Cheers to NASA

Atlantis flies again. Congrats Star17 and all the rest of the NASA crew.

http://smilies.vidahost.com/otn/party/beerchug.gif

 

Dod gamn it, missed it! and I swore to myself I wouldnt miss it

P.s didnt want your thread to feel left out GT

 

LOL. No prob. Halo and I just had the same urge at the same time. I would have deleted mine, but I can't. It's the sentiment that counts.

 

Congrats Congrats!!

 

The thought is was counts, Gary.
I had planned on watching it, but ended up in bed. Have been sick for about a week now, and tried to get a little extra sleep.

Congrats Star and everyone.

 

Fantastic launch!

I always enjoy the NASA threads. Gives us all a chance to support and acknowledge the space program and it's great accomplishments.

Plus, we get to congatulate our buddy Star and the launch team.

Did anyone hear the "baked beans" tradition? I just caught the tailend of it switching channels and missed the whole explanation.

Steve

 

Thanks for the kind words; it was nice, after a very stressful (non-work related) week, to have it end up going so well. Keeping in mind all our best imagery equipment is mounted on the boosters for data, here's some highlights of today's launch:

Mission managers met early this morning and determined all was go for launch.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v173/star17abby/mm.gif


The STS-115 Launch Team assembles for the task at hand; I'm fourth from the left.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v173/star17abby/lt.gif


The crew was extremely enthusiastic to finally get on with their mission.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v173/star17abby/crew.gif

Our launch team has never failed to secure a hatch before launch; here the flight crew double-checks us, just to be sure.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v173/star17abby/hatch.gif

Commander Brent Jett pushes the launch button...
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v173/star17abby/jett2.gif

...and Atlantis is on her way!
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v173/star17abby/rocket.gif

The time-honored tradition of a post-launch party in full-swing.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v173/star17abby/party.gif

As always, Jack had the most beer...damn lightweight.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v173/star17abby/jack-1.gif

We locked Farley in the men's room; man, was he pissed.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v173/star17abby/farley.gif

Well, back to work and get the backup ship ready in case of a rescue!
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v173/star17abby/supercar.gif


And for Matacumbie, the aft SRB is bean-powered.
http://enterfiringroom.ksc.nasa.gov/funFactBeans.htm

 

The control room must stink

 

ROFL. Thanks for the memories, er, pictures Star.

Very glad your tough week has worked out so well.

 

Many congratz on the launch, even after several delays. Lol @ the pictures, very nice.

 

Great photo-essay Star. And congrats.

 

LOL Star.. you certainly do have a great sense of humor. Does NASA know about this?

 

Oh, neat. I knew I heard something about it being a tradition.

Steve

 

Congrats to Star and N.A.S.A. on another great job!


I hope the other stress issues get resolved for ya, if they haven't already.

(I like your photo-album entries, LoL! )

 

ROFL - great "NASA" PR photos.

RE: "beans are go" - you can't argue with tradition.

Post launch party must be a real gas.