Live NASA rocket launch?

[Steep]

http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/index.html


A wee bit better than watching paint dry atmo but it should improve

 

[Grant]

Very cool

whens it due to set off??

 

[Steep]

Well the BBC News site said 'live launch' so I expected it to be soon. It's probably been postponed for some reason as the live feed has stopped now.

 

[Jimmy_Lemon]

hmmm all I see is black - has it already gone?

 

[Steep]

High winds delayed the launch apparently, not gone off yet.

 

[Wile E. coyote]

High winds delayed the launch apparently, not gone off yet.

Any updates when its due to launch now?

 

[Steep]

http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/themis/launch/launch-index.html

I think that would be about 11pm uk time today. Unfortunately I'll be at work

 

[Wile E. coyote]

http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/themis/launch/launch-index.html

I think that would be about 11pm uk time today. Unfortunately I'll be at work

Cheers for that, shame you'll be at work.

 

[Keltic Ice Man]

its still there

 

[Joe T]

I think its gonna go soon...

 

[2blue4u]

There she goes....

The Mission
THEMIS is a mission to investigate what causes auroras in the Earth's atmosphere to dramatically change from slowly shimmering waves of light to wildly shifting streaks of color. Discovering what causes auroras to change will provide scientists with important details on how the planet's magnetosphere works and the important Sun-Earth connection.

 

[Joe T]

Its goin!

 

[Joe T]

Thats was pretty cool. Especially live!

Thanks for the link Steep!

its now just a dot on the screen, albeit one going 10,000mph...

 

[Keltic Ice Man]

FANTASTIC LAUNCH

It's gonna study the northern lights - WOW

http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/themis/news/Themis_intro.html

 

[JonathanKnight]

But not as cool as Top Gear's Reliant Robin "Space Shuttle" from last nights programme.

For a few minutes I thought it might work too.