Endeavour (STS-127) Launch SUCCESSFUL!

[hotdawg]

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rods saw the lauch on youtube!kewl!

[rodsky]

Grabe...there are now 13 people on the station

Video of hatch opening and welcoming the 7 astronauts on board the station (which already has 6 people in it).
YouTube - Station Crew Welcomes STS-127 Aboard

This is a record--the most number of people in one location in low-earth orbit at any one time (13).

-RODION

[stew_griff]

space walking day..

[rodsky]

One of ISS' toilets is broken!

CTV.ca | Houston, we have a problem: ISS toilet broken

13 ra ba sila up there, paita

-RODION

[nge_almighty]

Now this is not a fake for sure

[rodsky]

Just finished watching the second spacewalk on NASA TV. They did work on the STPS and the ammonia tank. 2 down, 3 more to go.

-RODION

[tripwire]

Breathtaking ang ilang experiences... ako pud naghawid sa akong ginhawa pagkakita sa launching via NASA.gov.

[chad_tukes]

was watching another spacewalk earlier this morning via CNN live---they had to change "reserved" batteries in case the solar panel goes down.

[rodsky]

was watching another spacewalk earlier this morning via CNN live---they had to change "reserved" batteries in case the solar panel goes down.

No word on the broken toilet though. I wonder how they're dealing with this. There were three toilets before (1 on the Shuttle, 2 on the ISS). Now that 1 is down, 13 people will be sharing 2 toilets.

-RODION

[rodsky]

Whoa!!! Wake up call music for Friday's activity day was "Wish You Were Here" by Pink Floyd!


So, so you think you can tell Heaven from Hell,
blue skies from pain.
Can you tell a green field from a cold steel rail?
A smile from a veil?
Do you think you can tell?
And did they get you to trade your heroes for ghosts?
Hot ashes for trees?
Hot air for a cool breeze?
Cold comfort for change?
And did you exchange a walk on part in the war for a lead role in a cage?
How I wish, how I wish you were here.
We're just two lost souls swimming in a fish bowl, year after year,
Running over the same old ground.
What have you found? The same old fears.
Wish you were here.


-RODION