Orion launch 4th Dec 1205pm

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.

irishgeo

dlouth15 wrote: »

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

How come they only have certain launch windows. Can't they lash the thing into space anytime of the day.

dbran

I suspect that need to make sure that they recover the craft on re-entry. Wont do any good if it comes down in Russia or over Syria.

dbran

dlouth15

Possibly a reason in this case is that they may want a daytime launch and a daytime recovery for this first flight. A 4.5 hour duration flight plus a bit of leeway mean they only have a limited window in which to launch.

Fluffy88

Commentary for today's launch begins in 5 minutes (11am our time).

The weather forecast for today calls for a 40 percent chance of acceptable conditions during the launch window which opens at 7:05 a.m. EST and closes at 9:44 a.m.

That's a launch windows of 12pm - 2:44pm our time

Blog: https://blogs.nasa.gov/orion/
Live stream: http://www.ustream.tv/nasahdtv

Thargor

Liveblog with stream again:

http://www.theguardian.com/science/across-the-universe/live/2014/dec/05/nasas-orion-launch-second-attempt-at-crew-capsule-takeoff-live

All go for launch in 20 minutes, 12:05 GMT.

Thargor

Various acronyms: Go go go go go go go go go - Love it, never gets old

Thargor

5 minutes, looking good.

Thargor

Best stream:

http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/#.VIGdqme6jqM

fricatus

Aaaaaaand LIFTOFF!!!

Standman

Stream went down for me a t-6 seconds :mad::( . Very frustrating.