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Space shuttle Endeavour blasts off after several postponements

edition.cnn.com — The space shuttle Endeavour lifted off en route to the international space station Wednesday evening after several days of weather delays.

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  • cosworth99, on 07/16/2009, -0/+19All space travel gets automatic digg.
  • wonderchemist, on 07/15/2009, -0/+11Looks like there was a significant debris event on the way up.

    http://spaceflightnow.com/shuttle/sts127/090715lau ...
  • TobiasParker, on 07/16/2009, -2/+8Because science isn't designed to appeal to morons.
  • MMusick, on 07/15/2009, -0/+6Fly NASA!
  • RealmDown, on 07/16/2009, -0/+5Still being analyzed; however, they mentioned that with the sun behind [several of] the cameras, a lot of the "debris" is probably shadows so it looks like there is more. They stressed to wait for the frame by frame before drawing conclusions.
  • MacEnvy, on 07/16/2009, -0/+5Have they determined whether it was actual craft debris, or just ice yet?
  • benbrooks101, on 07/16/2009, -0/+4I watched this launch, First one I had ever seen live (It was on the interwebs though, I'd have a hard job spotting it from England...)

    They are still broadcasting at http://www.ustream.tv/channel/spacevidcast
  • Stryker412, on 07/16/2009, -0/+4I had tickets for STS-127 and even flew down last month but it was scrubbed. So unfortunately I missed this launch. Just keep in mind if you go make sure you have a few days after the "scheduled" launch just in case.
  • RealmDown, on 07/16/2009, -0/+4Tobias: Don't feed the troll.
  • Nothlit, on 07/16/2009, -0/+4What's most incredible to me is how long, thorough, and meticulous the countdown process is (as it should be) but then the ride to orbit takes less than 10 minutes.

    During the night launch a few months ago (I think it was STS-119) I was able to go up on a hill nearby here in Massachusetts and actually see the pinpoint of light as the shuttle was heading for orbit up across the Atlantic. About 8 minutes after launch, the pinpoint flickered out as the main engines cut off and the external tank was jettisoned. It just boggles my mind to think about seeing a vehicle which just left Florida 8 minutes before, streaking across the sky in New England.
  • djAnakin, on 07/16/2009, -0/+3I really want to make it to a launch before they retire the fleet. Gotta start working on that.


    Notably, Chris Cassidy [on this flight] was the 500th human in space.
  • FXNGLAS, on 07/16/2009, -0/+3Good luck to them all.

    I always thought to myself how incredible it is to fly into space and meet up with other people. It's like, open the hatch and fistbump with people from another country. Not exactly the same as when you go visit your friend that you haven't seen in awhile.
  • appleseed1234, on 07/16/2009, -1/+4That's generally expected.

    The difference between now and pre-Columbia though is that the astronauts go out and inspect the craft once they're up there.
  • JustLetGo, on 07/16/2009, -0/+2"dum ass"
  • skipvt, on 07/16/2009, -0/+2I saw two launches back in '85. One just outside the 3 mile (or is it 5, I can't remember) limit, and you could feel the ground shake as it lifted off. The other one was a night launch and that was spectacular.
  • Yage2006, on 07/16/2009, -0/+2Only dumb ass's like yourself that don't care about what NASA is doing.
    The rest of us find it quite interesting.
  • Samohtneas, on 07/16/2009, -0/+2This never gets old. Every time I just walk down to our culdesac's boat ramp and watch it. I've actually seen it while driving through downtown Orlando on I-4!

  • subliminalurge, on 07/16/2009, -0/+1First one?

    Wow, when STS-1 launched, my school gathered all the students in the gym and libraries and we all watched it live. Think I was in third grade at the time. We also gathered to watch the next several.
  • WELLDOITLIVE, on 07/16/2009, -1/+2So you call yourself nobody, nice.
  • benbrooks101, on 07/16/2009, -0/+1Unfoutunatley England's geneal public isn't interested in space stuff and thus things like shuttle launches never even get shown recorded on the news, etc.
  • wolfing, on 07/16/2009, -2/+114 pages, I don't think so
  • TheBogie, on 07/16/2009, -8/+3Yes, but the morons pay for those NASA nerds to do their "science".

    I don't mind the science, but why not mix things up a little? Why not spice things up and generate a little interest?

    Here's another idea for NASA: hot chick astronauts. Maybe do a zero-gravity wet T-shirt contest.
  • TheBogie, on 07/16/2009, -9/+4Nobody gives a ***** about these launches anymore, and it is all NASA's fault.

    NASA needs to get off their asses and do something interesting. The public don't give a ***** about these dum ass "experiments" they are doing. We don't give ***** if ants can build colonies without gravity, or the effect that soy milk has on astronaut's bones. Nobody gives a ***** about that.

    How about doing something interesting for once? Throw a monkey out the hatch and put the video on youtube. We would watch that.
  • TobiasParker, on 07/16/2009, -9/+2This is obviously a hoax.

    </s
  • WELLDOITLIVE, on 07/16/2009, -8/+1didn't mean to comment here... bury away!

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