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Getting close to launch!!

I'm staying up tonight past my bedtime for this, hope it doesn't get s___bed. Don't wanna say it and jinx it. My first launch in person was a night launch of Endeavor STS-72 back in 1996 I believe it was.

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Still go.

T minus 20 minutes and counting

Useful links:
NASA Space Shuttle Mission Pages
NASA STS-123 Mission Information
NASA Mission Overview: All Aboard for STS-123: The Station Goes Global
Wikipedia: STS-123
NASA Launch Schedule
NASA Kennedy Space Center Shuttle Countdown Status
NASA Shuttle Launch and Landing
NASA Shuttle Launch Blog (active about 6 hours before liftoff)
CBS News Space Place
SpaceFlightNow STS-123 Mission Coverage (sparse at first)
BAUT Forum topic STS-122 Shuttle Mission (previous mission)
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Launch target:
2008, Monday, March 10, 2328 PDT
2008, Tuesday, March 11, 0228 EDT
2008, Tuesday, March 11, 0628 UTC

65 minutes to launch
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1 hour left real time....gonna make a quick run for the border, get some Taco Bell.
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gonna make a quick run for the border, get some Taco Bell.
Beware the late-night burrito.

OK. Holding. Let us know when you're back so we can resume the countdown.

T minus 9 minutes and holding (for about 45 minutes).

Just a picture from the pad 'cause it's so pretty and white at night:

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Weather still good.

54 minutes to launch
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1:45 a.m. - Meteorologists are watching cloud decks in the vicinity of NASA's Kennedy Space Center, but weather conditions remain go for launch at 2:28 a.m. EDT.
Launch target:
2008, Monday, March 10, 2328 PDT
2008, Tuesday, March 11, 0228 EDT
2008, Tuesday, March 11, 0628 UTC

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Beware the late-night burrito.
Haha I know, but it was the only thing open right now. I got my wish, I was hoping there was no line at the drive-thru so I get back quickly. Now I got my NASA TV open and ready to continue watching countdown. Always something about night launches that gives me goose bumps (the good ones). Can't wait here we go! 30 minutes to go!
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launch put on hold for a few mins

Count starting again
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Launch team poll: Go. Go. Go.

No constraints. No issues. Go for launch.

Clear to launch.

T minus 9 minutes and holding.

3 min left in built-in hold.
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Nice, and i'm at work missing the whole thing
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Ignition (Yeah, I'm behind. It takes a bit to process the film.)

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(real time: 5 minutes in. all good.)
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Thanks for keeping me up to date m8. (can't do streaming video or audio here, so ur my only real time info)
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MECO confirmation

external tank sep

all good

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Endeavour safely on orbit
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It was overcast here in Maryland, but I think I could still see the glow from the ascent off to the southeast for a couple of minutes there, at least it got noticeably brighter a minute or so after launch and gradually moved to the east before fading away.
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Sweet verbal replay, from the Launch Blog

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2:36 a.m. - Main engine cutoff! Space shuttle Endeavour is now safely in space and its three main engines have shut down as planned. The external tank has been jettisoned back to Earth and Endeavour is making its way to the International Space Station.

2:31 a.m. - Endeavour has jettisoned its twin solid rocket boosters as planned. Endeavour continues onward to orbit on the thrust of its three main engines. The external tank holding the fuel for the main engines remains attached to the shuttle. All systems are working well.

2:30 a.m. - The enormous thrust of the solid rocket boosters and three main engines combined to bring an artificial sunrise over NASA's Kennedy Space Center early this morning as space shuttle Endeavour roared off Launch Pad 39A on time at 2:28 a.m. EDT.

2:28 a.m. - Space shuttle Endeavour has cleared the launch tower and is on its way to the International Space Station.

2:28 a.m. - LIFTOFF!
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A minute away from Cork, sunshine, and then Cardiff.
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Misiion Control room is cool. Looks like an IMAX theatre.
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Coming up on Le Havre. (Too bad he retired from the Packers, huh?)

OK. I'm silly. Bed time.
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Watching the launch replays....it was cloudy tonight at the Cape....it looked cool though when the big flames went into the clouds.
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