Quote from: DaveS on 09/24/2010 04:14 amQuote from: psloss on 09/24/2010 04:13 amA few minutes ago, NASA TV was showing a replay of some downlink of a piece of a "gear mechanism" with "two broken teeth."Did you manage to capture some screenshots? Missed it as I was more focused on the comms.No, I was hoping someone here might have...but I'm sure we'll see it again if it's related to the problem.Sounds like they're going to work on opening up the hatches.
Quote from: psloss on 09/24/2010 04:13 amA few minutes ago, NASA TV was showing a replay of some downlink of a piece of a "gear mechanism" with "two broken teeth."Did you manage to capture some screenshots? Missed it as I was more focused on the comms.
A few minutes ago, NASA TV was showing a replay of some downlink of a piece of a "gear mechanism" with "two broken teeth."
Quote from: psloss on 09/24/2010 04:16 amQuote from: DaveS on 09/24/2010 04:14 amQuote from: psloss on 09/24/2010 04:13 amA few minutes ago, NASA TV was showing a replay of some downlink of a piece of a "gear mechanism" with "two broken teeth."Did you manage to capture some screenshots? Missed it as I was more focused on the comms.No, I was hoping someone here might have...but I'm sure we'll see it again if it's related to the problem.Sounds like they're going to work on opening up the hatches.CBS News post the dameged gear picture.http://www.cbsnews.com/network/news/space/home/spacenews/files/23edc67089539098be03ef34d7c11073-72.html
Quote from: Fuji on 09/24/2010 05:12 amQuote from: psloss on 09/24/2010 04:16 amQuote from: DaveS on 09/24/2010 04:14 amQuote from: psloss on 09/24/2010 04:13 amA few minutes ago, NASA TV was showing a replay of some downlink of a piece of a "gear mechanism" with "two broken teeth."Did you manage to capture some screenshots? Missed it as I was more focused on the comms.No, I was hoping someone here might have...but I'm sure we'll see it again if it's related to the problem.Sounds like they're going to work on opening up the hatches.CBS News post the dameged gear picture.http://www.cbsnews.com/network/news/space/home/spacenews/files/23edc67089539098be03ef34d7c11073-72.htmlSo how does one fix something like this? I am guessing they cannot re open the hatches and reenter ISS with things the way they are now.
The ruler in that photo should be indicating centimeters, right?
09:45 a.m. EDT, 09/24 Update: Installation of electrical bypass jumpers appears to resolve docking system anomalyInstallation of electrical jumpers that mimic an expected-but-absent "hatch locked" signal in the docking mechanism of the space station's Poisk module appears to have resolved a glitch that prevented three crew members from undocking and landing early Friday, officials said.
Thanks to all for this coverage. Very much appreciated.I'd say a gear re-design is in order
Russian press reports describe an undocking glitch the last time a vehicle left the Poisk. But date references and the claim it was Soyuz TMA-17 conflict with my own records. Can anybody identify the vehicle and date for the previous Poisk undocking, and whether any 'glitch' was disclosed at that time? Spasibo!!
That would have been Soyuz TMA-16 on March 18, 2010.
has anyone seen the timeline for the second attempt?