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Miscellaneous => The Sallyport => Topic started by: Ian on 2014-07-08, 20:30:10

Title: Rocket Science
Post by: Ian on 2014-07-08, 20:30:10

One of my wife's college roommates is an engineer at Orbital Sciences and they're launching a rocket this Friday for an ISS resupply mission.  The launch is scheduled for 1:40pm out of the Wallops Island launch facility on the eastern shore of VA.  So mid-atlantic folks, keep your eye on the Eastern Horizon this Friday if you want to watch it, or Ed, play hooky from work and go to the launch! :)

http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/structure/index.html#.U7xUrPldUfQ (http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/structure/index.html#.U7xUrPldUfQ)

Title: Re: Rocket Science
Post by: Sir Douglas on 2014-07-09, 03:13:52

Cool! Will there be Kerbals on board? ;)

Title: Re: Rocket Science
Post by: Sir Edward on 2014-07-09, 17:46:26

Awesome! Yeah, I wish I could play hooky this week, but I don't think that's going to happen.

Hopefully it'll be a completely successful launch, and not your typical Kerbal flight with all the wobbly and explodey stuff. :)

Title: Re: Rocket Science
Post by: Ian on 2014-07-09, 23:57:24

Delayed a day to Saturday at 1:14 EDT.  I think they were supposed to roll out the rocket to the pad today but the storm prevented that.

Title: Re: Rocket Science
Post by: Sir Edward on 2014-07-10, 12:41:55

Still won't make it. We'll be at a wedding this weekend. Doh!

Title: Re: Rocket Science
Post by: Ian on 2014-07-10, 12:55:09

They'll be launching a Cygnus resupply module for the ISS.  The launch vehicle will be an Antares rocket.  You can see the payload and the rocket with payload attached in these photos.

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8a/Cygnus_Orb-D1.5.jpg)

(http://wamu.org/sites/wamu.org/files/styles/headline_landscape/public/images/attach/04.07.13news-wallops-antares-rocket_0.jpg?itok=S_6Q6cV9)

Title: Re: Rocket Science
Post by: Sir William on 2014-07-10, 16:37:47

Saturday, at 1:14pm EDT?  I'll be watching...wonder if I'll see anything from Bowie, MD.

Title: Re: Rocket Science
Post by: Ian on 2014-07-10, 16:55:04

Quote from: Sir William on 2014-07-10, 16:37:47

Saturday, at 1:14pm EDT?  I'll be watching...wonder if I'll see anything from Bowie, MD.

Sir William, you can follow the schedule here if  it shifts again:
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/structure/launch/orbital.html#.U77FO_ldUfQ (http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/structure/launch/orbital.html#.U77FO_ldUfQ)

Title: Re: Rocket Science
Post by: Sir Douglas on 2014-07-10, 17:17:47

Ooh, it looks like they'll have a video stream of the launch on NASA TV. I know what I'll be doing this weekend!

Title: Re: Rocket Science
Post by: Sir William on 2014-07-10, 18:11:34

Quote from: Ian on 2014-07-10, 16:55:04

Quote from: Sir William on 2014-07-10, 16:37:47

Saturday, at 1:14pm EDT?  I'll be watching...wonder if I'll see anything from Bowie, MD.

Sir William, you can follow the schedule here if  it shifts again:
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/structure/launch/orbital.html#.U77FO_ldUfQ (http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/structure/launch/orbital.html#.U77FO_ldUfQ)

Thank you, Sir!  Bookmarked.

Title: Re: Rocket Science
Post by: Ian on 2014-07-13, 16:57:20

Successful launch!  My wife and daughter got to be there.  I unfortunately had an MRI scheduled an hour before the launch time and Wallops is over 2 hrs away so I could never get there in time.  If it hadn't shifted to Sunday I would have had some awesome photos!  Doh!

Title: Re: Rocket Science
Post by: Sir Nate on 2014-07-16, 02:47:25

My Math teacher who helped design the current gps satellite showed us a failed rocket launch video.
The rocket began to fly off course so they blew it up.
There's something that your inner 9 year old loves when you see a rocket shoot up and explode :)

Title: Re: Rocket Science
Post by: Sir Edward on 2014-07-16, 12:51:48

Quote from: Sir Naythan on 2014-07-16, 02:47:25

There's something that your inner 9 year old loves when you see a rocket shoot up and explode :)

And that's half the fun of playing Kerbal Space Program on the computer. :)