Launch of STS-114:
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JULY 13, 2005 - 02:51 P.M. CDT (Mission Control, Houston)
JULY 13, 2005 - 03:51 P.M. EDT (Launch Control, Cape Canaveral)
JULY 13, 2005 - 21:51 CEST/MESZ (Central Europe)
Verschiebung des Starts möglich!
Continue counting at 11:55 a.m. EDT (17:55 CEST)!
16:07 CEST (10:07 a.m. EDT)
The MILA tracking station here at Merritt Island has aligned its communications antennas with the launch pad and initial communications checks with the Air Force-controlled Eastern Range have been performed in the past hour. Also, the pre-flight calibration of Discovery's three inertial measurement unit guidance computers began.
16:10 CEST (10:10 a.m. EDT)
Discovery's external fuel tank is now full with 528,000 gallons of super-cold liquid oxygen and liquid hydrogen.
But given the cryogenic nature of the oxidizer and propellant, the supplies naturally boil away. So the tanks are continuously topped off until the final minutes of the countdown in a procedure called "stable replenishment."
With the hazardous tanking operation completed, the Orbiter Closeout Crew and Final Inspection Team will be dispatched to the pad to perform their jobs. The closeout crew will ready Discovery's crew module for the astronauts' boarding in a couple of hours; and the inspection team will give the entire vehicle a check for any ice formation following fueling.
16:15 CEST (10:15 a.m. EDT)
Discovery's seven astronauts are seated around the dining room table in crew quarters for a pre-launch snack. They were awakened at 5:45 a.m. EDT (11:45 CEST) to begin the launch day activities at Kennedy Space Center. Flight engineer Steve Robinson was playing a guitar, which was quite a unique sight.
After a bite to eat, commander Eileen Collins, pilot Jim Kelly and Robinson will receive a briefing on the weather forecast for KSC and abort landing sites in California, New Mexico, Spain and France. Then they will join their crewmates in the suit-up to don the launch and entry spacesuits in preparation for heading to pad 39B around 12 noon EDT (18:00 CEST).
The launch team is not tracking any technical issues as the countdown continues on schedule to today's liftoff time of 3:51 p.m. EDT (21:51 CEST). The only concern right now is the weather. Forecasters say there's a 60 percent chance of acceptable conditions at launch time.
16:19 CEST (10:19 a.m. EDT)
The Final Inspection Team has been cleared to head for the pad to begin their two-hour observations of the shuttle vehicle. The official fueling completion time was 10:05 a.m. (16:05 CEST).
16:29 CEST (10:29 a.m. EDT)
The six-person Orbiter Closeout Crew has arrived in the White Room on the end of the Orbiter Access Arm catwalk that runs from the launch pad tower to Discovery's crew module. They will make final preparations to ready Discovery for the astronaut's arrival about two hours from now.
16:30 CEST (10:30 a.m. EDT)
The Final Inspection Team is on the 255-foot level of the launch pad tower as they begin their checks of Discovery.
Quelle: SpaceflightNow.com
NASA TV
Die ISS und die Discovery am Himmel: Heavens-Above
T - 000d 05h 09m
T - 000d 03h 00m ... and holding! Official NASA Countdown (holdings considered!)
JULY 13, 2005 - 02:51 P.M. CDT (Mission Control, Houston)
JULY 13, 2005 - 03:51 P.M. EDT (Launch Control, Cape Canaveral)
JULY 13, 2005 - 21:51 CEST/MESZ (Central Europe)
Verschiebung des Starts möglich!
Continue counting at 11:55 a.m. EDT (17:55 CEST)!
16:07 CEST (10:07 a.m. EDT)
The MILA tracking station here at Merritt Island has aligned its communications antennas with the launch pad and initial communications checks with the Air Force-controlled Eastern Range have been performed in the past hour. Also, the pre-flight calibration of Discovery's three inertial measurement unit guidance computers began.
16:10 CEST (10:10 a.m. EDT)
Discovery's external fuel tank is now full with 528,000 gallons of super-cold liquid oxygen and liquid hydrogen.
But given the cryogenic nature of the oxidizer and propellant, the supplies naturally boil away. So the tanks are continuously topped off until the final minutes of the countdown in a procedure called "stable replenishment."
With the hazardous tanking operation completed, the Orbiter Closeout Crew and Final Inspection Team will be dispatched to the pad to perform their jobs. The closeout crew will ready Discovery's crew module for the astronauts' boarding in a couple of hours; and the inspection team will give the entire vehicle a check for any ice formation following fueling.
16:15 CEST (10:15 a.m. EDT)
Discovery's seven astronauts are seated around the dining room table in crew quarters for a pre-launch snack. They were awakened at 5:45 a.m. EDT (11:45 CEST) to begin the launch day activities at Kennedy Space Center. Flight engineer Steve Robinson was playing a guitar, which was quite a unique sight.
After a bite to eat, commander Eileen Collins, pilot Jim Kelly and Robinson will receive a briefing on the weather forecast for KSC and abort landing sites in California, New Mexico, Spain and France. Then they will join their crewmates in the suit-up to don the launch and entry spacesuits in preparation for heading to pad 39B around 12 noon EDT (18:00 CEST).
The launch team is not tracking any technical issues as the countdown continues on schedule to today's liftoff time of 3:51 p.m. EDT (21:51 CEST). The only concern right now is the weather. Forecasters say there's a 60 percent chance of acceptable conditions at launch time.
16:19 CEST (10:19 a.m. EDT)
The Final Inspection Team has been cleared to head for the pad to begin their two-hour observations of the shuttle vehicle. The official fueling completion time was 10:05 a.m. (16:05 CEST).
16:29 CEST (10:29 a.m. EDT)
The six-person Orbiter Closeout Crew has arrived in the White Room on the end of the Orbiter Access Arm catwalk that runs from the launch pad tower to Discovery's crew module. They will make final preparations to ready Discovery for the astronaut's arrival about two hours from now.
16:30 CEST (10:30 a.m. EDT)
The Final Inspection Team is on the 255-foot level of the launch pad tower as they begin their checks of Discovery.
Quelle: SpaceflightNow.com
NASA TV
Die ISS und die Discovery am Himmel: Heavens-Above
) wissen ja, dass "nicht unsicher" und "sicher" nicht ein und dasselbe sind. 
Egal, ob sie nun früher oder später starten, ich drücke ihnen auf alle Fälle die Daumen!
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