Author Topic: LIVE: STS-134 Flight Day 17 - EOM - RE-ENTRY and LANDING  (Read 135521 times)

Online Chris Bergin

LIVE and interactive coverage of STS-134's Flight Day 17.

This a key mission event update thread, so use the other threads for weather, viewing and cheerleading etc. Moderators will delete, without notice, duplicate updates, non updates.

Main links of use:

Endeavour's forum section for other threads - including non FD specific coverage:
http://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?board=4.0


L2 Members:
STS-134 Special Section - Internal NASA (MER/OPO/DAT/MMT) Flight Day coverage (Documentation, notes, videos and photos since FD1, all unreleased anywhere else):

http://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?board=48.0 or
http://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?action=tags&tags=STS-134

L2 Member Landing Resources:
Several Full Re-entry (115 mins) from Deorbit preps to post landing videos (including handheld camcorder on the flight deck).
(Free Trailer for 115: http://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=4813.0
(Free Trailer for Endeavour: http://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=8873.0)

STA HUD HAC and Landing Training Videos (all runways (KSC, EDW, WSSH, all sites)).


All STS-134 News Articles can be found on this link:
http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/tag/sts-134/


Mission Articles:

Launch Day and APU Heater Overview Article:
http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2011/05/live-sts-134-attempt-2-updates/

Mission Timeline Article - by Chris Gebhardt:
http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2011/05/sts-134-endeavour-packed-mission-overview/

Docking Article:
http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2011/05/endeavour-outstanding-shape-iss-for-docking/

Post-Docking/TPS damage Article:
http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2011/05/sts-134-nasa-managers-reviewing-endeavours-tps-dings/

AMS Install/Ascent Review Article - by Chris Gebhardt:
http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2011/05/exceptional-endeavour-us-assembly-complete-station/

EVA-1, Status and FI Latest Article:
http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2011/05/sts-134-eva-1-focused-inspection-decision-tps-damage/  - by me and Chris Gebhardt

FD6 Focused Inspection/TPS Clear/Pope Call Article:
http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2011/05/sts-134-obss-focused-inspection-pope-call-iss/

EVA-2 - TPS Article:
http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2011/05/sts-134-eva-2-endeavour-tps-clearance-overview/

FD8 Article - a really great article by Pete Harding on today's historic event:
http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2011/05/soyuz-tma-20-historic-photographic-event-landing/

EVA-3 Article:
http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2011/05/sts-134-eva-3-debuts-isle-mmt-no-mission-extension/

DLI/Status Article:
http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2011/05/sts-134-endeavour-docked-late-inspections/

EVA-4 Article - by Chris Gebhardt
http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2011/05/the-final-space-shuttle-spacewalk-sts-134-eva-4/

Undocking Article 1 - STORRM:
http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2011/05/sts-134-endeavour-storrm-final-farewell-to-iss/

Undocking Article 2 - DAT TPS Overview - by Chris Gebhardt
http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2011/05/endeavour-completes-historic-final-undocking-tps-clearance-overview/

Landing Article - by myself and Chris Gebhardt
http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2011/05/live-endeavour-one-final-time-conclude-sts-134/

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FD17 - EOM
Two KSC Opportunities. Landing Tracks will follow.

NASA TV - Click to Enlarge:

GODSPEED ENDEAVOUR.
« Last Edit: 06/01/2011 04:59 am by Chris Bergin »
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Here's yesterday's Endeavour tribute event.


And landing ground-tracks are here:
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/sts134/news/landing.html
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Re: LIVE: STS-134 Flight Day 17 - EOM - RE-ENTRY and LANDING
« Reply #3 on: 05/31/2011 09:51 pm »
« Last Edit: 05/31/2011 09:56 pm by Ronsmytheiii »

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Re: LIVE: STS-134 Flight Day 17 - EOM - RE-ENTRY and LANDING
« Reply #4 on: 05/31/2011 09:57 pm »
Final crew wakeup for STS-134 and Space Shuttle Endeavour:


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Re: LIVE: STS-134 Flight Day 17 - EOM - RE-ENTRY and LANDING
« Reply #5 on: 05/31/2011 11:15 pm »
going to perform PMC early

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Re: LIVE: STS-134 Flight Day 17 - EOM - RE-ENTRY and LANDING
« Reply #6 on: 05/31/2011 11:19 pm »
switching over to the Entry shift

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Re: LIVE: STS-134 Flight Day 17 - EOM - RE-ENTRY and LANDING
« Reply #7 on: 05/31/2011 11:26 pm »
handover briefing complete, Entry team is now on console
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Re: LIVE: STS-134 Flight Day 17 - EOM - RE-ENTRY and LANDING
« Reply #8 on: 05/31/2011 11:35 pm »
only a few more orbits to go
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Re: LIVE: STS-134 Flight Day 17 - EOM - RE-ENTRY and LANDING
« Reply #9 on: 05/31/2011 11:38 pm »
Kelly Humphries serving as PAO for the Entry team.

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Re: LIVE: STS-134 Flight Day 17 - EOM - RE-ENTRY and LANDING
« Reply #10 on: 05/31/2011 11:58 pm »
go to start group b powerup, going to align IMu's 1 and 3 to 2
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Re: LIVE: STS-134 Flight Day 17 - EOM - RE-ENTRY and LANDING
« Reply #11 on: 06/01/2011 12:09 am »
At FD-17's landing, Endeavour will have a mass of 203,350 lbs.
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Re: LIVE: STS-134 Flight Day 17 - EOM - RE-ENTRY and LANDING
« Reply #12 on: 06/01/2011 12:10 am »
good imu alignment per PAO

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Re: LIVE: STS-134 Flight Day 17 - EOM - RE-ENTRY and LANDING
« Reply #13 on: 06/01/2011 01:11 am »
Let's hear it for fellow Tenn. Tech Univ. alum Barry Eugene "Butch" Wilmore serving as CAPCOM for Endeavour's final landing!
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Re: LIVE: STS-134 Flight Day 17 - EOM - RE-ENTRY and LANDING
« Reply #14 on: 06/01/2011 01:19 am »
STA will take off in 40 minutes to fly weather, so far weather looks good

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Re: LIVE: STS-134 Flight Day 17 - EOM - RE-ENTRY and LANDING
« Reply #15 on: 06/01/2011 01:58 am »
back to STS-134 coverage

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Re: LIVE: STS-134 Flight Day 17 - EOM - RE-ENTRY and LANDING
« Reply #16 on: 06/01/2011 02:01 am »
Interesting phone-conversing posture


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Re: LIVE: STS-134 Flight Day 17 - EOM - RE-ENTRY and LANDING
« Reply #17 on: 06/01/2011 02:05 am »
current weather shot - possible storm action but not expected to be an issue until about 1/2 hour after planned landing
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Re: LIVE: STS-134 Flight Day 17 - EOM - RE-ENTRY and LANDING
« Reply #18 on: 06/01/2011 02:05 am »
block 5 complete

edit working block 6
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Re: LIVE: STS-134 Flight Day 17 - EOM - RE-ENTRY and LANDING
« Reply #19 on: 06/01/2011 02:20 am »
Go for payloadbay closing per PAO

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