Orion launch 4th Dec 1205pm

irishgeo

Test flight tomorrow for the Orion vehicle. Full coverage on nasa TV from 9am.

60% chance of good weather in the launch window which is 2 hours.

Cork boy 55

big deal this , first step to Mars

some background....

The Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle (MPCV) is a spacecraft intended to carry a crew of up to 4[2] astronauts to destinations beyond-low Earth orbit (LEO). Currently under development by NASA[8] for launch on the Space Launch System,[9] Orion will facilitate human exploration of the Moon, asteroids and Mars.




http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orion_%28spacecraft%29

nokia69

nokia69

Cork boy 55 wrote: »

big deal this , first step to Mars

well maybe

but I doubt it, I don't think it will be used much at all

but it is very interesting to watch

shedweller

T-1h55m

fricatus

Any idea if it will be televised? (say on Sky or BBC news...) My 2-year-old is obsessed with rockets (yaay!), and if he can see this on his auntie's big flat-screen, it will make his day!

I can't watch it myself, so does anyone know if there's some sort of live blog?

maquiladora

fricatus wrote: »

Any idea if it will be televised? (say on Sky or BBC news...) My 2-year-old is obsessed with rockets (yaay!), and if he can see this on his auntie's big flat-screen, it will make his day!

I can't watch it myself, so does anyone know if there's some sort of live blog?

If you can get the internet on the TV : http://www.ustream.tv/nasahdtv

fricatus

Just found NASA's blog:

https://blogs.nasa.gov/orion/

Should have looked there to begin with :rolleyes:

fricatus

NASA wrote:

Range Goes Red

Posted on December 4, 2014 at 6:50 am by Steven Siceloff.

The Eastern Range has just called a fouled range due to a boat that has strayed into the prohibited zone over the Atlantic. The rocket cannot lift off until the boat clears the area.

This entry was posted in Uncategorized on December 4, 2014 by Steven Siceloff.

D'oh!!! :rolleyes:

Firefox11

Orion on Internal Power T-7m20s !

mickmackey1

404 error on nasa tv

fricatus

Orion/Delta IV Go for Launch!

Posted on December 4, 2014 at 7:11 am by Steven Siceloff.

The final polls have been conducted and all the launch and flight teams report the spacecraft and rocket are go for liftoff at 7:17 a.m. EST. Next up: Countdown resumes at T-4 minutes.

greedygoblin

Launch aborted. Groundwind violation.

Itssoeasy

mickmackey1 wrote: »

404 error on nasa tv

Not just me then. Damn it.

Firefox11

Itssoeasy wrote: »

Not just me then. Damn it.

Yeah, The Stream is getting patchy now here now too.

mickmackey1

Itssoeasy wrote: »

Not just me then. Damn it.

Working here:

http://blogs.nasa.gov/orion/

greedygoblin

12:55 for the new T0.

Thargor

Gah no sound at work, good way to follow it on the liveblog here though:

http://www.theguardian.com/science/live/2014/dec/04/orion-first-test-flight-for-nasas-mars-ship-live-updates

This is historic stuff, imagine the thread we'll have here when its pulling into Mars orbit and getting ready to release the lander with a human crew.

fricatus

NASA wrote:

Hold

Posted on December 4, 2014 at 7:53 am by Steven Siceloff.

Another wind limit violation was recorded and the countdown was halted.

Aaaaagh!!!!

Can you imagine the frustration? :eek:

Thargor

High wind hold again.

greedygoblin

Another abort. A gust of wind again. Will they get another opportunity to go in this launch window?

Thargor

Christmas holidays next week, I should have taken them early and gone over to see this, I will when theres a human crew onboard.

Thargor

Great looking craft by the way, looks like every "near-future" science fiction ship that NASA launches in various sci-fi films.

greedygoblin

Thargor wrote: »

Great looking craft by the way, looks like every "near-future" science fiction ship that NASA launches in various sci-fi films.

Absolutely. If they could just get if off the ground now it would be great :pac:

At least they don't have any technical issues. It's all weather related.

Thargor

Orion blog:

The weather system over the launch site that is producing the wind gusts that have scrubbed the first two tries this morning is forecast to break in the next 45 minutes to an hour, reports Kathy Winters, weather officer with the 45th Weather Squadron. Our launch window this morning extends to 9:44 a.m. EST.

shedweller

New launch time of 08:26 ET

Thargor

~Launching in 10 minutes!

shedweller

Its on internal power! I honestly get giddy when i hear that!
If they say "guidance is internal" i might just pass out!!

shedweller

Thats a whole lotta go's!

Thargor

5 minutes!

Firefox11

Looks like this is it finally!

Thargor

A hold!

Firefox11

Hold! Agggghhh.

Thargor

Sounds like we have a while to wait...

Only about 90 minutes left in this launch window though.

Firefox11

Thargor wrote: »

Sounds like we have a while to wait...

Only about 90 minutes left in this launch window though.

Seems to be a technical issue now with a valve. Hopefully it wont put off the launch today. Oh Well.

irishgeo

An hour left when is the next launch window

Thargor

irishgeo wrote: »

An hour left when is the next launch window

And they just said "the team is looking at a troubleshooting plan" on the radio, not looking good...

shedweller

Either the valve isnt seating correctly or the sensor is faulty. Either way its a no-go until thats fixed. If it werent so risky to go near a fuelled rocket i'd be over there giving the valve a belt of a hammer and maybe jiggle the sensor!!
No, a career in nasa would not be for me!

Thargor

If the cycling of the valves work they will launch today according to the NASA announcer so we'll know in the next 30 minutes anyway...

Thargor

I think its going to be scrubbed tbh...

Thargor

Uh-oh:

Thargor

They're going to make a last attempt...

Thargor

New launch @ 14:44.

fricatus

Thargor wrote: »

New launch @ 14:44.

Wow, really going down to the wire...

Thargor

Yeah they sound like they really want to go for it:

Latest from the radio: if they try launching again technicians will turn off the automatic wind speed monitors which caused a couple of delays and monitor the wind manually. In layperson’s language, in sounds like they’re going to try and bodge it.

Thargor

Twitter says scrubbed:

https://twitter.com/NASA_Orion/status/540514752003571712

Try again tomorrow...

Firefox11

Probably alot of vip's down there down there today so the pressure in on for a launch today.

Itssoeasy

Saying tomorrow on the nasa feed.

mickmackey1

Yea that's it till tomorrow, same time.

irishgeo

mickmackey1 wrote: »

Yea that's it till tomorrow, same time.

I'll be off tomorrow but in galway. May have to stream it on the phone

dlouth15

I'm glad. I would have missed it if it went off today.