Thread: HDNet Prepares for Landing 8/9 @ 5am ET

Time Warner Cable to air Space Shuttle coverage in high-def
Time Warner Cable will air several special features related to the Space Shuttle Discovery in high-definition television.

The cable company will show a 30-minute special behind-the-scenes look on the shuttle. "Shuttle Discovery Returns to Flight" has been produced by HDNet and will air July 31 at 12:30 p.m. It will also include pre-launch and launch highlights.

HDNet also will replay the five-hour NASA launch on July 30 from 10:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.

All of this programming is being made available to lead up to the shuttle's return flight on Aug. 7 at 4:50 p.m. Central Time, which Time Warner will also air on high-definition television. HDNet is located on channel 162.

The programming could be historic since NASA administrators will suspend all shuttle flights once Discovery returns.

Scientists said earlier this week that pieces of insulation foam broke from the spacecraft during launch, prompting NASA's decision to halt the shuttle program until problems are solved. Discovery is the first shuttle flight since the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster in 2003. A similar problem caused Columbia to disintegrated during mid-entry, killing all seven astronauts on board.


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Source: Multichannel News

8/5/2005 10:33:00 AMWhen the Space Shuttle Discovery lands at Kennedy Space Center, scheduled for 4:46 a.m. (EST) Monday, HDNet will be there to cover it live.

The network’s coverage will include the landing live in HD via HDNet's 1080i (interlaced) HD cameras and equipment, accompanied by natural sounds and NASA's own commentary direct from mission control.

HDNet added that it will use its exclusive HD footage to produce other special primetime reports -- one highlighting the landing, to air Aug. 9, and an hour-long documentary to air Aug. 16.

Saw that the poster from HDnews that they will also be LIVE tomorrow covering this.

did it land?

Ok, I just saw HDnews and it was cancelled for tomorrow at 5am ET.

Possible Landing Sites for Tomorrow...

If it was a givin for White Sands, I would so be there... about a 2 hour drive or so...

Landed in CA I saw it this am in HDnews.

I heard that 2 decades ago they did have to land in White Sands. They said that they are still finding sand particles from that shuttle landing.