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• Behind the Scenes of the Walk Behind the Scenes of the Walk Out of Space Shuttle Endeavour Crew (STS-130)

  • From: DaveSirak
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    Commander George Zamka will lead the STS-130 mission to the International Space Station aboard space shuttle Endeavour. Terry Virts will serve as the pilot. Mission Specialists are Nicholas Patrick, Robert Behnken, Stephen Robinson and Kathryn Hire. Virts will be making his first trip to space.
    
    Shuttle Endeavour and its crew will deliver to the space station a third connecting module, the Italian-built Tranquility node and the seven-windowed cupola, which will be used as a control room for robotics. The mission will feature three spacewalks.
    
    The first launch attempt on February 7, 2010 was scrubbed due to high clouds that would obscure viability for ground cameras and the shuttle crew in the event they had to make an emergency landing at the Kennedy Space Center after liftoff or Return to Landing Site (RTLS).

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• STS 130 RSS Time Lapse SDl.mov STS 130 RSS Time Lapse SDl.mov

  • From: DaveSirak
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    The rotating service structure provides protected access to the orbiter for installation and servicing of payloads at the pad, as well as servicing access to certain systems on the orbiter.
    
    The majority of payloads are installed in the vertical position at the pad, partly because of their design and partly because payload processing can thus take place further along in the launch processing schedule.
    
    The rotating service structure is 102 feet long, 50 feet wide, and 130 feet high. It is supported by a rotating bridge that pivots about a vertical axis on the west side of the pad's flame trench. The structure rotates through 120 degrees -- one third of a circle -- on a radius of 160 feet. Its hinged column rests on the pad surface and is braced against the fixed service structure.
    
    The structure is retracted before launch.
    
    The major feature of the rotating service structure is the Payload Changeout Room, an enclosed, environmentally controlled area that supports payload delivery and servicing at the pad and mates to the orbiter cargo bay for vertical payload installation. Clean-air purges help ensure that the payloads being transferred from the payload canister into the Payload Changeout Room are not exposed to the open air.
    
    The payload is removed from the canister and later installed inside the orbiter cargo bay using the payload ground handling mechanism. Five platforms are positioned at five levels to provide access to the payload when it is installed on the mechanism. Each platform has extendible planks that can be configured to accommodate a particular payload.
    
    Another feature of the rotating service structure is the orbiter midbody umbilical unit, which provides access and services to the midfuselage portion of the orbiter. The unit is 22 feet long, 13 feet wide, and 20 feet high. It extends from the rotating structure at levels ranging from 158 feet to 176 feet above the pad surface, and includes a sliding extension platform and a horizontally moving line-handling mechanism. The unit provides access to the midbody umbilical door. It is used to supply fluids to the orbiter's power reactant storage and distribution system and payloads. Liquid oxygen and liquid hydrogen for the fuel cells are funneled through here, as are gases such as nitrogen and helium.
    
    Also found on the rotating service structure is the hypergolic umbilical system. Hypergolic fuel and oxidizer lines, as well as helium and nitrogen service lines, are carried from the fixed service structure to the space shuttle orbital maneuvering system pods via this umbilical system. It includes six manually operated and locally controlled umbilical handling units that are structurally attached to the rotating structure. The hypergolic umbilical system lines can be mated and demated from the vehicle very rapidly.

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• Baby wants to Rock! Baby wants to Rock!

  • From: BLIPYOU
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• I ask the ? why I love this so I ask the ? why I love this so much?

  • From: BLIPYOU
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• The Cster in Washington DC bli The Cster in Washington DC blizzard

  • From: carynis1hotassgirl
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    Caryn in Washington DC recording the blizzard on February 6,2010 @ 12:48 am. I hope you all enjoy this video and decide to use it on the weather channel

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• Virginia Snow Tubing Virginia Snow Tubing

  • From: sandybob
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• Suspicious Activity 1-30-2010 Suspicious Activity 1-30-2010

  • From: tompaints8
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    Recording made from my front yard of suspicious activity. Two men meet from opposite directions, exchange items, then go their separate ways. All Activities such as this reported to police. No Enforcement has been done here.

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• Show_Them_To_Me_1.wmv Show_Them_To_Me_1.wmv

  • From: RealAmericanBiker
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• Manatee Manatee

  • From: chucksheridan
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• My Favorite Mary J Song- old s My Favorite Mary J Song- old skool

  • From: Ladybug386
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    This song bring back so many memories!

  • 2 weeks ago
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• Anti- Obama video by BLIPYOU Anti- Obama video by BLIPYOU

  • From: BLIPYOU
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    I had to do something with all the anti adds that I found durning Obamas run to the prez. I would save them. But wanted to do something with them and this is what I came up with ENJOY MY BLOGGING FRIENDS

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• Massachusetts Miracle.flv Massachusetts Miracle.flv

  • From: Ivyman68
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• FuzzBall going for a walk FuzzBall going for a walk

  • From: BLIPYOU
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    Sorry it could not of been longer but camera only takes 26 sec. of video. What people must think as the drive and walk by.

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• spunki playing fetch spunki playing fetch

  • From: hoover123
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• Winter Park House Fire Winter Park House Fire

  • From: AndrewBott
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    January 13, 2010 Early morning House fire in the 1500 Block of Magnolia Ave, Winter Park, FL. 

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• Winter Manatee Video Winter Manatee Video

  • From: mommy22
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• Winter Manatee Video 2 Winter Manatee Video 2

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• Frozen Dock ice skiing. Frozen Dock ice skiing.

  • From: BrianWisherd
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    Without a sled this time. Not as easy but still fun.  We'll send some more tomorrow 

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• Frozen dock ice skiing. Frozen dock ice skiing.

  • From: BrianWisherd
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    Sanford FL.  The dock was frozen.  So we decided to give it a try.  My daughter was a good sport.   We plan to do it again tomorrow morning.   

     

  • 4 weeks ago
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• Snow in florida Snow in florida

  • From: joyangels4caylee
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    is this ice snow or what?

  • 4 weeks ago
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