So far....
Monday, November 17th, 2008 11:51 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
tourmalineI've been watching a few bits & pieces of STS-126, with us back on GMT there's less to see as I can't stay up too late because of work in the morning. The launch & ascent was excellent, although I think that was the final shuttle night launch :'( but there's more to see on the onboard cameras during daylight launches. Endeavour is now docked to the ISS, I was waiting up for them last night to open the hatch, which they eventually did although it felt like they were taking forever.
I'm not as familiar with this crew as I was with the last mission's crew. Trying to work out who's on CAPCOM duties - Alan Poindexter did launch & ascent, Shannon Lucid is waking the shuttle crew up in the morning again. Steve Robinson was on duty yesterday, the NASA TV commentator made a comment at the end of his shift that he has to go to band practice (astronauts have a band, Max Q, a bit like Band From TV only made up of astronauts). Earlier today there was a woman on CAPCOM with a high-pitched squeaky voice, and I'm still trying to figure out who she is.
Seen bits & pieces of the live coverage, including the spiders! (little ones) but without knowing who everyone is it's sometimes just a load of bottoms and socked feet floating past. Pre-docking, NASA TV was showing footage from the ISS, Michael Fincke was talking to Mission Control and having a good scratch of his arse, until they said "oh, you're on TV right now" and he immediately stopped. He was also chewing gum, I saw him take it out of his mouth, inspect it & then put it back in his mouth (or he could have false teeth & have been inspecting them).
First EVA tomorrow, EVAs on this mission appear to be the domain of Mission Specialist Heidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper, who is otherwise a Navy Salvage Diver. Should be more exciting with some awesome shots of the Earth.
I'm not as familiar with this crew as I was with the last mission's crew. Trying to work out who's on CAPCOM duties - Alan Poindexter did launch & ascent, Shannon Lucid is waking the shuttle crew up in the morning again. Steve Robinson was on duty yesterday, the NASA TV commentator made a comment at the end of his shift that he has to go to band practice (astronauts have a band, Max Q, a bit like Band From TV only made up of astronauts). Earlier today there was a woman on CAPCOM with a high-pitched squeaky voice, and I'm still trying to figure out who she is.
Seen bits & pieces of the live coverage, including the spiders! (little ones) but without knowing who everyone is it's sometimes just a load of bottoms and socked feet floating past. Pre-docking, NASA TV was showing footage from the ISS, Michael Fincke was talking to Mission Control and having a good scratch of his arse, until they said "oh, you're on TV right now" and he immediately stopped. He was also chewing gum, I saw him take it out of his mouth, inspect it & then put it back in his mouth (or he could have false teeth & have been inspecting them).
First EVA tomorrow, EVAs on this mission appear to be the domain of Mission Specialist Heidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper, who is otherwise a Navy Salvage Diver. Should be more exciting with some awesome shots of the Earth.
