....today's NBL run is being done by astronauts Robert Satcher and Rick Sturckow.
Quote from: rdale on 08/02/2010 08:38 pmSounds like the Big 14 list is on the way And thanks to James Oberg....What were the PM failure’s impacts on station research? MELFI 1 had to be shut down because we lost Low Temp Loop capability in the JEM. The crew transferred all samples to MELFI 2 in US Destiny Lab. No science lost. Express Rack 4 in Japanese Experiment Module “Kibo” was turned off because JAXA lost smoke detection capability for JEM Express Racks. No science loss here as the rack was only on to power a SAMS sensor at the time. JAXA SEDA-AP and SMILES external payloads had to powered down to standby mode and are currently not collecting science data. Many planned payload operations (MDCA/Flex experiment maintenance [CIR Rack], SPHERES, VO2Max) were cancelled this week to make room for EVA preparation tasks. Crew time off between and following EVAs will result in additional postponements. In general, many racks and experiments can’t be activated because either crew time or other resources are not available.
Sounds like the Big 14 list is on the way
Quote from: psloss on 08/04/2010 03:12 pm....today's NBL run is being done by astronauts Robert Satcher and Rick Sturckow. When did they get assigned to ISS Expedition crews? I must have missed it.
Quick question – looking for further details on the two EVAs targeted to fix the PM and RPCM.What are the exact procedures, and who's flying the arm? MCC–H, correct?
To answer my own question, NASA's basic summary of the PM failure (http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/main/stationstable_080110.html) states that the PDGF installation sequence will occur on a third Expedition 24 Stage EVA with Wheels and Caldwell-Dyson as well, following planned parameters that were supposed to be undergone this Thursday.
After the presser yesterday I was told that the crew has a practice electrical/ammonia connect/disconnect panel on ISS for QD training in gloves, so natch I asked for pictures. Nobody at JSC can find any. Does this subject jog any memories here? Thanks!
Quote from: JimO on 08/04/2010 03:29 pmQuote from: psloss on 08/04/2010 03:12 pm....today's NBL run is being done by astronauts Robert Satcher and Rick Sturckow. When did they get assigned to ISS Expedition crews? I must have missed it.The last I heard was that the STS-133 EV crew was going to do this run, but that may have been when the plan was for this second run to be done yesterday. This may be noted elsewhere, though; I haven't checked the other status update places in a bit.
Do they have to be assigned to a crew to use the NBL? With only a couple of shuttle missions left, maybe there was room in the schedule to use who was available & qualified to make a run?
Flight Engineers Doug Wheelock and Tracy Caldwell Dyson are scheduled to start the first spacewalk at 6:55 AM EDT Friday to unbolt and remove the failed pump module, and install the spare. NASA TV coverage will begin at 6 AM.