HDNET TO PROVIDE LIVE BROADCAST OF SPACE SHUTTLE ATLANTIS LAUNCH
Network to air spectacular high-definition coverage beginning at
6:00 p.m. EDT on Friday, June 8
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
DALLAS (May 31, 2007) HDNet will once again put viewers right on the launch pad with exclusive high-definition coverage of the planned liftoff of Space Shuttle Atlantis, set for 7:34 p.m. EDT on Friday, June 8. The network’s coverage will begin at 6:00 p.m. EDT.
STS-117 will be the 21st U.S. mission to the International Space Station. The flight will deliver and attach the second and third starboard truss segments to the station—the Integrated Truss Structure
S3/S4 and associated set of power-generating solar arrays.
“In continuing our partnership with NASA, HDNet is excited to bring our viewers the latest installment in the history of the Space Shuttle Program,” said Mark Cuban, president and co-founder of HDNet. “Plus, our coverage makes you feel like you’re standing right at the launch pad
- making this historical coverage even more spectacular.”
HDNet World Report Correspondent Greg Dobbs and former shuttle astronaut Charles "Sam" Gemar will again anchor live coverage from the launch site at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
HDNet's exclusive HD partnership with NASA allows the network exceptional access to the shuttle and its astronauts, including coverage of the crew’s prelaunch preparations such as the astronauts getting into their vacuum suits, moving into the orbiter and making their final preparations before liftoff.
In addition, HDNet’s coverage will include interviews with the NASA astronauts and shuttle workers. Dobbs will present an in-depth conversation with the STS-117 astronauts as they talk about their families, fears, inspirations, and ambitions. He will also speak with a NASA shuttle engineer who explains just what it took to fix an external fuel tank that initially didn’t look fixable.
For this launch, HDNet will deploy a special CANON DIGISUPER 86II TELE xs (2322mm) lens for a view from the roof of the 525-foot tall Vehicle Assembly Building. This camera will be used extensively for launch and debris analysis, something that NASA will undoubtedly be watching with a close eye.
Source: HDNet
Network to air spectacular high-definition coverage beginning at
6:00 p.m. EDT on Friday, June 8
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
DALLAS (May 31, 2007) HDNet will once again put viewers right on the launch pad with exclusive high-definition coverage of the planned liftoff of Space Shuttle Atlantis, set for 7:34 p.m. EDT on Friday, June 8. The network’s coverage will begin at 6:00 p.m. EDT.
STS-117 will be the 21st U.S. mission to the International Space Station. The flight will deliver and attach the second and third starboard truss segments to the station—the Integrated Truss Structure
S3/S4 and associated set of power-generating solar arrays.
“In continuing our partnership with NASA, HDNet is excited to bring our viewers the latest installment in the history of the Space Shuttle Program,” said Mark Cuban, president and co-founder of HDNet. “Plus, our coverage makes you feel like you’re standing right at the launch pad
- making this historical coverage even more spectacular.”
HDNet World Report Correspondent Greg Dobbs and former shuttle astronaut Charles "Sam" Gemar will again anchor live coverage from the launch site at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
HDNet's exclusive HD partnership with NASA allows the network exceptional access to the shuttle and its astronauts, including coverage of the crew’s prelaunch preparations such as the astronauts getting into their vacuum suits, moving into the orbiter and making their final preparations before liftoff.
In addition, HDNet’s coverage will include interviews with the NASA astronauts and shuttle workers. Dobbs will present an in-depth conversation with the STS-117 astronauts as they talk about their families, fears, inspirations, and ambitions. He will also speak with a NASA shuttle engineer who explains just what it took to fix an external fuel tank that initially didn’t look fixable.
For this launch, HDNet will deploy a special CANON DIGISUPER 86II TELE xs (2322mm) lens for a view from the roof of the 525-foot tall Vehicle Assembly Building. This camera will be used extensively for launch and debris analysis, something that NASA will undoubtedly be watching with a close eye.
Source: HDNet
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