NASA issues tips for recording Discovery's return

[Jacques van Oene]

Kyle Herring/Allard Beutel
Johnson Space Center, Houston August 6, 2005
(Phone 202/358-3749)

MEDIA ADVISORY: M05-129

NASA ISSUES TIPS FOR RECORDING DISCOVERY'S RETURN

A horizon-to-horizon plasma streak across the pre-dawn sky signals
Space Shuttle Discovery's return to Earth on Monday. Amateur videographers
and photographers can capture the event with tips provided by NASA imagery
experts.

Following a successful 13-day mission to the International Space Station,
Discovery is scheduled to land at 4:46 a.m. EDT, Monday back at its launch
site, NASA's Kennedy Space Center, Fla.

Discovery's track takes it across the southern Pacific Ocean, Central
America, Cuba and Florida's southwest coast en route to KSC.

As it begins interacting with the Earth's atmosphere, Discovery's speed
creates a plasma shield of super-heated air, which stretches almost from
horizon to horizon.

While NASA is not soliciting video from the public, the tips provide
guidance for amateur astronomers to track Discovery's return home. The tips
are available on the Web at:

http://www.nasa.gov/returntoflight/crew/photo_tips.html

For the latest information about Discovery's mission on the Web, visit:

http://www.nasa.gov/returntoflight


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[Brian Gaff]

So can we assume that aircraft will be out in force as well as ground
cameras all along the projected course on Monday Morning?

Its actually going to be not bad to listen Monday morning here in the UK,
as the time difference means I don't have to get up early...

Those who have seen this before, is there any colour to the plasma or is it
just a glow around the orbiter? I have had sight, I'm just interested.

Brian

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"Jacques van Oene" > wrote in message
. ..
> Kyle Herring/Allard Beutel
> Johnson Space Center, Houston August 6, 2005
> (Phone 202/358-3749)
>
> MEDIA ADVISORY: M05-129
>
> NASA ISSUES TIPS FOR RECORDING DISCOVERY'S RETURN
>
> A horizon-to-horizon plasma streak across the pre-dawn sky signals
> Space Shuttle Discovery's return to Earth on Monday. Amateur videographers
> and photographers can capture the event with tips provided by NASA imagery
> experts.
>
> Following a successful 13-day mission to the International Space Station,
> Discovery is scheduled to land at 4:46 a.m. EDT, Monday back at its launch
> site, NASA's Kennedy Space Center, Fla.
>
> Discovery's track takes it across the southern Pacific Ocean, Central
> America, Cuba and Florida's southwest coast en route to KSC.
>
> As it begins interacting with the Earth's atmosphere, Discovery's speed
> creates a plasma shield of super-heated air, which stretches almost from
> horizon to horizon.
>
> While NASA is not soliciting video from the public, the tips provide
> guidance for amateur astronomers to track Discovery's return home. The
> tips
> are available on the Web at:
>
> http://www.nasa.gov/returntoflight/crew/photo_tips.html
>
> For the latest information about Discovery's mission on the Web, visit:
>
> http://www.nasa.gov/returntoflight
>
>
> -end-
>
> --
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>
> Jacques :-)
>
> www.spacepatches.info
>
>

[Jim Oberg]

Wouldn't it be more appropriate to post this in Spanish?



"Jacques van Oene" > wrote
> Kyle Herring/Allard Beutel
> Johnson Space Center, Houston August 6, 2005
> (Phone 202/358-3749)
>
> MEDIA ADVISORY: M05-129
>
> NASA ISSUES TIPS FOR RECORDING DISCOVERY'S RETURN
>

[Patty Winter]

In article >,
Brian Gaff > wrote:
>
>Those who have seen this before, is there any colour to the plasma or is it
>just a glow around the orbiter? I have had sight, I'm just interested.

It's a beautiful pinkish orange. I just found one photo by searching
for "space shuttle plasma trail" in Google images:

http://www.sworld.com.au/steven/space/shuttle/images/bh77-01.jpg

You might try some other variations in the search terms and find more.


Patty

[Jorge R. Frank]

"Brian Gaff" > wrote in
. uk:

> So can we assume that aircraft will be out in force as well as ground
> cameras all along the projected course on Monday Morning?

The two WB-57s that filmed the launch will be stationed along the entry
groundtrack, yes.

> Those who have seen this before, is there any colour to the plasma or
> is it just a glow around the orbiter? I have had sight, I'm just
> interested.

Supposed to look pinkish from the inside, but I've never seen that from the
ground. More whitish-yellowish.


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[C.P Kurz]

Jorge R. Frank schrieb:

> The two WB-57s that filmed the launch will be stationed along the entry
> groundtrack, yes.

Do you know how close they're allowed to go during ascent and landing?

- Carsten