NASA Trivia
 

Feb 3 events -

1984 - STS-41B launch
1994 - STS-60 launch
1995 - STS-63 launch ***First female shuttle pilot***

Y'all really wanted to know this, right???

Tom

Of course, Tom! It was at the top of my list to do a google search about NASA events! :D:D How did you know?;)

Uh, I know the answers, but don't want to be a show off.

(stepping back and pushing Flygurl to the podium)

Ask FG, she'll know!! :D

I want to watch a launch!!!

Pick me! Pick me!!!

would lvoe to see a launch on my new phone i found the nasa tv site and book marked it for the future. I imagine the nighttime launches are totally awesome

More trivia stuff - from our daily electronic newsletter today -

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1. NASA FEATURED ON GOOD MORNING AMERICA THIS WEEK

Good Morning America will include several segments on NASA and JSC in Friday's show, airing 7 to 9 a.m. CST on ABC. The show is scheduled to include features on the current STS-122 shuttle mission, the Constellation Program, life on the International Space Station, the Hubble Space Telescope, microgravity experiments and others. The weather segments for Friday's show will be broadcast from the Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory. Thursday's weather segments will be broadcast from Building 9 to preview Friday's show. Several JSC team members participated in interviews and filming for this show, as well as in preparing for the broadcasts.

Point of contact: Office of Communications and Public Affairs, x35111
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Tom

The eyes.... the eyes.... and this has nothing to do with MS....

Every time I see this thread, I think it says "NASCAR", not NASA...

My Tennessee roots are showing through but just for the record - I am no nascar fan (not that there's anything wrong with that) !!!

I digress....Now back to real topic !!!!

This is great, Tom! I'm NASA illiterate so I'm hoping I'll learn something. Thanks!

Thanks, Tom!:)

Hey Tom?

Is the Atlantis launch still scheduled for 8:24 Eastern time on the 7th?

Just checking cause I want to watch before I go to bed ( or maybe when I am IN bed :p )

Tomorrow's launch is still scheduled for 1345 Central. 30% chance for GO due to weather. If it slips to Friday, that percentage is dropping due to the slow speed of the front. It was 80% chance to go this morning, but it's down to 70% chance to go this afternoon.

The window moves about 22-23 minutes on a day-to-day shift. For example - if it's supposed to launch on day 1 at 1 pm and it slips, day 2 it'll launch at 12.38 pm. It's due to trajectory calculations. I'm intimately familiar with these things but don't know really how to talk to you about it.

If it don't take off on Friday, then we refuel and try again Monday. That's easy enough to say...

Tom

Thanks, Tom, I was wondering about the weather and whether the weather could wither the wonder.

This Is Ground Control To Major Tom!!

Now this is real trivia...

Astronaut Dan Tani's email box has over 80 megabytes of stuff. NASA limit is 30 megabytes, but we cut astronauts who are living on the space station some slack. We told him this morning to delete some of his emails. After the space walk today...

Tom

Tom! I really like this NASA thread!! Keep up the good work! :)

How was the SpaceWalk, btw?

Tom,

I would also like to thank you for the NASA thread. It's great that you're keeping us informed and full of all sorts of trivial information!! :p

No, really, in all seriousness, I do appreciate the information you post on here!! :You-Rock:

Thanks!!