Space Shuttle Will land at Edwards

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Southern Californians, the news just said that the shuttle is cleared to land at Edwards AFB at 12:49 PST. If you can bugger out of work for the afternoon, it's worth watching. The Edwards website should have directions to the viewing area.

"Once we got to the point where twenty/something's needed a place on the corner that changed the oil in their cars we were doomed . . ."
-NickDG

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Viewing info:

http://www.edwards.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123058084


Edwards to open viewing area for possible shuttle landing

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by 1st Lt. Brad Kimberly
95th Air Base Wing Public Affairs

6/21/2007 - EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- Edwards Air Force Base is planning to open its Mercury Boulevard viewing area Friday and Saturday for the landing of Space Shuttle Atlantis.

In the event the space shuttle is unable to land at Kennedy Space Center, Fla., Edwards is the primary alternate landing site for the conclusion of STS-117.

Any members of the public wishing to view the potential shuttle landing must do so from the Mercury Boulevard viewing area.

From Lancaster and Palmdale, the viewing area can be reached by driving northbound on 120th Street East and making a right-hand turn on Mercury Boulevard just before the South Gate checkpoint. From there, the viewing area is 12 miles down the road.

From Boron, go south on Rocket Site Road until it intersects with Mercury Boulevard. Make a right on Mercury Boulevard and continue to the viewing area four miles down the road.

The public will not be permitted to pass through any of the installation's gates for viewing the shuttle landing on base.

The shuttle's potential landing times at Edwards are Friday at 12:49 p.m., 2:21 p.m., and 3:56 p.m. The potential landing times for Saturday are 1:07 p.m. and 2:42 p.m.

Media are invited to attend the landing, but must make arrangements with the NASA Dryden Flight Research Center Public Affairs office by calling (661) 276-3449 as soon as possible.

(Editor's Note: Landing times current as of June 21 at 3:27 p.m.)

"Once we got to the point where twenty/something's needed a place on the corner that changed the oil in their cars we were doomed . . ."
-NickDG

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I know what this means. It means I'll be getting some super friggen cool pictures of the shuttle close up and getting loaded onto the 747, maybe even a video.

I have a friend that works for NASA at Edwards, which is where I used to live.

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Post pics if you can.

"Once we got to the point where twenty/something's needed a place on the corner that changed the oil in their cars we were doomed . . ."
-NickDG

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I shall try.

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SWEEEEET I wish I could go up there but i have to work!! oh well atleast i get to hear the sonic boom.

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SWEEEEET I wish I could go up there but i have to work!! oh well atleast i get to hear the sonic boom.

what the fuck is a sonic boom???

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Yup, I'm at south base, all the trucks are line up to to recover it once it lands, we get a great view from here.

Only the good die young, so I have found immortality,

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you'll miss BOTH of them!

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Thoughts with the crew for a perfectly safe landing.

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Hot Mama
At least you know where you stand even if it is in a pile of shit.

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I just heard the booms. so fucking cool!!

I swear you must have footprints on the back of your helmet - chicagoskydiver
My God has a bigger dick than your god -George Carlin

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Loved the sonic booms...

Land safely.

Be yourself!
MooOOooOoo

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allways fun to watch, I was about 1/4 mile from where it touched down. we could see it as it went over the top and then boom-boom!! it drops like a rock. comes in very fast. So now it's sitting at the 04 end of the runway, all is good with STS-117

Only the good die young, so I have found immortality,

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allways fun to watch, I was about 1/4 mile from where it touched down. we could see it as it went over the top and then boom-boom!! it drops like a rock. comes in very fast. So now it's sitting at the 04 end of the runway, all is good with STS-117

I was just thinking about you and wondering if you were watching. I should have driven up there.

Be yourself!
MooOOooOoo

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I'm too far away to come watch in person, but NASA's website carried video of the whole thing and I never get tired of watching that. No sonic booms over the internet, though.

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all is good with STS-117

YEAH

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At least you know where you stand even if it is in a pile of shit.

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Wasn't that the last flight for that shuttle? Seems like I read or heard that somewhere.

"Once we got to the point where twenty/something's needed a place on the corner that changed the oil in their cars we were doomed . . ."
-NickDG

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I don't think so--unless you mean Atlantis, specifically. STS-118 is set to go in August.

TPM Sister #102

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That airframe. Didn't know the name.

"Once we got to the point where twenty/something's needed a place on the corner that changed the oil in their cars we were doomed . . ."
-NickDG

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I'm just looking at their website, which mentions upcoming missions but (at first glance, anyway) doesn't seem to designate shuttles to any of them.

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I just heard the booms. so fucking cool!!

Ah, that must have been what I heard a little while ago. I was sitting downstairs doing homework, and it sounded like something hit our house. And all of the cats looked spooked. I thought it was an earthquake, but I checked the "recent activity" site and there were no recent quakes nearby.

I had seen in the news earlier that the shuttle might land here, but I didn't even think about that when I heard the noise. Oh well, I'm kinda slow sometimes.

Edited to say: Damn, I wish I would have known earlier, because I would have driven down there to watch.

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I think it's Endeavour.
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/sts118/mission_overview.html

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Yep; that looks right!

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SWEEEEET I wish I could go up there but i have to work!! oh well atleast i get to hear the sonic boom.

what the fuck is a sonic boom???

That is when your living room window suddenly breaks, and the dogs and cats dive under the couch, for no apparent reason.

"There are only three things of value: younger women, faster airplanes, and bigger crocodiles" - Arthur Jones.

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Southern Californians, the news just said that the shuttle is cleared to land at Edwards AFB at 12:49 PST. If you can bugger out of work for the afternoon, it's worth watching. The Edwards website should have directions to the viewing area.

Funny, I thought I read somewhere that it was going to land in AZ...and TX...and LA.

"There are only three things of value: younger women, faster airplanes, and bigger crocodiles" - Arthur Jones.