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Topic: STS-26 Memories
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DavidH
Member Posts: 1217
From: Huntsville, AL, USA
Registered: Jun 2003
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posted 03-28-2005 09:41 AM
   
As everyone awaits the STS-114 flight, what are your memories of the last Return to Flight mission?------------------
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John K. Rochester
Member Posts: 1292
From: Rochester, NY, USA
Registered: Mar 2002
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posted 03-28-2005 03:16 PM
Everyone held their breath at throttle-up... |
Tom
Member Posts: 1597
From: New York
Registered: Nov 2000
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posted 03-28-2005 03:41 PM
Dave:
I was at the NASA Causeway for STS-26, and if it was possible to hold your breath for 8 minutes and 30 seconds, everyone there watching would have done so.
Launch that morning (within 1 minute of the time Challenger was launched) was pretty uncertain...I believe it was delayed about 90 minutes, and finally left about 1/2 hour before thick clouds and heavy rain came in. All in all, a VERY exciting day!! |
OV-105
Member Posts: 816
From: Ridgecrest, CA
Registered: Sep 2000
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posted 03-29-2005 06:39 PM
Waiting with a lot of people at Edwards out on the lake bed the night before the landing. Then waiting almost as long to get off the lakebed in one of the hottest days we had had in a long time. A fun ttime was had by all. | |
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