope, sounds like it was definitely visible from Calgary this morning (if you check the comments underneath the article - a group of 5 in Calgary watched it):

 

http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/04...ry-landing.html

 

I completely forgot about it though! I'm kinda miffed right now actually..

 

we looked hard for it but if you were at ground level the shuttle was too low in the horizon to spot. We tried.