We’re about 40 minutes from landing, and I’ll be giving the text version in the comments as I watch NASA TV.
Here’s the NASA-TV page with video links, or you can follow along with the Dr. BA here. He’s cute and more knowlegable, but I have my moments. Take your pick.
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Mach 25, just touching the atmosphere. Little less than a half hour out…
Pretty much just looking at mission control…
25 min 250k feet 16600mph
Roll reversals to bleed off excess speed. 23 minutes out..
Lovely view of the Mojave. Runway 22 at Edwards, will come in from NE, but crossing over San Diego and LA first…
227k feet 21000 fps under 20 minutes
Satellite weather maps on NASA-TV
Back to the Mojave and the runway. It’s shimmery…
elevons are becoming active, roll and pitch jets are deactivated. Under 18 minutes out
215k feet 13000 mph (she said 215 feet, but I’m pretty sure she meant 215,000 feet)
She’s probably nervous. She sounds like it.
Looking at the big monitors at mission control. 200k feet 32miles 11000 mph
The Mission Control guys look bored, and one guy in the background just picked his nose I think. (JK, he’s biting his fingers)
183k feet 9000 mph under 14? minutes to touch down
13 minutes, runway 22 at Edwards
Haven’t heard any com traffic yet.
165000 feet 10000 feet/sec 12 minutes out
11 mins 155000 feet, on tracking stations at Dryden sp?
OK, there’s some com traffic,
TacNav on board are receiving info from the landing site. GPS data being incorporated to the primary and backup flight control system
220 miles out
115k up 151 miles out
ooo got the shuttle on visual camera…. it’s like a faint blob of light
blob starting to take shape
looks like a shuttle now
cockpit camera
weather info and landing conditions being radioed up
Nasty echo/reverb thing going with the com traffic. Like the sound is being replayed over and over.
Ground camera has a sweet look now.
making a hard right turn
sound still all screwy
looks like she’s coming out of her turn…
428mph 1000 ft
HUD view, can see the runway
1 minute
landing gear out
wheels on the ground… chute out. nose gear down.
all stopped. woot!
You dun good.
Kisses