Verizon FiOS TV → Re: NASA Shuttle Launch - Early Saturday AM

DVR locked-n-loaded. Did it online. Search for "NASA", hit the big red "Record" button and it's done. I'll check the STB to be sure.

Weather doesn't look that great, currently at 40% chance for launch.

Ditto. Programed online to record.

FiOS TV Central is Cool.

Wish I could select/change channels via the online TV Listings (guide), for those channel surfing (program sampling) times.

Launch delayed until Sunday 7:13 PM ET. The lightning mast and water tower got hit by lightning and the engineers want to be sure everything is OK. Very cool picture on the NASA site: »www.nasa.gov/mission_pag ··· dex.html

It's not in the IMG yet. However, I was able to delete tonight's recording online.

IMG shows NASA STS-127 Launch at 9:00 AM PDT tomorrow on HDNet 569.
FiOS TV Central TV Listings shows HDNet Fights Presents.

Which is correct?

Has the launch been moved up or is the 9:00 AM a rerun of what was going to be todays launch?

It's the rerun. Launch is Sunday 7:13 PM ET (evening), 4:13 PM PT

Reminder for today's launch. Still not in the IMG (nor listed on HD Net's web site).

»www.nasa.gov/mission_pag ··· dex.html

MMT Clears Endeavour for Fueling Sun, 12 Jul 2009 09:11:39 AM EDT

After the Mission Management Team cleared the lightning event that delayed yesterday's launch attempt, a "GO" was given for external tank fueling. Tanking operations will start at approximately 9:48 a.m. EDT. Liquid Hydrogen “topping” (gaseous Hydrogen vent valve cycling) will begin at about noon. Weather permitting, launch is scheduled for 7:13 p.m. The forecast is 70 percent “go” for liftoff.

IMG shows CONCERT at this time.
FiOS TV Central TV Listing initially shows CONCERT but if change time it then shows the NASA STS 127 Launch. However cannot schedule for recording because start time is listed as 9:00 AM and earlier programs cannot be recorded.

Scrubbed again. Weather. 18:46 ET tomorrow.

HDNet coverage begins at 18:30 ET (15:30 PT)tomorrow.

Launch scrubbed for today. Thunderstorms in area. Will try tomorrow.

Update: NOYB can type faster than I can.

6:51:24 PM ET preferred launch time Monday.

The launch has been postponed again, let's try again tomorrow at 6:25PM

Make it Wednesday at 6:03 p.m. EDT.

A bit late, but HD Net is carrying the launch. Not in the IMG.

Wed, Jul 15 - 5:30 PM ET 2:30 PM PT NASA on HDNet - LIVE!
Space Shuttle Endeavour STS-127 Launch - Live coverage, from the Kennedy Space Center, of the launch of Shuttle Endeavour, as Commander Mark Polansky leads his crew on a mission to the International Space Station

Hopefully the 6th time is the charm

It's in the IMG now. Recording...

I watched it from my backyard. Depending on the clouds, I can usually see the launches from the west coast of FL.

Night launches are real cool!

GeekGirl-

What an AMAZING launch! thanks for always reminding about HD Net's coverage!

I put the audio on mute (as I normally do) and listened to the NASA channel while I did some stuff in the background. Good thing I checked the video, the internet was 1:20 behind the live feed.

The announcer was still talking most of the time, but I quickly went to HD Net in the last 5 minutes. Not bad.

Man, what great coverage!! They cut back from the launch replays to see the plasma streams up to external tank separation, then they continued until they lost the tank video. On top of that, they continued live coverage at the cape for another 20 minutes. Unbelievable.

You could see them hosing down the tower and pad. Never saw that before. The best part was the public address system telling everyone "Don't be concerned about the sulfuric acid fumes from the shuttle drifting back over the launch site and getting on your skin and clothes, it's OK. BTW, be sure to wash your car tonight."

They even showed the "fish cam" view, but no fish jumped during launch. Beautiful evening. Loved the view from the shuttle processing facility. Incredible detail from the flame trails.

As the tower arm retracted from the shuttle, you could see the astronaut waving goodbye from the pilot's window.

Great shots as the shuttle went through max dynamic pressure, which showed the pressure waves around the shuttle and external tanks.

Landing scheduled for 10:48AM on Friday

Will this be carried by HDNet as well?

Wouldn't have to ask that question if FiOS carried NASA TV. Checked their web site and it is not listed as of now.

Expect NASA TV to be added in 1Q10...

Yahoo. That is great news. It is too bad that NASA is ending the Shuttle program in 2010. I wonder if there could be some reality TV show that could created just to keep the Shuttle launches going?

It will be great to have NASA TV on FiOS.

Awesome!!!

It's my understanding that the shuttle program will be scrapped but replaced by a new smaller fleet of 'shuttles' that take off from runways instead of launch pads. There will be more flights as a result of the smaller cargo areas but the cost per flight will decrease and there will be more flexibility in the number and timing of flights. LIVE LONG AND PROSPER!!!

The existing shuttle is supposed to be retired by the end of 2010 (may be extended since it is unlikely that all the missions to the ISS will be completed in that time frame).

The "new" shuttle is not due until 2015 IIRC. The ISS was to be serviced by Russian Soyuz capsules in the interim. Of course then comes the really stupid thing that there is talk of decommissioning and de-orbiting the ISS after 2015 - kind of ridiculous after all that went into getting it up there

Thank you! There's a lot more on NASA TV than the shuttle.

No listing on HD Net. Watching on internet. So far, all go for 10:48 AM landing.

What you guys are talking about is NASA's Constellation program. Orion is the Crew Exploration Vehicle "CEV", Ares is the rocket (Launch Vehicle).

It'll probably be on CNN and/or FOX News

Good point, I keep forgetting about that. Thanks.

GO for de-orbit burn. Landing committed for 10:48 AM ET.

Fox HD had better coverage. The CNN talking head wouldn't stop talking during the actual landing. Fox kept continuing coverage for a few minutes while CNN went to commercial. Fox also did on-sight reports.

CNN HD displayed most of the landing in SD aspect ratio, while Fox stretched it except for the landing part. Back to watching on the internet...