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NASA Shuttle Specific Sections => Atlantis (Post STS-135, T&R) => Topic started by: Chris Bergin on 07/17/2011 02:00 am
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LIVE and interactive coverage of STS-135's Flight Day 10-11. FD10 is all about transfers. FD11 gets busier. Standalone for FD12.
Main links of use:
Atlantis' forum section for other threads - including non FD specific coverage:
http://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?board=3.0
L2 Members:
STS-135 Special Section - Internal NASA Flight Day coverage:
http://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?board=35.0 or
http://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?action=tags&tags=STS-135
(Best STS mission L2 section by far)
Coverage will be centralized on this site, via these live threads and news articles, but I will ''tweet" important updates via http://twitter.com/NASASpaceflight
All STS-135 News Articles can be found on this link:
http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/tag/sts-135/
Recent Articles:
S0007 Countdown - by myself and Philip Sloss:
http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2011/07/sts-135-atlantis-s0007-tasks-weather-concern-launch/
RRM Payload Feature - By Pete Harding:
http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2011/07/sts-135-enabling-new-era-robotic-satellite-refuelling-space/
Launch Day article - by Chris Gebhardt and a bit from me:
http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2011/07/sts135-live-attempt-1/
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FD1/2 Article:
http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2011/07/sts-135-ascent-reviews-point-superb-launch-performance-atlantis/
FD2 Article:
http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2011/07/sts-135-atlantis-inspections-ahead-iss-arrival/
FD3 Article:
http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2011/07/sts-135-atlantis-docks-iss-wleids-review-rcc-panels/
FD4 Article:
http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2011/07/sts-135-mmt-mission-extension-flawless-atlantis/
FD5 Article:
http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2011/07/sts-135-flight-day-5-eva-swap-pm-install-rrm/
Previous Article:
http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2011/07/sts-135-gpc-4-issue-tps-clearance-overview/
Latest Article:
http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2011/07/sts-135-sun-may-contributed-atlantis-gpc-4-issue/
Many more articles to come.
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FD 10: Transfers.
FD 11:
- MPLM Return, Hatch Closure
– MPLM vestibule de-outfitting
– SSRMS berthing of MPLM in payload bay (OBSS used for LMC clearance)
– Middeck transfer; CWC-I fills
– Farewell, hatch closure
Please note, this is interactive, but all posts need to be on topic. If you post images, no more than two per post.
Click to enlarge NTV schedule
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One hour to crew wake up.
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*hopes for Lady Gaga*
"Hello Hello Space.. can you hear meeee?"
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I'll see your Gaga and raise you a David Bowie.
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Article:
STS-135: The Sun may have contributed to Atlantis’ GPC-4 issue:
http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2011/07/sts-135-sun-may-contributed-atlantis-gpc-4-issue/
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Heh. Kool and the Gang?
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Wake-up song was "Celebration" by Kool and the Gang.
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STS-135 crew picked the song "Celebration" for the Shuttle workforce (for what they've done).
Stennis on the video.
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The message included "Let the good times roll" in French.
I can only assume they have seen the SLS documentation ;)
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Great shot of the Stennis workforce.
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And this will date me. I actually have the vinyl LP of Kool and the Gang! :)
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So I assume that's going to be what they'll do to EOM, people celebrating their layoffs? It's the Garver good times on NASA TV.
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*hopes for Lady Gaga*
"Hello Hello Space.. can you hear meeee?"
I would prefer Weird Al Yankovic doing his Lady Gaga spoof "Perform this way"...
And this will date me. I actually have the vinyl LP of Kool and the Gang! :)
What's a vinyl album? ;)
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If I heard correctly, PAO states that the overall mission is 94% complete on the MPLM transfers.
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PAO Brandi Dean interviewing ISS Flight Director Courtenay McMillan.
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MPLM pack up. 94 percent complete. Small items.
Middeck transfers - late pack items (science) - into double cold bags. GLACIER (fridge) too.
No crew in the middeck with four person crew, so more space for returns (like the gyro).
EMU work to help prep for the Russian Stage EVA in August.
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Prop Team!
Nap time. Please cover anything interesting if you are around.
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Prop Team!
Nap time. Please cover anything interesting if you are around.
Will do, sir!
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NASA TV replayed the just-shown PAO interview with ISS Flight Director Courtenay McMillan.
Orbit 1 team about to assume operational control.
NASA TV replaying the STS-135 wake-up song - "Celebration" by Kool and the Gang.
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Sandy Magnus giving congratulations to the FIFA Women's Cup, for the two teams going into the finals on Sunday July 17th. JAXA astronaut Satoshi Furukawa joins her.
Sandy cheers "Go USA!"
Satoshi cheers "Go Japan!"
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Mike Fossum offering to downlink previously recorded video. The video will be transmitted via LAB MPC and will not go out directly over NASA TV. PAO to review the video and make the call on that. Downlink in progress.
Rob Navias now the PAO. Ten total crew members awake for about an hour, and getting ready for their final full day of joint docked operations.
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PAO Ron Navias: ISS Orbit 1 team on duty. Final full day on orbit. 9,400 lbs of MPLM supplies were transferred to ISS during this mission.
GPC-4 is in good shape.
Ron Navias notes that this flight marks the end of the shuttle era.
He calls it "A revolutionary vehicle for a revolutionary age"
The special video of "Launching our Dreams" is now showing.
I have seen this several times. Each time chokes me up.
David
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"Launching our Dreams" video replay concluded. Many Kleenexes used.
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PAO notes that today (Sunday July 17) will be the final of the Women's World Cup - USA versus Japan.
Teases that Sandy and Sakoshi may need to be kept apart from each other. :)
Also, Ron Navias notes that July 15 marks the 36th anniversary of the launch of the Apollo/Soyuz Test Project mission - the first international manned space mission.
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"Launching our Dreams" video replay concluded. Many Kleenexes used.
It's a lovely video, It had me thinking about looking forward to the next launch.. *hits head* It hasn't sank in for me yet.. :(
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Ron Navias noting that during the twelve MPLM flights that occurred during the shuttle era a total of 140 tons of cargo was delivered to the ISS.
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"Launching our Dreams" video replay concluded. Many Kleenexes used.
It's a lovely video, It had me thinking about looking forward to the next launch.. *hits head* It hasn't sank in for me yet.. :(
It hasn't sunk in for me either. :(
I am not looking forward to 'Wheels Stop' later this week.
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All quiet on-board Atlantis and the ISS right now (1:36am EDT) I am jumping off for tonight.
Thanks,
David
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NASA played back the video from last nights Dinner in the Russian Segment and it included a lovely half ish tour!
Some HD caps:
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Last load of caps from that video.
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For the record:
http://www.nasa.gov/pdf/571041main_fd10_expk.pdf
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They are installing CPAs at the moment.
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The controller panel assemblies are being installed on the MPLM by Sandy & Fergie. Glacier swap-out coming up.
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Wish I could figure out how to do the screen-caps, but I'm not the most technically inclined (I use my phone for talking).
Earlier Mike found a copper colored hooked tube and wanted to know if he could stow it in the MPLM. He said if Pettit (Don) were here he'd play it like a didgeridoo while Stevie Ray suggested it looked like the case for a 5 iron. It turned out to be a Node 1, Overhead 2 air duct. They had him stow it in Node 2, Overhead 1 for contingency use.
There's a PAO event coming up within the hour.
A couple of hours ago there was stuff everywhere inside Raffaello, but it looks quite tidy now. It was mostly Sandy & Rex, with Mike, Satoshi, and Chris helping. Sandy now taking photos of the configuration now that she & Chris are done.
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All 4 of them are currently installed:
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The PAO event is part of the NASA's Summer of Innovation Programs. It will be done in Kibo by Chunky & Rex. They encouraged them to read the questions ahead in case of low talkers, and to have some food handy to play with.
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Dan Tani, during the video checks with Satoshi, tells him he looks pretty happy up there, at least for a little while until Japan loses to the U.S. in soccer.
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Dan Tani, during the video checks with Satoshi, tells him he looks pretty happy up there, at least for a little while until Japan loses to the U.S. in soccer.
Yeah, a little trash talking -- after verifying the config was good. If there was a response, it wasn't audible. ;D
(The crews will be in their sleep period before the Final starts and probably won't hear the result until wake up late tonight.)
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Moving into sunset
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Mr. Navias is recapping the GPC reconfig done after wake up earlier. Basically, they went back to the configuration at the time of the upset. GPC 4 was reassigned to the Systems Management functions, taking over from GPC 2; GPC 1 continues to be the GNC computer. GPC 2 and 3 are back in standby.
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Sorry if I missed anything as my connection went down in the middle of the event:
Q How do you feel about this being the last launch?
A A lot of opportunities in the future Russia/Commercial
Q Are space suits itchy?
A Not itchy smooth undergarment with cooling tubes
Q How do you replace air lost during EVAs?
A Use of airlock explained. Resupply of air during cargo flights
Q Where next, Moon asteroid or Mars?
A Would prefer Mars but moon or asteroid would be exciting also
Q How much trash in space?
A Lots of small rocket bodies. Station can manouvre and has shielding
Q What happens to NASA after the last mission?
A Plenty to do with ISS etc.
Q Question about Space Food
A Crew demonstrated various space food items
Q Do you get bored in Space?
A Plenty work to do great views of Earth
Q Do you feel heavy when you get back to earth?
A Zero G very comfortable. Feels very heavy when you first return to Earth
Q Can you text email etc.?
A Email and DVDs.
Q How do astronauts sleep at night?
A Strapped into sleeping bags
Q How are the crews selected?
A Picked by Chief Astronaut Peggy Whitson
Q What does launch feel like?
A Like getting shot out of a cannon or on a roller-coaster
Q Time difference in Space?
A Use GMT on ISS and MET in Shuttle
Q Why no gravity in Space?
A Still gravity need to do 17500mph to stay in orbit
Q How long are the missions?
A 13 days for STS 135 ISS crews for 6 or 7 months
Q Can Astronauts listen to Music?
A Listen to ipods in free time
Q How many times have meteors hit ISS
A Nothing big has hit and ISS can get out of the way. Station has been hit by Micrometeorites
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Demonstrating Space food
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Station-Atlantis complex now passing over the Bay of Bengal and Sri Lanka. The crew moving into their off duty period.
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Just racing over the planet, like you do....
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ANd view in Rafaello, which is full of trash and not so full of supplies anymore
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Heh...
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crew thanking orbit one for keeping a look out for them over night during sleep, orbit one signing off.
sounds like setting up for PAO event
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Ron showing bag for Middeck transfer to make sure it all needs to go down
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testing HD on shuttle, seems doesnt work on middeck but good on flight deck, talking about downlinking GLACIER video
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Going over Italy.
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ANd view in Rafaello, which is full of trash and not so full of supplies anymore
Is it safe to assume that Rafaello is dark due to having been robbed of light bulbs? Thought I heard somewhere that the bulbs were compatible with ISS and would be robbed from the MPLM as spares for ISS...
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Over the Med. And the second one could be the Suez Canal.
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Look at that, the Med in the background. Now over Saudi Arabia. Red Sea to the left.
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Josh confirms that was the Suez.
Mecca to the left.
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The Yemen and then the Arabian Sea - heading towards the expanse of the Indian Ocean.
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Indian Ocean. 246 miles overhead.
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Heading into sunset.
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Excellent decision to stay with these shots. It's about a billion times better than what's on TV right now.
What are you up to? "Watching some reality TV rubbish".
Why, what are you doing? "Oh, watching the Sun setting behind planet Earth from the Shuttle Station stack, live on NASA TV."
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Just lost Ku, but that was epic.
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They've got a rack up in the lab. A bit of a squeeze to get past.
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They've got a rack up in the lab. A bit of a squeeze to get past.
That will be the ARS (Air Revitalisation System) rack at LAB1D6.
Yes, I like racks... :D
Is it safe to assume that Rafaello is dark due to having been robbed of light bulbs? Thought I heard somewhere that the bulbs were compatible with ISS and would be robbed from the MPLM as spares for ISS...
Yup - both the ISS and MPLM use standard GLAs (General Luminaire Assemblies), so the good ones are removed from the MPLM and kept as ISS spares.
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More Sunset Shots:
Orbit 138: http://twitpic.com/5rhwvs
Orbit 139: http://twitpic.com/5rj7do
Orbit 140: http://twitpic.com/5rke8x
Very beautiful views today...
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From today's (FD-10) Execute Package:
Transfer Status:
Middeck: 76% complete
MPLM: 94% complete
TOTAL: 90% complete
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Any ground based telescope (or any person) photographed the Atlantis-Station complex in orbit so far ?
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One last screen capture before I go. Heading to DC so wont be able to cover he rest of the mission. SO good luck to the crew, and as for Atlantis, Fair winds and following seas for your last return home
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What are you up to? "Watching some reality TV rubbish".
Cannot be.
I do not have a TV.
:-)
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Any ground based telescope (or any person) photographed the Atlantis-Station complex in orbit so far ?
Seems yes (beside that there is ATV on the scheme :P) - http://www.spaceweather.com/submissions/large_image_popup.php?image_name=Catalin-Paduraru-ISS_11.07.2011_1310395776.jpg
Thanks Ron for commentary, outstanding job.
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Another sunset.
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For the record:
http://www.nasa.gov/pdf/571041main_fd10_expk.pdf
I can't believe nobody's commented on the picture on the first page!
What they found behind the stuck ARS door: Tribbles! :)
Thanks to those for the late night coverage.
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They passed directly over Wellington, New Zealand, home of New Zealand's biggest band Shihad, who allowed and supported the use of their spacecraft related song "Beautiful Machine" which our amazing friends MaxQ did a video too - was around STS-126, so crew, not orbiter sync with 135:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HoPnc-emCZg
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Heads up LA, you've got visitors overhead shortly.
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Heads up LA, you've got visitors overhead shortly.
Haven't checked to see if anyone's left after clearing out to avoid (and defuse) 'Carmageddon.'
(Shuttle-Station way past there now.)
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Las Vegas - Nevada in view in shot 1.
Sweeping over the States.
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Going over Minnesota.
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Lots of lakes. Border of USA and Canada. Hudson Bay coming up soon.
PS I wouldn't know, PAO Josh is being very helpful with commentary :)
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Cloudy over Hudson Bay.
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Lots of lakes. Border of USA and Canada. Hudson Bay coming up soon.
PS I wouldn't know, PAO Josh is being very helpful with commentary :)
You should. Didn't you guys used to rule over this until we kicked you out? ;)
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Lots of lakes. Border of USA and Canada. Hudson Bay coming up soon.
PS I wouldn't know, PAO Josh is being very helpful with commentary :)
You should. Didn't you guys used to rule over this until we kicked you out? ;)
We still own Canada ;) (Joking, Canadians!)
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Over the Atlantic, heading for Morocco.
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Passing over Morroco.
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Big African pass. Algeria. Niger. Nigeria. Cameroon. Congo. Zambia and so on.
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MSB later
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ISS DPC.
Nominal ops allowed for the Russian treadmill T2.
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Lots of lakes. Border of USA and Canada. Hudson Bay coming up soon.
PS I wouldn't know, PAO Josh is being very helpful with commentary :)
You should. Didn't you guys used to rule over this until we kicked you out? ;)
We still own Canada ;) (Joking, Canadians!)
I step away for a few minutes...LOL
(at least they don't own our stock exchange...yet) ;)
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So, come on - who's actually done the equation on page 20 of today's Execute Package? ;)
http://www.nasa.gov/pdf/571041main_fd10_expk.pdf
It was pretty obvious what the final answer was going to be, but I thought I'd prove it! Finally, after 135 flights, we've found the formula for flight assignments. :D
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Oh nicely done Pete, you clever clogs ;)
About to pass over Seattle.
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Going over Canada again. Just over 90 mins to the MSB.
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Sandy updating the transfer status.
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Transfer ops - 'Ok, that's everything I show open for MPLM re-supply.'
Sandy - "Yay, it's all done!"
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MPLM is "chock full"
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"Fully complete for MPLM transfer. Should be go for MPLM hatch closure in the morning.
Returning over 20t of cargo.
Sandy: "We don't really have another way of getting cargo down..."
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Fully complete on MPLM resupply and return items, GO for MPLM hatch closure tomorrow.
Sandy: "Thanks for the great work by you guys on the ground planning this out".
Ground: "I can honestly say we enjoyed it...in some weird way". :D
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MPLM heater ops have begun.
Missed the temperature, but it sounded like 70 deg?
Sandy: "I might have to sleep there tonight...that sounds nice"
Sandy congratulating both teams on the results of the Sweden France game.
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Transfer Ops - 'The internal temperature of the MPLM will be 76 degrees.' I'm guessing Fahrenheit.
Sandy - "Ooh I may have to sleep in there tonight, that sounds nice."
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MSB at 2:30pm Eastern
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What fun. ;D
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Tour of MCC
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MSB to start in any moment
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I've got this
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Phillip asking about TVIS gyro! (great, I was wondering about that)
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Question about knowing how much mass they are returning
A: "rounding is not in our DNA down here" :)
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Instrumentation and communication officers for this flight
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Chris Edelen
A busy day in space
Reached a key milestone – MPLM was closed out, all the cargo has been transferred over. Today they packed it with all the return cargo
Delivered 9403lbs of cargo to station
Returning 5666lbs inside MPLM
Installed the control and power assemblies, will be used tomorrow to drive the bolts to release the MPLM
Flew up 2000lbs in the middeck, 84% complete with transfer, have positive margins on timeline
Transferring science samples, transferred a glacier from the shuttle to station and bringing an old one back full of science samples
Ron removed a mass spectrometer that samples the air – it’s been broken for about 2 weeks and its now on the middeck for return
Sergey performed work on the treadmill, he removed a gyro and its now on the middeck
Installed a new gyro and control module, the treadmill works fine now
Tomorrow
Returning MPLM to payload bay
Completing middeck transfers a
Closing hatch
Questions
Q: Anything still under evaluation for return?
A: Have closed out most of the paperwork for return, considering grabbing a few extra camera lenses and a laser range finder
Q: Whats in the MPLM?
A: Lots of foam, general trash and broken items
Q: What did the crew do in there off duty time?
A: They worked through most of there off duty time, getting the MPLM loaded was a big job and we don’t have any spare time tomorrow. Generally in off duty time they look out the copula, call home, listen to music and hang out
Q: Are you repairing and returning the mass spectrometer?
A: No plans to refly it, want to understand why it failed. Have 2 others on station that aren’t functioning either so were relying on Russian equipment. Have 1 that may be functional on station but we don’t want to risk using it until we know why the others failed.
Q: How have you been deciding what to bring back and repair?
A: Rons EMU was a tight fit, he reported some trouble during the EVA with being able to move his arm, were concerned it may have been due to a faulty bearing in the joint. We examined the suit and it is fine. His suit is in the shuttle incase its required for an EVA. Were replacing it with a new one with a 3-6 year life span.
Q: Is the mood in MCC different?
A: We’ve been very busy and most of the time were talking to the crew and replanning the time line. I had a dream I was looking at Atlantis and the earth below and when I woke up I realised I need to savour these moments and I told the team to do so also. Were looking forward to commercial vehicles coming to station.
Q: Can you upload video updates on the soccer to station?
A: We routinely provide video to the crew, they tell the crew on the ground what they want. I expect the game will be sent up. The crew are busy tomorrow they won’t be watching it then, they better not watch it tonight either.
Q: What happened with the TVIS troubleshooting? (Philip!)
A: 2 days ago we replaced the gyro and that didn’t fix the issue. So yesterday he replaced the vibration isolation system controller which was the next component upstream when he replaced the VIS controller it fixed the issue. Were returning the failed VIS controller and the gryo that was previously failed in April. Talked about if we needed to bring the gyro back, when it failed the crew reported a grinding sound and it spun down quickly. We can repair bearings in orbit but it’s messy so we’ll do it on the ground.
Q: How do you get such a precise figure for down mass?
A: We are NASA so we do work in exact numbers rounding isn’t in our DNA. Every item on station is tracked with our database. We need to know mass and volume to launch items.
Q: Any thoughts on the role shuttle has played keeping ISS supplied?
A: It couldn’t have been built with the shuttle, MPLM’s have let us bring up big rack units and now its all up there and we have lots of spares. The ISS program is in good shape for the retirement on the shuttle. We do need commercial providers to be brought online next year, it will be essential. If they fail then the program will need to find another source for supplies or scale back crew / science.
Q: Talk about downmass?
A: Dragon can bring back supplies like science samples, multiple vehicles can get rid of trash.
Q: Will the closing ceremony tomorrow be hard to watch, is this the last time we will see more than 6 people on station?
A: Expect when commercial vehicles provide crew transport we will see 6 or more people on station. We have the docking ports to support it. The ceremony will be poignant. Seeing the shuttle retire is like seeing a good friend retire. Were looking forward to moving into the utilisation phase.
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That's some quick typing there Aaron, thanks!
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Flight day highlights coming up at 4pm eastern
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US-Japan 1-0 right now
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1-1 now.
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Now 2-1 USA during extra time.
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Mr. Edelen was incredibly generous with his time after the briefing today (which wasn't necessarily short)...he even went through the wish list of tasks for the extra docked day and checked off the ones they got done that he could remember off the top of his head. I "scanned" that in from the briefing desk...
At one point, he even had the lead transfer officer, Jeremy Owen, on speakerphone to answer some additional questions.
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2-2.
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Japan has won
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Japan has won
Sandy Magnus won't be too happy...
(Congrats to Japan)
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Japan has won
I'm saying nothing about penalty shootouts when responding to a German ;)
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Japan has won
I'm saying nothing about penalty shootouts when responding to a German ;)
HAHAHA.
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During an idle moment I had a go at cleaning up Philip's 'scanned' document to see if I could make it a bit easier to read (click to enlarge).
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Dexter edits the video highlights. been doing this 21 years; 102nd flight
WOW.
Had a friend working in Austin, had a job opening, hired that day. Never regretted a moment.
Stand-outs: EVAs (naturally), "this is not Hollywood or Clint Eastwood: it's real life stuff"
Also does educational work, short clips on women & what they do and their struggles in life, (FYI: do a search for women at NASA for more info & videos)
Been seeing in the press all about space program going away. Still have the station...
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Something positive for the Americans, back in the actual FIFA World Cup, very last seconds, having to score to go through, Landon Donovan. USA came of age in that game....That young American team has a great chance to do something special in Russia in 2014.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2V83pv2tiLY
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Mr. Edelen was incredibly generous with his time after the briefing today (which wasn't necessarily short)...he even went through the wish list of tasks for the extra docked day and checked off the ones they got done that he could remember off the top of his head. I "scanned" that in from the briefing desk...
At one point, he even had the lead transfer officer, Jeremy Owen, on speakerphone to answer some additional questions.
That's very cool, I'll bet that complete list is now exclusive to this site (for public consumption, at least). Looking at the photo (1872) of those remaining shows a few dedicated folks who are there for nearly every briefing of a mission. People follow every aspect of each mission on NSF and we're well represented by you at JSC and ChrisG at KSC.
It would be nice if, during the larger briefings, the people/organizations who have been there for each mission would get priority for 'mic time'. I was a little irked when ChrisG had a question to ask during the post-launch briefing, where time for questions was a bit limited, but folks I've never heard of were given the opportunities for questions and Chris was passed over. That's probably asking too much, but it'd be nice.
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Communications And Tracking Officers (CATO)
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Oh look, they moved the camera for us :)
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Flight Dynamics Officers
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Getting ahead of myself here, but if I were to request a wake-up song for the final morning of the final shuttle flight, it would be "America the Beautiful"
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Dexter edits the video highlights. been doing this 21 years; 102nd flight
WOW.
Had a friend working in Austin, had a job opening, hired that day. Never regretted a moment.
Stand-outs: EVAs (naturally), "this is not Hollywood or Clint Eastwood: it's real life stuff"
Also does educational work, short clips on women & what they do and their struggles in life, (FYI: do a search for women at NASA for more info & videos)
Been seeing in the press all about space program going away. Still have the station...
This guy is great
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Dexter edits the video highlights. been doing this 21 years; 102nd flight
WOW.
Had a friend working in Austin, had a job opening, hired that day. Never regretted a moment.
Stand-outs: EVAs (naturally), "this is not Hollywood or Clint Eastwood: it's real life stuff"
Also does educational work, short clips on women & what they do and their struggles in life, (FYI: do a search for women at NASA for more info & videos)
Been seeing in the press all about space program going away. Still have the station...
A big round of applause from me to him, Thank you for your efforts!
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Japan has won
England beat Japan 2-0 to get into the quarter finals about 2 weeks ago. It went downhill after that. :D :D
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We lose pixels when the pictures come down. We have software that fixes that. It takes an average of the surrounding pixles and fills it in.
Working since Oct. 1986. 70th shuttle mission. Long fun ride.
Gets to watch the video as it comes down, gives them the idea to fix it (adjusting colour, ect).
Pictures docked to the space station are some of his favourite. We can see all of it in one place, not just the shuttle.
There are several 4 views from station, (HD, feeds from Russian partners) and SSV from shuttle, shuttle downlink & shuttle HD). Pretty much everything is archived (over a certain video level, even if it's dark) for the National Archives & one copy at JSC.
Never boring. Ended here after TV freelance industry, saw a newspaper add for a new TV contract at JSC and decided to apply. Picked up on that contract and doing that for the most part since then. Always been a fan of the space program. Inbred in me since I was born (Frank Borman elementary in TX...laughs). I can't imagine anything beating it. very special to work here.
What will you miss: Shots from shuttle when docked. Shuttle is (lost for words)..whole different level of preparedness.
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Interesting, HD video from orbit 'looses pixels' so they have software to try fill them.
Makes sense, I often see white sparkles over their videos.
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Orbit 1 EECOM team
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And back to stellar views from orbit :)
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FD 10 highlights are coming up next on NTV for those who missed the day's activities.
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Orbit 2 EECOM team
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An image of the STS-1 flag on Atlantis' flight deck
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current location: passing South America
PAO also noting last few opportunities to see the docked shuttle on orbit, so get out there.
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Astrology? Jeez, Brandi.
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Wanessa is in charge of MATS
works in the back room for planning
studied astronomy & physics
Applied here & was ecstatic. Spaceflight is amazing. Been here 5 years. Started in Station Side, but STS-125 mission (Hubble servicing flight) and asked to start training on the shuttle side. Was given opportunity to work on shuttle as they needed more people for Hubble mission.
Worked Hubble data when she was in college.
They work 24hrs/day in shifts, for the messages they give to the crew. Help Timeline & FAO to modify the day to accomplish all their priorities.
There is so much to do, but can always help the ISS with their requirements if needed. The packed days are fun. With space station you can breathe, but there are times when it's packed.
It's a little sad with shuttle ending. The shuttle itself is a feat, let alone the missions. A feat of humanity.
After Shuttle: Go back to my station - am a realtime planning engineer. Have that in place next week.
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Cargo integration officers
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Coming up at the top of the hour on NTV, "The Space Shuttle" narrated by William Shatner
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FD11 NTV - click to enlarge:
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Toyama Astronomical Observatory has large 1m telescope.
They photograped ISS and STS-135 at 07/11/2011 8)
http://www.tsm.toyama.toyama.jp/tao/index-j.htm
Archived photos.
http://www.tsm.toyama.toyama.jp/_ex/curators/aroom/satellite/index-j.htm
Any ground based telescope (or any person) photographed the Atlantis-Station complex in orbit so far ?
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Toyama Astronomical Observatory has large 1m telescope.
They photograped ISS and STS-135 at 07/11/2011 8)
WOW. Now that's a wicked image.
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A few on-orbit shots as they panned around
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Last one (flight director update) for the mission :(
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MPLMs: 50t brought into space, 20t back
1st big thing for this mission: provisions & supplies for the crew
Allowed 6-person crew since 2009
Can bring back science samples & experiments
Lots of different system components brought back down & re-flown
Critical components re-flown.
84% on the mid deck
Running ahead of schedule for the whole mission. Waiting for the last possible moment to pack up cold samples.
Been impressed with how they have been able to get it all accomplished. Very helpful for the ISS crew to get to work on utilization.
Hard to believe it's the last mission - been so busy.
Takes a lot of focus and hard work.
The biggest point of this mission was publishing the last transfer list
Added 9006 (over the course of shuttle to station history): Sandy Magnus, to get her on the right side of the hatch :)
We will have other visiting vehicles, but it will never be quite the same.
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The biggest point of this mission was publishing the last transfer list
Added 9006 (over the course of shuttle to station history): Sandy Magnus, to get her on the right side of the hatch :)
I really love the amount of humour that's occurred during this final mission, I wonder if perhaps if they weren't laughing.. they'd be crying. :(
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Okay, I'll try and get these in before a rocket launch :)
They did a big tilt & pan for us
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what song do you think they will play? Do they post that somewhere?
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They just played a country song - "Days Go By" - Keith Urban. Also a special message from JSC employees.
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They just played a country song - "Days Go By" - Keith Urban.
Well, at least I don't feel so bad I missed it ;)
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Getting ready for a hand-over.
Next CAPCOM will be Steve Robinson
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LOL. I'm not a huge country fan myself.
Anyway, they're getting ready to handover the teams with Stephen Robinson taking his turn at Capcom again. NASA TV is showing animations, I guess we're out of KU coverage.
I know that it'll be early in the morning on Thursday when the landing occurs but I'm pretty sure I'll be wanting a stiff drink. And I normally don't drink.
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LOL. I'm not a huge country fan myself.
Anyway, they're getting ready to handover the teams with Stephen Robinson taking his turn at Capcom again. I know that it'll be early in the morning on Thursday when the landing occurs but I'm pretty sure I'll be wanting a stiff drink. And I normally don't drink.
Second that.
I'm starting into my 'denial phase'
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They just played a country song - "Days Go By" - Keith Urban. Also a special message from JSC employees.
just replayed
Great crowd at JSC
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Crew into post sleep.
No KU at the moment
replay of shuttle Atlantis retrospective again.
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Here's a screenshot of the complex. Crew primed for smoke detection in the MPLM.
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On Sunday, during a conversation, Dan Tani mentioned to Ron Garan "ask Sandy not to taunt Satoshi too much" to which Ron replied "actually it is the other way around, he has been feeding a lot of trash to Sandy". I wonder whether it has now intensified with that soccer result.
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Ron Navias noting that during the twelve MPLM flights that occurred during the shuttle era a total of 140 tons of cargo was delivered to the ISS.
Last night I swear I heard Rob Navias say that 140 tons of cargo were transferred to the ISS via the twelve MPLM flights. That number seemed high to me but I posted what I thought I heard.
Tonight I hear Flight Director Courtenay McMillan say that 50 tons of cargo were transferred to the ISS via the 12 MPLM flights. Anyone else notice that difference?
David
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Ron Navias noting that during the twelve MPLM flights that occurred during the shuttle era a total of 140 tons of cargo was delivered to the ISS.
Last night I swear I heard Rob Navias say that 140 tons of cargo were transferred to the ISS via the twelve MPLM flights. That number seemed high to me but I posted what I thought I heard.
Tonight I hear Flight Director Courtenay McMillan say that 50 tons of cargo were transferred to the ISS via the 12 MPLM flights. Anyone else notice that difference?
David
I hate linking to this source, But I can't imagine it's total incorrect, Wiki had a list of the KG of each mission:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MPLM
Rough math, I'd say the 140 figure is correct.
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Ron Navias noting that during the twelve MPLM flights that occurred during the shuttle era a total of 140 tons of cargo was delivered to the ISS.
Last night I swear I heard Rob Navias say that 140 tons of cargo were transferred to the ISS via the twelve MPLM flights. That number seemed high to me but I posted what I thought I heard.
Tonight I hear Flight Director Courtenay McMillan say that 50 tons of cargo were transferred to the ISS via the 12 MPLM flights. Anyone else notice that difference?
David
They might both be right, sorta. This MPLM seems to be transferring around 4.5 tons of net usable cargo, for a total mass including the MPLM itself and all the packing material of about 12 tons.
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Great crowd at JSC
"Where's the snooze button..." ;D
I'm glad to see JSC people still have a sense of humour...
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Ron Navias noting that during the twelve MPLM flights that occurred during the shuttle era a total of 140 tons of cargo was delivered to the ISS.
Last night I swear I heard Rob Navias say that 140 tons of cargo were transferred to the ISS via the twelve MPLM flights. That number seemed high to me but I posted what I thought I heard.
Tonight I hear Flight Director Courtenay McMillan say that 50 tons of cargo were transferred to the ISS via the 12 MPLM flights. Anyone else notice that difference?
David
I hate linking to this source, But I can't imagine it's total incorrect, Wiki had a list of the KG of each mission:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MPLM
Rough math, I'd say the 140 figure is correct.
Thanks Mapperuo, for doing that calculation.
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Ron Navias noting that during the twelve MPLM flights that occurred during the shuttle era a total of 140 tons of cargo was delivered to the ISS.
Last night I swear I heard Rob Navias say that 140 tons of cargo were transferred to the ISS via the twelve MPLM flights. That number seemed high to me but I posted what I thought I heard.
Tonight I hear Flight Director Courtenay McMillan say that 50 tons of cargo were transferred to the ISS via the 12 MPLM flights. Anyone else notice that difference?
David
They might both be right, sorta. This MPLM seems to be transferring around 4.5 tons of net usable cargo, for a total mass including the MPLM itself and all the packing material of about 12 tons.
Interesting. Thanks Lee Jay. It sounds like the discrepancy might therefore be between the net cargo mass vs. the total cargo mass.
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Sandy congratulated Satoshi on the win and MCC said they were glad there's Harmony on the ISS.
Garan responds: 'Only in Node 2'. :D
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Sandy congratulated Satoshi on the win and MCC said they were glad there's Harmony on the ISS.
Garan responds: 'Only in Node 2'. :D
That's good! :)
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Sandy congratulated Satoshi on the win and MCC said they were glad there's Harmony on the ISS.
Garan responds: 'Only in Node 2'. :D
Ha!
During a nice video tour of ISS, Atlantis's commander remarks, "There's Mike Fossum ... he's one of the guys who lives here."
The simple nonchalance of that line seems both laugh-worthy and kinda mind boggling.
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FD11 Execute Packaage.
http://www.nasa.gov/pdf/571101main_fd11_expk.pdf
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what song do you think they will play? Do they post that somewhere?
All the ones from 135 and more here:
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/sts135/135_wakeup.html
I have been amused as each 'Megastar' has got to say their piece to the crew at Chris B wondering who could possibly top Macca etc,i was wondering the same! :)
glad to see the best wine have been kept until last,ie those who worked on the SSP around the various facilities.
NASA recognise the real Superstars when they see them! 8)
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MPLM Hatch is closed, Should get some live video when the KU is back.
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In Chris' tour video some caps to show the cargo!
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More cargo... And a lovely view out the window.
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The MPLM:
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And finally the PMM:
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Lost KU again but the crew are still working in the vestibule area, Should be closing the inner door soon according to the schedule.
NASA playing the Shuttle Tribute video again.. ::)
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Oughta be in vestibule depress about now. Rex should be doing mid-deck transfers per the schedule.
Edit: actually, Rex & Sandy are helping Fergie with demating jumper cables that will lead to the closing of the hatch on the Harmony side of the interface.
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Just a mass of legs visible as vestibule work continues.
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Mike Fossum has just closed the hatch between Harmony & Raffaello.
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6 hours to Farewells.
Is this for real?
Is it true that we will never see this again?
:-(
Love You Atlantis and 4 Astronauts!
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Pressing on with vestibule depress - about 20 minutes behind in the timeline.
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Here's a screenshot of the complex. Crew primed for smoke detection in the MPLM.
How smoke is detected in vacuum?
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Here's a screenshot of the complex. Crew primed for smoke detection in the MPLM.
How smoke is detected in vacuum?
The INTERIOR of the MPLM is not in a vacuum.
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ISS from the shuttle:
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ISS shuttle Atlantis stack:
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Still in depress tasks, so behind on the schedule.
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SSRMS will be operated via the Cupola RWS.
Rob Navias notes they are behind, but not by much.
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MSB should remain as 7am Central. Farewells may slip, however.
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Something this generation can tell the grandkids in years to come....
"Yes, you can borrow my robot lawnmower, but first let me show you when large winged spacecraft visited the ISS..."
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Something this generation can tell the grandkids in years to come....
"Yes, you can borrow my robot lawnmower, but first let me show you when large winged spacecraft visited the ISS..."
They'd just moan the photos aren't 4D. ;D
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Robotics about to start.
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Direct pass over Southern England.
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Atlantis and the ISS took in the wonderous sights of Woking and Maidstone during that pass. Heh.
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CAPCOM Steve Robinson notes "the world's best INCO" has everything in place for the robotics to Commander Chris Ferguson.
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SSRMS in pre-grapple position.
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Capture confirmed
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Unbolt commands next.
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5:09am Central time for the grapple.
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Go for demate.
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Unbolting.
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Removing first set of bolts.
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Bolts driving.
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Orbital sunset...
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Second set of bolts driving.
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Swinging by south of Australia and New Zealand.
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No exercise constraint in action. And that includes you too Mrs Smith of Barking with your Wii Fit.
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Fourth and final set of bolts now driving.
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From today's (FD-11) Execute Package:
Transfer Status:
Middeck: 84% complete
MPLM: 100% complete
TOTAL: 96% complete
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"MPLM is free, it's all yours. Go to press to demate position."
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5:46am Central for demate.
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ROBO sees motion
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Station FCR
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Shuttle FCR (Orbit 1 handing over to Orbit 2)
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Starting to see some distance in between
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MPLM now departing its temp port on the ISS:
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Go to close the petals on the CBM.
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Shuttle crew taking over orbiter cameras from INCO for berthing ops
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Doug and Sandy in command of robotics via the Cupola RWS.
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8:20am Central for farewells. Another "final".
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MSB in one hour.
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Sounded like Rob Navias was signing off with Shuttle Orbit 1.
(I'm going to do the same to head over to the newsroom for the briefing.)
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PAO Josh handover with PAO Rob.
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There hasn't been any movement for a while now.
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Josh notes that was one of a series of hovver periods.
Now moving. Entering the PLB.
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Pass over the southern coast of Ireland, then southern England, passing over Bristol.
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About to pass over Cork, Ireland. Then just south of Cardiff, Wales and Bristol, England.
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North of Southampton, Portsmouth and Brighton. Go away cloud cover. Crossed the channel in about four seconds into France.
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You can see the UK in these!
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Recognize that coastline any day of the week. Yorkshire....
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Recognize that coastline any day of the week. Yorkshire....
Wow, yes!
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Nearly into fully into the PLB
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All four ready to latch indications confirmed.
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Latches now securing.
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SSMRS to limp.
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And the MPLM is now secured in Atlantis' PLB.
Go to ungrapple SSRMS.
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After the MSB I'll be vanishing to prep for the big ULA announcement. Speaking of which, if anyone is very good at photoshop, please PM or e-mail me asap.
EDIT: Sorted, thanks to Tom :)
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SSRMS ungrapple.
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Apt how this is an orbital sunset, as the Shuttle fleet complete their role of assembly and supply with the ISS.
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Mr Alibaruho.
60-90 mins of final transfers.
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Half lap flyaround.
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Robert on ISS visuals at flyaround.
Mr Alibaruho: Should get good photos from Station, from Nadir SM windows. Possibly the lab window, but that may be closed. ISS will be in a position never carried out before for flyaround.
Claire on how cramped is it on Atlantis?
A) Only four crew, so it's better than six or seven crew.
Others...
Mr Alibaruho notes they'll be looking for MMOD and compare over the years via the photos. Off axis of the main body will help overall evaluations of ISS health.
Could have done a full lap, but half lap is because of the timeline with the ISS yaw manueuver. Saving time.
Emotions: Intense pride and sometimes being a bit freaked out by the finality of the program. Feels more intense today than FD3. Will be very powerful tomorrow.
Personally a great sense of honor and pride for being a Shuttle FD. Very humbled. Proud of the team. When I remember it's my last shift coming I get freaked out and that sinking feeling before returning to being a steely eyed missile man.
Will be evaluating career opportunites after closing out this mission.
How many people are facing layoffs?
Mr Alibaruho: Some people have found roles with ISS. Some are moving outside. Better than three weeks ago. Still quite a number of them facing layoffs.
Mr Alibaruho notes cryo is 12-13 hours margin. All GPCs are in nominal condition. GPC-4 is being classed as a hardware failure. So no critical flight strings will be used on that computer.
Weather. TS being watched. Too early to know for the Cape. Prelim is favorable. Won't know for sure until game day.
Flyaround: Shuttle does what always happens for flyaround. ISS carries out a 90 degree Yaw via Russian G&N computers in tandem with US computers. Russian G&N computers will command the Russian SM thrusters.
Over.
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[ Got in late missed start ]
Ahead:
Finish middeck transfers
Egress the ISS, close the hatch say farewells
Checkout RNDZ tools
Tomorrow
Power up the computers needed for undocking
Manoeuvre ISS stack to undocking attitude
Undock
Half lap flyaround
Separate and conduct LI
Set up for picosat payload deploy
Questions
Q: What visuals should we expect the station to have of the shuttle tomorrow?
A: The station will have good line of sight to the shuttle as it flys around from the Copula. Should get good photography from the station of the shuttle as it passes underneath. Shuttle should take some interesting views of the ISS.
Q: How cramped is it on the flight deck?
A: With no crew on the middeck the amount of space for the crew is better than normal
Q: Anything specific your looking for in the photos ?
A: No particular expectations, looking for MMOD strikes. We compare photographs of the same area from different times.
Q: You couldn’t d do a complete lap?
A: We could, but we do half due to timeline constraints, the yaw manevour increases the time needed for the flyaround
Q: Thoughts on your last shift coming up
A: we experience vacillations between intense pride and being freaked out the finality of our service and the program hits you with greater force the closer you get to the end. The emotions feel more intense today than on FD2/ 3. I’m going to observe landing from MCC.
Q: Will the resolution of the images be the same?
A: Resolution is the same but were getting a different angle
Q: What will you do next?
A: I’m open to all opportunities I’ll be looking at post flight reviews after this mission
Q: How many people on your team are facing layoffs
A: Don’t have exact number a few more members have found new positions in the ISS program or others. A few have found employment outside, my team is better now than 3 weeks ago. A significant number are facing layoffs.
Q: FD 12 still the busiest?
A: Undocking will be busy, FD 13 will be busy, will be challenging to get through with a reduced crew still need to do the same number of activities with a smaller crew
Q: Cryo Margins and computers?
A: 12 – 14 hours above 12+0+2 will come in useful if theres bad weather for landing, this could let us extend the mission half a day if we had to. All computers are in nominal configuration. GPC 4 restart was successful its doing system management functions. GPC 2 is now asleep in GNC mode. Will bring up GPC 2 and 3 for undocking with GPC 1 to fly the ship. GPC 4 can’t control flight critical systems due to experiencing a transient failure.
Q: Weather for landing?
A: Tropical storm near Florida is being watched, its too early to know what the weather will do, preliminary indications are it will be favourable.
Q: What will manevour for the fly around?
A: Shuttle will do what it always does. Undock along v bar, back out to 600ft and the pilot will execute a flyaround, sweeping through a 600ft radius arc. When the shuttle is at 600ft the station will yaw 90 degrees. This will be executed by Russian GNC computers. Once the shuttle separates the computers will bring the station back to its normal orientation.
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'Big ULA announcement'?
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Landing ground tracks hopefully available tonight.
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'Big ULA announcement'?
Oh, yes indeedee...
http://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=26014.0
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Thanks Chris & Aaron for the coverage.
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Passing over Africa, crews preparing for the fairwell ceremony
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The final transfer briefing will be after the fairwell ceremony but before hatch closure.
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I hope someone onboard is taping this.
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We couldn't bring a big monument but we brought the best monument we could find its a space shuttle model signed by the modern day titans of the SSP John Shannon, LeRoy Cain, Mike Leinbach, Kwatsi Alibaruho and Chris Edelen
Its going to be kept next to the shuttle parking spot
The flag from STS 1 is going to stored by the node 2 forward hatch and be returned by an American astronaut launching on an American vehicle in the future
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I hope someone onboard is taping this.
Me too. I got no video. Boo.
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What we are hearing now by the Astronauts live from the Space Station is so sad. So much history of Space Shuttle flights visiting the Space Station.
:-(
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Flag put on the hatch station-side will be flown back to Earth by the first astronauts to come back on a US vehicle to the International Space Station hopefully in a few years.
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The flag will fly again on NASA's HLV and leave earth
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We couldn't bring a big monument but we brought the best monument we could find its a space shuttle model signed by the modern day titans of the SSP John Shannon, LeRoy Cain, Mike Leinbach and the lead FD.
Also signed by Kwatsi Alibaruho and Chris Edelen.
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Thanks the ISS commander for the hospitality
"You have a fantastic home and your taking great care of it"
ISS commander wishes them a good landing
The mission was unique due to having a smaller crew and it forced us all to work as a tight team, we had a lot of help from our station counterparts.
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Timing didn't work out for full live Ku, but we'll get full and HD replays when time permits.
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We couldn't bring a big monument but we brought the best monument we could find its a space shuttle model signed by the modern day titans of the SSP John Shannon, LeRoy Cain, Mike Leinbach and the lead FD.
Also signed by Kwatsi Alibaruho and Chris Edelen.
Thanks, fixed :)
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Thanks Sandy for being amazing, they tried to trade Mike for her :D
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This is it; the final goodbye from the last-ever space shuttle crews...How bittersweet... :(
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From STS-1 to STS-135
The Flag of the U.S. of A. was First to Fly in a Space Shuttle
Left on board by Last to Fly a Space Shuttle astronauts
will now be in the Sation waiting for the next US space craft's visit to the ISS.
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Talking about transfers with Sandy
CONFIRMED: Sandy is on the right side of the hatch, they had to use duct tape to make sure :D
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Been a very good docked mission. That's the main thing. Get Atlantis and her crew home safe now. Tick off the priorities.
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Talking about transfers with Sandy
That's Jeremy Owen, the lead transfer officer in the Shuttle FCR...Sandy was Transfer Item 9006. :) Apparently duct tape also has some transfer uses, too.
(See the note in the execute package on why 9006.)
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All mid-deck re-supply complete.
Chris - "We had to duct tape her but she's on the right side now."
Sandy - "I would be in organizational heaven for months if you'd left me up here!"
Going through other return items.
All transfer is complete for this mission and this program.
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For such an historic event that was the fastest farewell/hatch closure I've ever seen. We didn't even see the hatch close. Sandy jumped into the shuttle and started rattling off the middeck restocking checklist before the afterglow had even settled in. Not much time for sentiment.
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Last hatch closure from Shuttle docked to the ISS.
Hard to believe we will be seeing no more.
:-(
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Jeremy certainly has some emotion in his voice, almost broke up.
I agree with the speed of the event, it did seem rushed, but they were behind schedule a tad, maybe thats why it was hurried.
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For such an historic event that was the fastest farewell/hatch closure I've ever seen. We didn't even see the hatch close. Sandy jumped into the shuttle and started rattling off the middeck restocking checklist before the afterglow had even settled in. Not much time for sentiment.
It's definitely still a cramped timeline, and the ground called up earlier that they wanted to get the transfer tagup done before hatch close.
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Hatches have been closed Not yet
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Undocking procedure for tomorrow
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Remember, PMA-2 will remain pressurised in order to take on its new role as a stowage closet. I wonder whether they'll close the Node 2 Forward hatch, or leave it open?
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Well done STS-135!!
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I think it's kinda neat how everything timed out on this mission. Hatch closure on the first day of the last week of the careers of many, like the beginning of the final leg of our missions, the Shuttle and technicians. Be able to watch her land and taxi into the barn the day before I process out. Have a safe trip Atlantis, we'll be waiting for you at home.....
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Working on closing the hatch
You can see the shuttle model in the top left
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Official Hatch Closure Time - 9:28am Central Time
Vestibule being depressurised
Total time hatches were open - 7 days 21 hours 41 mins
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9:28am Central time for yet another historic milestone. Going to be a lot more to come.
Top work with the coverage Aaron.
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Vestibule between PMA-2 and ODS hatches is currently being depressurised.
Will be at least four years before it's pressurised again - maybe more. :(
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Edit:
On the Node 2 Forward hatch, on the Port side of the US flag they've got the STS-1 patch, and on the Starboard side of the flag they've got the STS-135 patch (see attached image). Neat.
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Flag and shuttle model both in this shot
Total time hatches were open on shuttle missions - 234 days 14 hours 30 mins
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Had a total of 7 days 21 hours 41 minutes of hatch open time for this mission.
Total Shuttle hatch open time for the entire program was 234 days 14 hours 30 minutes. In other words, although it took nearly 13 years, the ISS was actually assembled in less than 1 year. ;)
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Just had a thought, when will our next set of live coverage threads for a mission be ?
I know there's plenty of launches but full missions like this?
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Who's the NASA announcer? He's very good.
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In other news, the Empire State Building in New York City will be lit up in red, white & blue lights on July 20th in honour of the Shuttle program. :)
Date Colors Occasion
July 20 Red / White / Blue In honor of the NASA Space Shuttle Program
http://www.esbnyc.com/current_events_tower_lights.asp
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Who's the NASA announcer? He's very good.
Josh Byerly, and he's excellent - as he has been since day 1. He's got the tone of these historic events spot on.
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Just had a thought, when will our next set of live coverage threads for a mission be ?
I know there's plenty of launches but full missions like this?
HTVs, ATVs, Dragons, Cygnuses, Progresses, Soyuzes, Stage EVAs.... ;)
(I know - not quite the same.)
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What are "cats and dogs" ?
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Who's the NASA announcer? He's very good.
Josh Byerly, and he's excellent - as he has been since day 1. He's got the tone of these historic events spot on.
Did you see the excellent work he did on Soyuz landing ops and coverage?
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Cats and Dogs are misc items.
Who's the NASA announcer? He's very good.
Josh Byerly, and he's excellent - as he has been since day 1. He's got the tone of these historic events spot on.
Did you see the excellent work he did on Soyuz landing ops and coverage?
Yes sir.
http://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=25656.0
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HTVs, ATVs, Dragons, Cygnuses, Progresses, Soyuzes, Stage EVAs.... ;)
(I know - not quite the same.)
The Space Shuttles are such unique space ships the same as the Concordes were totally unique aircrafts... and so sexy!
A true class act.
Capsules are not thrilling.
:-(
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If you've not seen this video they are playing now, drop everything and watch it. This video is stunning, not ashamed to say it had me tearing up.
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Just read on NASA.gov that today is Senator John Glenn's 90th Birthday! Happy Birthday Senator / Astronaut and pioneer!
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Just had a thought, when will our next set of live coverage threads for a mission be ?
I know there's plenty of launches but full missions like this?
HTVs, ATVs, Dragons, Cygnuses, Progresses, Soyuzes, Stage EVAs.... ;)
(I know - not quite the same.)
Do any of those have wings, or a "vertical stabilizer"? :'(
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If you've not seen this video they are playing now, drop everything and watch it. This video is stunning, not ashamed to say it had me tearing up.
Damn Im at work, will it be on again or show up online?
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It's that ending, with Rob in full form and the music (anyone know what song that is?) and this shot.
Seen it a lot of times now, but gets me every time.
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If you've not seen this video they are playing now, drop everything and watch it. This video is stunning, not ashamed to say it had me tearing up.
Damn Im at work, will it be on again or show up online?
It'll be on NTV's youtube page. Can someone link for Brett? I've got two many windows open and my PC is creaking ;)
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and this shot.
Seen it a lot of times now, but gets me every time.
Is that wake turbulence we see on the ship at liftoff?
Common sight on airplanes but not sure about Space Shuttles.
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Nice shot
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It's not wingtip vortices/wake turbulence (which you see often on landing). It's this:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prandtl-Glauert_Singularity#Examples
and this shot.
Seen it a lot of times now, but gets me every time.
Is that wake turbulence we see on the ship at liftoff?
Common sight on airplanes but not sure about Space Shuttles.
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Flag/farewell ceremony replay coming up...this should be with the good audio at least, wasn't sure if this was HD or not.
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Also, they opened one of the N2N CBM petals as it didn't close completely on the 1st attempt...are getting ready to close that again.
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It's that ending, with Rob in full form and the music (anyone know what song that is?) and this shot.
Seen it a lot of times now, but gets me every time.
She looks SO proud when she is launching, as if as she passes through that she is saying "Nothing will hold me back from spreading my wings" Such a sad week to see her career ending.
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It's not wingtip vortices/wake turbulence (which you see often on landing). It's this:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prandtl-Glauert_Singularity#Examples
Was thinking vortex while I said wake turbulence.
Use of language - not an English native speaker now back in my home country.
Thank you for the link. This is what I was referring to without knowing the particulars.
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It'll be on NTV's youtube page. Can someone link for Brett? I've got two many windows open and my PC is creaking ;)
That would be great so I can save that page to my favorites
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Atlantis Launches to the International Space Station
http://anon.nasa-global.edgesuite.net/HD_downloads/135_launch_1080i.wmv
http://anon.nasa-global.edgesuite.net/HD_downloads/135_launch_720p.wmv
http://anon.nasa-global.edgesuite.net/HD_downloads/135_launch_480i.wmv
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STS-135 - Mission Status Briefing FD 11
http://www.space-multimedia.nl.eu.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=6945
STS-135 - Farewell and Hatch Closure
http://www.space-multimedia.nl.eu.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=6998
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It's that ending, with Rob in full form and the music (anyone know what song that is?) and this shot.
Seen it a lot of times now, but gets me every time.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hTkIimQux74 ?
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Flag/farewell ceremony replay coming up...this should be with the good audio at least, wasn't sure if this was HD or not.
It's being downlinked to here; probably going to clean it up for broadcast on NTV...it does look like HD, but not sure about broadcast before FD highlights.
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Also, they opened one of the N2N CBM petals as it didn't close completely on the 1st attempt...are getting ready to close that again.
The petal was closed, but looks similar to the initial attempt.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hTkIimQux74 ?
Need to make this go viral.
Repost on FB, Twitter, blogs, etc.
Once lost they will not come again.
The same as Concorde, I want to see them flying. Not in museums.
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Also, they opened one of the N2N CBM petals as it didn't close completely on the 1st attempt...are getting ready to close that again.
The petal was closed, but looks similar to the initial attempt.
Uh-oh, I hope we don't have an issue with a petal - that could be classed as a critical system, since N2N is the primary berthing location for all commercial vehicles.
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Also, they opened one of the N2N CBM petals as it didn't close completely on the 1st attempt...are getting ready to close that again.
The petal was closed, but looks similar to the initial attempt.
Uh-oh, I hope we don't have an issue with a petal - that could be classed as a critical system, since N2N is the primary berthing location for all commercial vehicles.
Well, it could be me looking at it wrong, too. :)
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Crew downlinking some transfers video, hope somebody's recording it as I have to head out..
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The biggest point of this mission was publishing the last transfer list
Added 9006 (over the course of shuttle to station history): Sandy Magnus, to get her on the right side of the hatch :)
I really love the amount of humour that's occurred during this final mission, I wonder if perhaps if they weren't laughing.. they'd be crying. :(
Ooh, would love to see that list of 9006 items :-). Too bad they don't post the XLS files with the exe packages.
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Las Vegas - Nevada in view in shot 1.
Sweeping over the States.
Wonder if they could see the Light from the Luxor from the ISS?
http://youtu.be/oFkiV-7lW6w (http://youtu.be/oFkiV-7lW6w)
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The STS-135 Ascent Highlights video is making the rounds at JSC. Told it's REALLY special.
We're not going to "acquire" it as this is something for NASA TV to first run. I suspect that'll be tomorrow.
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The STS-135 Ascent Highlights video is making the rounds at JSC. Told it's REALLY special.
We're not going to "acquire" it as this is something for NASA TV to first run. I suspect that'll be tomorrow.
Ooo...nice. :)
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PAO noting John Glenn is celebrating his 90th birthday today.
Happy Birthday Sir!
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Vestibule between PMA-2 and ODS hatches is currently being depressurised.
Will be at least four years before it's pressurised again - maybe more. :(
Just out of curiosity -- has there been any word on whether they're going to use the PMA-2 volume for storage and, if so, what will be kept there?
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Just out of curiosity -- has there been any word on whether they're going to use the PMA-2 volume for storage and, if so, what will be kept there?
From ISS On-Orbit Status Report for 01/07/2011.
PMA-2 Decision:
With no more Shuttles after STS-135 arriving at ISS, the decision was made to leave the PMA-2 (Pressurized Mating Adapter-2) pressurized after ULF-7 departure so that it can be used like a closet - like PMA-3. Since it is not designed for stowage, it would require non-standard stowage. Before anything will be stowed, the thermal environment has to be determined.
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Just watched "Launching our dreams". This is going to be a really tough week... but great mission for Atlantis and her crew! I just wish that "Groundhog Day" would kind of turn into reality with repeating the last 10 and a half days again before "wheels stop".
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Flight day highlights coming up next on NTV
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Check out this cloud formation!
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Something for the kids :)
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looking out from Kibo's window
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hTkIimQux74 ?
Need to make this go viral.
Repost on FB, Twitter, blogs, etc.
Once lost they will not come again.
The same as Concorde, I want to see them flying. Not in museums.
I would prefer if the more recent one was made viral. This one has Atlantis retiring after 132 (pre sts 135 ;) )
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looking out from Kibo's window
God what a view.
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Great words being spoken for Sandy Magnus, and how beneficial she was and missed she will be
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last ones from the highlights
(I need a beverage...)
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For those of you who like entry track heads up!
Rev 200 is still being worked due to TS Bret, but 201 and 202 have been nailed down already....
PS Houston are in charge of producing these tracks. Thought that might be something you'd like to know ;)
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Oh, so Houston is getting an orbiter via the direct route. ;)
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What the? I thought White Sands was the third option for CONUS??
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Totally OT, but they just had the tribute film to STS-1: Columbia on, and thought I would share launch & landing photos
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For those of you who like entry track heads up!
Rev 200 is still being worked due to TS Bret, but 201 and 202 have been nailed down already....
PS Houston are in charge of producing these tracks. Thought that might be something you'd like to know ;)
Hehe!
What the? I thought White Sands was the third option for CONUS??
AHAHA! :D Read Chris' post VERY carefully ;D
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Oh, so Houston is getting an orbiter via the direct route. ;)
That explains my confusion. :D
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Oh! Heh! Can imagine Bob Cabana with a big rope towing Atlantis back to Florida ;)
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Reason 1084 some people want an Edwards landing, so she can wave at Houston as the SCA takes her home. You can look, but don't touch ;)
(I do think Houston should have got one of the bird regardless).
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(messed up the name capture)
Meghan Murphy. EMU.
Adjusts spacesuits. Involved in the pre-breathe protocol.
Been there 4 years, certified in the back room.
Had a suit leak during STS-133 - a lot of troubleshooting realtime. Got them out the door safely.
Following the space program since she was little. "career days" allowed her to work for USA before working at NASA.
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Sorry for my amateur question but Atlantis is going to land in Houston?
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Sorry for my amateur question but Atlantis is going to land in Houston?
No, it's a joke.
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LMaO! I was starting to get fired up ;)
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Oh, so Houston is getting an orbiter via the direct route. ;)
Better keep an eye on the deorbit burn TIG... :)
"Atlantis, Houston, uhh... we goofed on the deorbit TIG and had you fire 3 minutes early... You're going to have to come home to Houston..."
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Bump and align