Serenity set to launch into space, literally.... by leadb

Sure does. At the same time, everyone going up has a certain alotment of "things". They have some discression as to what those "things" are. It is my understanding that someone has allowed their personal alottment to be used for this.

At the same time, it might be wise to wait to celebrate. For instance, if the person who has offered to carry them up is sick, his replacement might not be willing to "accept the task."

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Sunday, February 25, 2007 8:14 AM

SNAKEBLOKE

agreed, best darned movie ever so i am massively impressed that theyre are willing to spend several thousand dollars to take serenity over pul fiction or "top gun" (shivers)

although they certainly arent going to take appollo 13 ehh? :P

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Sunday, February 25, 2007 11:01 AM

Hmmm, I thought it was the Firefly box set that was being taken up?

http://whedonesque.com/?comments=11434

EDIT: Ah, okay! The astronaut was given both Firefly and Serenity!

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Sunday, February 25, 2007 6:09 PM

I can confirm that the crew member for STS-117 was given both the Firefly DVD Set and Serenity Movie DVD. the ISS crew has been informed and are looking forward to their arrival. We (the Nasa Browncoats) could have gotten the movie files uplink months ago, but it would have been just a temporary thing since the files are uplinked over older files. The crew member taking them up worked with me on STS-121 and that was when the offer was made that if I provided the DVD's he would be happy to take them up since he was a fan of the show/movie also. I got an email from him this past week that the cargo is packed and ready for liftoff in a few weeks (3/15). I will post photos as soon as I get them. I had emailed Haken this bit of news a while back and recently when I got confirmation of the cargo load. both the Signal and Firefly talk should be carrying it as a news reminder in the next episode.

photos from the mission will be added to this gallery:
http://www.kodakgallery.com/Slideshow.jsp?mode=fromshare&Uc=ekhorlf.24
ok35ob&Uy=-bjbomd&Ux=0

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Sunday, February 25, 2007 8:05 PM

ROY

Great stuff MAII & the NASA Browncoats

And kudos to the crew member who's taking them up there. Are the DVDs on permanent loan to the ISS ?

Any chance of a promo photo being posted after the DVDs get there ? Say a crew member holding the DVD cases with an Earth backdrop ?

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Sunday, February 25, 2007 11:36 PM

AGATSU

We got NASA Browncoats! I'm impressed. Did you really just stage that moon landing thing? Come on, you can tell me...

But seriously, I didn't know we got NASA Browncoats, and I think it rocks that we do.

"Dude, you don't want to fuck with the Browncoats. They're cheering a show that's not even on". - Kevin Smith

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Monday, February 26, 2007 1:53 AM

ARTISOXYGEN

NASA Browncoats.....awesome.....how cool is that!

Why would I wanna leave Serenity?.....can't think of a reason...

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Monday, February 26, 2007 3:32 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by Roy:

Great stuff MAII & the NASA Browncoats And kudos to the crew member who's taking them up there. Are the DVDs on permanent loan to the ISS ?

Any chance of a promo photo being posted after the DVDs get there ? Say a crew member holding the DVD cases with an Earth backdrop ?

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they will be a permanent home on the space station and yes I have been promised some cool photos of the dvd's in space. the photo link I posted will contain whatever photos I get downlinked.

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Monday, February 26, 2007 3:35 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by Agatsu:
We got NASA Browncoats! I'm impressed. Did you really just stage that moon landing thing? Come on, you can tell me...
But seriously, I didn't know we got NASA Browncoats, and I think it rocks that we do.

"Dude, you don't want to fuck with the Browncoats. They're cheering a show that's not even on". - Kevin Smith

well when the show aired there were about 4 of us, but when the dvd's came out we converted branches at a time. we have flight directors, astronauts, flight controllers, division chiefs and others now. for the Serenity premiere there were I think 100 who all went together.

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Monday, February 26, 2007 3:39 AM

ZZETTA13

Imprinted cargo? I'll have to inform Badger about this

Z

PS: I'm lovin the idea of FF/Serenity up in the atmo :)

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Tuesday, February 27, 2007 11:01 AM

well due to hail damage to the external tank, the mission is being delayed until April 22nd so that the stack can be rolled back to the VAB for assessment and repairs.

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Tuesday, February 27, 2007 12:10 PM

JERRYT

Quote:
well when the show aired there were about 4 of us, but when the dvd's came out we converted branches at a time. we have flight directors, astronauts, flight controllers, division chiefs and others now. for the Serenity premiere there were I think 100 who all went together.

Now we know why those guys in mission control are always looking so intently at their monitors, they are watching Firefly/Serenity.

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Tuesday, February 27, 2007 12:28 PM

AGATSU

Hail damage, right... some terrifying space monkeys maybe got loose? You really oughta check the returning ships for terrifying space monkeys. Just a friendly advice.

"Dude, you don't want to fuck with the Browncoats.
They're cheering a show that's not even on". - Kevin Smith

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Wednesday, February 28, 2007 3:44 AM

MAIII
Thanks for the update on the shuttle lift date; I caught a clip this morning on NPR (but not all of it) and that was the first thing I wondered... is it -that- shuttle. I guess it is. Patience is a virtue, or so I'm told; so I guess we get to practice our virtues.

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Wednesday, February 28, 2007 4:15 AM

DARKFLY

Serenity & Firefly going up to ISS is like coolest thing ever & the 2nd coolest thing ever is that we actually have are own NASA BROWNCOATS, since we have NASA BROWNCOATS can any pf them tell me if the whole man went up to the moon was fake or not.

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Wednesday, February 28, 2007 5:54 AM

MSG

This is great! I always knew the people at NASA were smart!

"I'm not all that interested in the mental health of people who want to kill me. "- Leroy Jethro Gibbs

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Tuesday, May 8, 2007 3:27 PM

TheonetrueBix is setting up a website, he is going to try and put together the info from my various postings. this way come liftoff in June (6/8 is the new launch date) if we want to point press and other to the site we can. maybe we can start a digg frenzy like the AACS fiasco :)

http://www.breakingatmo.com/

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Tuesday, May 8, 2007 4:01 PM

THEONETRUEBIX

That's the plan, anyway. I speculate/estimate that I won't get the chance to really dig into compiling info until the workweek is over. Heh.

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Tuesday, May 8, 2007 5:43 PM

That's great, Maiii! Thanks for the update.

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Tuesday, May 8, 2007 5:53 PM

GHOULFISH

Thanks for the updates - Firefly in Space - First time eva

maybe we could get some martians addicted to firefly too

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Tuesday, May 8, 2007 8:33 PM

ROY

Quote:
Originally posted by maiii:
TheonetrueBix is setting up a website, he is going to try and put together the info from my various postings. this way come liftoff in June (6/8 is the new launch date) if we want to point press and other to the site we can. maybe we can start a digg frenzy like the AACS fiasco :)

http://www.breakingatmo.com/]

Love the title page. You are sure that's the ISS not Niska's space station ?

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Wednesday, May 9, 2007 11:04 AM

I'm in the process of reading the interviews & biographies of all the crewmembers, to try to guess who our mysterious benefactor is, based on who "sounds" most like a Browncoat!

http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/sts117/index
.html

Anybody care to make a friendly wager?

EDIT: I know it's not Clay Anderson, because the Mysterynaut said, "I’ll take them with me and see if the ISS crew wants them, if not I’ll bring them back (after taking a few pictures with them) and give them to you," and Clay is gonna be staying up there. Also, he was added to the mission only a few weeks ago.

But Clay seems to have a great sense of humor, so I think he's gonna take to Firefly the strongest!

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Wednesday, May 9, 2007 11:39 AM

MINIB2K

Firefly/Serenity in space?... NASA Browncoats...
SHINY!

really all that needs to be said

We did it once and since then weve grown in numbers... how can we NOT do it again!
Go Browncoats!

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Tuesday, May 15, 2007 6:17 AM

The vehicle is rolling out the pad and I have added some pictures to the kodak photo gallery. still looking good for 6/8 launch.

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Tuesday, May 15, 2007 5:10 PM

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The INDEPENDENT SPACEBORNE FORCES are putting

together Special Missions to honor this

Achievement...

Interested Folk Should Oughta Look Us Up !

< http://tv.groups.yahoo.com/group/SPACEBORNEFORCES/?yguid=302025992>

NEWS FLASH : Fresh Update 5-15-2007

Final testing for flight was started Saturday.

All of the systems were brought up on both

vehicles and given a shakedown.

One of the time consuming tasks was getting

everything communicating correctly with the new

setup in the Mission control van.

By the end of the day Bob had all the systems

transmitting data, displaying on maps and

generally purring.

Ed and Karl took on on the task of checking the

antennas. We're using higher frequency with

smaller antennas these days, but we still have a

few applications that need the big boomers.

It's never good to discover you're missing a

bolt in the field.

Before each mission we set up everything and

make sure we have all the nuts and bolts.

FLIGHT SCHEDULED JUNE 2nd !

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Tuesday, June 5, 2007 11:07 AM

we had a meeting today to review some items for the L-2 MMT tomorrow and I asked about the union strike issue and everyone seemed confident it would be no impact to the launch. there are enough non union folks that can perform the STS-118 preparations so it should no be an impact to LON requirements for STS-117. weather is 70% go for Friday, Saturday and Sunday.

for those with digg accounts let the digging begin.

http://digg.com/television/Breaking_Atmo_Serenity_Firefly_to_go_up_in_
the_next_space_shuttle_mission

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Tuesday, June 5, 2007 5:17 PM

BROWNCOATSANDINISTA

NASA Browncoats...Hmmmm...Firefly//Serenity in Space...Hmmmm...Hard to tell which is cooler. Now all we need to do is get Group of Eight Browncoats and Royal Family of ((Insert Monarchic Nation here)) Browncoats and we can take over the world.

"I'm not going to say Serenity is the greatest SciFi movie ever; oh wait yes I am." - Orson Scott Card

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Tuesday, June 5, 2007 9:52 PM

CANISD

As long as they make sure the primary buffer panel is secure! Last thing you EVER want to hear during a shuttle launch is the commander saying "What was that?"

"If you want to have dinner with the Devil, make sure to bring a long spoon!"
http://wolfsshipyard.mystarship.com

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Wednesday, June 6, 2007 9:47 AM

http://www.breakingatmo.com/status/2007/06/the-countdown-begins

just had our L-2 MMT. all systems looking good, though weather this afternoon at the Cape could delay PRSD loading (Fuel cell H2 and O2). weather for friday is still holding at 70% chance for GO. Saturday and Sunday it drops to 60% chance for GO.

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Wednesday, June 6, 2007 9:51 AM

THEONETRUEBIX

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Friday, June 8, 2007 4:30 AM

Launch countdown is looking good. they are filling the external tank now. weather is looking real good for tonight.

I uploaded some photos from last night after they retracted the Remote Servicing Structure (RSS). everything is still looking good for launch.
http://www.kodakgallery.com/I.jsp?c=ekhorlf.24ok35ob&x=0&y=-bjbomd

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Friday, June 8, 2007 10:31 AM

bump

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Friday, June 8, 2007 1:59 PM

And it's enroute!

http://www.breakingatmo.com/ for details

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Friday, June 8, 2007 2:52 PM

I uplinked some ascent photos including a picture of our intrepid Browncoat (Steve "Swanny" Swanson).

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Saturday, June 9, 2007 2:59 AM

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Saturday, June 9, 2007 5:49 PM

CHINDI

MAIII

Thanks for the photos and the info. It is a real joy to have a chance to look inside NASA like this!

I love my fellow Browncoats!

THANKS!!

Chindi

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Monday, June 11, 2007 4:49 AM

Good morning space fans,
Swanny has been busy this first two days so I havent gotten an emails yet. they do have a 2 hour crew off time tomorrow, so who knows maybe they will watch an episode or two :)

Yesterday saw a beautiful docking with the Space Station ( I am still pulling photos from the database). Today is the First of 4 Spacewalks. They will install the S3/S4 Truss segement today which is the big solar array on the starboard side of the ISS. They wont deploy the solar array wings until tomorrow.

The Mission Management team and the rest of Mission Control is still thinking about what to do with the bent blanket on the Left OMS (Orbital Manuvering System) Pod. The thermal blanket was torn loose and bent upwards due to aerodynamic loads during launch. The concern with this blanket is what amount of increased heating it will cause in the area during entry heating. If the blanket rips off during the lower portion under aero loads it is not a debris concern. The team is working options for tucking the blanket back down since it does have some memory for staying flat. If it is flat during entry heating it should not be an issue, but if it is bent up the disturbance to the plasma flow could cause damage to the underlying OMS Pod structure by causing a stagnation point and a hole that heat can get into, but not out of. In the past we have seen lost blankets and tiles that did cause survivable damage to the OMS pod. So the question the team is working is the extent of localized damage and if there is a concern for entry.

The team is also continuing to review ascent data (RADAR, WBS Tracking Planes, SRB Video, Ground Cameras) as well as the flight day 2 inspection data and so far there is no indication of areas for concern.

http://www.kodakgallery.com/I.jsp?c=ekhorlf.24ok35ob&x=0&y=-bjbomd

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Wednesday, June 13, 2007 4:07 AM

the mission continues to go well as the team works through the blanket repair options for procedures/tools and which EVA to perform the work on should be decided by the mission management team today. Swanny and Forrester are going for a spacewalk later today to continue work on the newly installed Truss and Solar Array Segment. Airlock egress is ~2 pm EDT.

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Sunday, June 24, 2007 5:42 AM

two updates for this thread incase you missed the other threads:
1)
From: MS2
Sent: Tuesday, June 19, 2007 2:01 AM
Cc: Shuttle-Crew
Subject: RE: Hope you had a great spacewalk

The package has been delivered. Pictures were taken (and probably downlinked already)and I'll have to find how to get them. I've got most of the crew hooked on the show and Clay too, so he will enjoy them.

Thanks again and take care,
Steve
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2)

I added some photos from the crew return at Ellington today. I had a chance to talk with Swanny after the ceremony he is doing well. turns out when the crew was in quarantine prior to launch they watched 5 episodes and that is how Swanny got them all hooked. Clay was definitely excited about having the set on the ISS since he was hooked. Swanny is going to try and find the photos of him, Clay and Suni on the ISS with the DVD's as soon as he can. again sorry I couldn't get them for the CSTS screening's this weekend. stay shiny.

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Monday, June 25, 2007 6:54 PM

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Wednesday, June 27, 2007 7:43 AM

The photos have arrived. last three in the gallery are of some shiny discs enjoying zero-g's.

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