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Topic: STS-120: Reentry and landing
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East-Frisian
Member Posts: 586
From: Germany
Registered: Apr 2005
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posted 11-07-2007 11:44 PM
  
I miss Paolo Nespoli on that photo. That is a little bit unusual.The Eastfrisian |
Jay Chladek
Member Posts: 2272
From: Bellevue, NE, USA
Registered: Aug 2007
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posted 11-07-2007 11:50 PM
I did some checking when I got back to Omaha. It seems the faint sonic boom I heard was also heard in parts of Omaha as well. I found that a little surprising since I was much closer to the flight track then they were. But, considering how high she was and the track to the southeast, I probably shouldn't be surprised.It was a single continuous boom rather then the distinctive "pop pop" heard on approach over Florida as the thing is traveling so fast that both booms would blend together. At slower speeds, you hear two booms as the nose and tail produce the sonic shockwaves. I hope NASA decides to reinstate the descending node reentry trajectories for other flights now as it would be so cool to see a shuttle come home at night over the USA again. As for Paolo's absense, he and Clay were undergoing some medical testing in the crew egress vehicle and they weren't available for the press conference. I am guessing that there were some medical objectives that Paolo had which were unique to his particular mission specialist duties. The returning ISS astronauts almost always undergo a pretty thorough exam themselves, given their time in space. The funny bit concerning Pam's landing is I imagine Clay might have a joke about it. During the press conference yesterday, he was commenting on how he might react returning to gravity. He said, "As I thump back to Earth...sorry Pam, as I gently touch the Earth..." followed by smiles from the rest of the crew. That touchdown might have been a little more of a thump then a glide, but it still looked good to me, given the headwind curveballs. |
cspg
Member Posts: 6210
From: Geneva, Switzerland
Registered: May 2006
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posted 11-08-2007 06:47 AM
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Originally posted by Robert Pearlman:
At a mission duration of 15 days, 2 hours, 23 minutes and 55 seconds, STS-120 is the ninth longest shuttle flight. Discovery traveled a total of 6,249,432 miles during 238 orbits of the Earth.
Does the MET include the fact we switched from Daylight to Standard time (+1 hour of flight time)?Chris. |
Robert Pearlman
Editor Posts: 42988
From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 11-08-2007 08:23 AM
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Originally posted by cspg:
Does the MET include the fact we switched from Daylight to Standard time (+1 hour of flight time)?
Yes: Oct. 23 10:38:19 a.m. CDT to Nov. 7 12:02:13 p.m. CST. |
fabfivefreddy
Member Posts: 1067
From: Leawood, Kansas USA
Registered: Oct 2003
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posted 11-08-2007 09:35 AM
We were able to see the flight from here in Kansas City. It appeared as contrails high in the sky- a great sight! Tahir | |
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