February 28, 1989: STS-27 TILE DAMAGE REPORT RELEASEDTwo weeks before the launch of Discovery and STS-29, NASA’s Atlantis tile damage assessment team released their findings on the cause of the damage and their recommendations to avoid a recurrence of the incident. The NASA review panel, investigating the damage to the orbiter Atlantis’ thermal protection system during the STS-27 mission, found that the most probable cause was insulating material from the right-hand Solid Rocket Booster nose cap dislodging and striking the orbiter about 85 seconds into flight.
And that’s all folks. For high-resolution shots go to L2:STS-27:http://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=11427.0STS-27 Post Flight:http://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=18675.0Some interesting shots of Soyuz TM-7 training and equipment http://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=13711.0And in my next thread I will tell you a story of cracks, eggs, chicks, rats and a perfect view…
Great overview, thanks, don't forget this L2 Video:STS-27: Video about the Undertemp issue during ground-opshttp://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=25150.0
Hopefully this link will work - it has some interesting comments from Hoot Gibson and what he thought would happen if they were experiencing burn-through. And also interesting is his comments on what he would've said in the 60-seconds or so he knew they'd have to live before burning up.http://www.spaceflightnow.com/shuttle/sts119/090327sts27/
Just wondering....how many here think there actually was an EVA on STS-27?Based on the (limited) info released, I kind of lean towards an EVA being done, just by the "fact" that Atlantis rendezvoused with the recently deployed satellite. Why would the shuttle need to be close to Lacrosse, if not for access by the crew?What do you think??
Quote from: Ares67 on 07/07/2012 08:19 pmAnd that’s all folks. For high-resolution shots go to L2:STS-27:http://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=11427.0STS-27 Post Flight:http://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=18675.0Some interesting shots of Soyuz TM-7 training and equipment http://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=13711.0And in my next thread I will tell you a story of cracks, eggs, chicks, rats and a perfect view… Great overview, thanks, don't forget this L2 Video:STS-27: Video about the Undertemp issue during ground-opshttp://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=25150.0