Space Mission Principia Live

[bibblebub]

live coverage starts at 10:00 GMT

http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Human_Spaceflight/Principia/Principia_live

[bibblebub]

here's a picture of the launch site taken on Sunday http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/styles/full_width_feature/public/thumbnails/image/23088705953_d186d56a8e_o.jpg?itok=f4AujnWu

[bibblebub]

the live feed is now showing the Soyuz space craft on the launchpad

[Old_Geezer]

Just heard the commentator say that this is their last night on Earth ! I rather hope not.

[bibblebub]

here's the detailed timeline http://blogs.esa.int/tim-peake/2015/12/09/launch-timeline/ and launch is at 11:03:10

[bibblebub]

T-2 minutes

[bibblebub]

thar she blows

[bibblebub]

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

NASA tv has the view from within the capsule

[Mamyalynne]

Ta Bibble - so far so smooth.

[bibblebub]

thought that it was worth posting the links since the tv news channels will get bored with showing it live quite soon

[Mamyalynne]

Indeed.

[Tilly2]

I enjoyed that. Thanks, Bibble.

Amazing!

[bibblebub]

happy to be of service, ma'ams

[Hypognosis]

Thanks, bibblebub.

The TV schedule on that NASA website has an odd quirk though - you can select any time zone around the world *except* GMT (or GMT+0, to make it consistent with the other options). Programmers aren't immune from forgetfulness, it seems.

[bibblebub]

the NASA link is showing Soyuz approaching the ISS

[bibblebub]

they've finally docked

[Cloverjo]

This is so amazing. The space station will be passing in front of my house in about 40 minutes. No one else is excited here. I've thought about nothing else all day.

[bibblebub]

my new avatar is a screenshot from the streamed video of the Soyuz approaching the ISS last hour