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01:14

@TildalWave around?

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05:02

'Now, minions, I'm off to inspect our shark cages.' 'Do you really need to inspect them this often?' 'PRISONERS MUST NEVER ESCAPE.'

10 hours later…

Stu

15:08

Soyuz about to launch! ::: spaceflightnow.com/live

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NASA Image of the Day: Mariner 10's First Close-Up Photo of Venus

posted on February 05, 2014

On Feb. 5, 1974, NASA's Mariner 10 mission took this first close-up photo of Venus. Made using an ultraviolet filter in its imaging system, the photo has been color-enhanced to bring out Venus's cloudy atmosphere as the human eye would see it. Venus is perpetually blanketed by a thick veil of clouds high in carbon dioxide and its surface temperature approaches 900 degrees Fahrenheit. Laun…

TildalWave

@Stu aye, it's already in our room's schedule and in community bulletin

I'll post links to live streams as they become available ;)

geoffc

@Stu Soyuz launcher, Progress vehicle/payload. Stupid nomenclature!

TildalWave

In a good hour

Stu

nomenclature can be a very good thing

TildalWave

15:17

@Stu What's those thrusters in your new avatar? I can't make them out the icon is too small

Stu

F1 engine cluster test.. not sure when/where though

TildalWave

Live streams for the launch of Soyuz / Progress 54P are now available on NASA TV, NASA HD on USTREAM, SpaceflightNow on LiveStream and raw streams on TSENKI from Baikonur. Launch is scheduled for 16:23:34 GMT (11:23:34 a.m. EST), with NASA TV Coverage starting at 16:00 GMT (11 a.m. EST)

Stu

first cluster test was in Huntsville, AL. Thanks for the links

TildalWave

sure, we always post links to launch streams here ... if there's someone watching them or not :)

Stu

yea I like to catch them when I can, no matter the launch. If you post some of the big launches (SpaceX, for example, for popular NASA missions) to places like HackerNews they will get a lot of clicks.

TildalWave

15:31

@Stu Ah it's just so we can discuss launches here for whoever is interested. If they are, they'll find us ;)

Stu

@TidalWave true!

TildalWave

16:14

T - 10 minutes

about (depends on which stream you're on LOL)

geoffc

I was out shovelling a ton of heavy snow. 6 inches, topped with rain/freezing rain, so just HEAVY!

TildalWave

@geoffc we had ice rain a few days ago, took out nearly half of the country but luckily nothing where I am

I mean we had snow and rain and more snow but it didn't freeze that bad and no ice rain

Stu

yea Chicago is getting tons of snow right now. getting to work was a huge mess

cant wait for spring

TildalWave

some other parts tho are still without electricity as some towers collapsed due to excess weight

geoffc

And we have another storm coming on Sunday! Yippee! Another 10-12 inches of snow.

TildalWave

16:18

not sure what's the forecast for here but they did issue a warning for the next two days

quite a bit of wind in Baikonur

Stu

what chities are you in?

TildalWave

@Stu I'm from Europe ... one of the unpronounceable ones

Stu

currently -10 degrees F in Baikonur

TildalWave

I wonder how well nitrogen purge works in big wind

launcher looks ok tho they de-iced it nice

T - 00:01:45

Stu

yea, i am sure they have done many many launches in these conditions

TildalWave

16:23

yup many

was even much worse a few times

ignition

liftoff

Stu

hmm i wonder if they need to roll the launcher at all

max Q coming up

TildalWave

yeah I have about 10 seconds delay on HD stream

maybe 20 seconds

it's not really a HD stream either so I'm not really sure why I opened that one :)

tomorrow's launch should be much better to follow online, those streams from Kourou are usually much better quality, if you're not too annoyed that they tend to present it with a lot of self-praise and 90% of it seems like a long ad

Stack Exchange

NASASpaceFlight.com: Progress M-22M launches for speedy trip to ISS

posted on February 05, 2014 by Chris Bergin

A Russian Progress resupply ship has launched on a fast-rendezvous mission to the International Space Station (ISS). Progress M-22M was launched by a Soyuz-U launch vehicle from the Baikonur... Related posts:Progress M-10M launches on cargo run to International Space StationRussia’s Progress M-10M spacecraft, also going by its American designation... Soyuz-U launches Progress M-07M/39P …

TildalWave

16:40

right, back to Earth ....

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