Author Topic: LIVE: STS-135 Flight Day 2 - TPS Inspections and Rendezvous Prep (Read 104008 times)

Chris Bergin · « **on:** 07/09/2011 04:19 am »

LIVE and interactive coverage of STS-135's Flight Day 2:

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 - heading into 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
(Already rocking with Post Launch content!)

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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NEW ARTICLE: Post-Launch (FD1/2) ARTICLE:
http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2011/07/sts-135-ascent-reviews-point-superb-launch-performance-atlantis/

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FD2 Objectives:
- TPS Inspection and Rendezvous Prep
– FD2 TPS Inspections (OBSS, OMS Pod Digital)
– NC2 & NC3
– EMU Checkout
– C/L Camera Install, Docking Ring extension, Rendezvous Tool C/O

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 for Bar Flight Plan Schedule:

Chris Bergin · « **Reply #1 on:** 07/09/2011 04:26 am »

Would appreciate it if members covered wake up and post sleep activities.

And it's worth noting that it's far more interactive during Flight Days (compared to the countdown), so don't be afraid to join in with screenshots and relevant notes to update the events of the day.

NTV schedule - click to expand.

Fuji · « **Reply #2 on:** 07/09/2011 07:41 am »

FD2 Execute Package.
http://www.nasa.gov/pdf/567942main_fd02_expk.pdf

aquarius · « **Reply #3 on:** 07/09/2011 08:00 am »

Good morning, Atlantis!

The wakeup song is Viva la Vida by Coldplay for Doug.

vanoord · « **Reply #4 on:** 07/09/2011 08:02 am »

Quote from: aquarius on 07/09/2011 08:00 am

Good morning, Atlantis!

A message from the Marshall Space Flight Centre

vanoord · « **Reply #5 on:** 07/09/2011 08:14 am »

Some overnight problems with email after the laptop was accidentally closed. Reset and everything working fine now.

vanoord · « **Reply #6 on:** 07/09/2011 08:19 am »

Profile of the crew being played.

Chris Ferguson:

vanoord · « **Reply #7 on:** 07/09/2011 08:26 am »

Doug Hurley:

vanoord · « **Reply #8 on:** 07/09/2011 08:57 am »

TPS inspection simulation:

vanoord · « **Reply #9 on:** 07/09/2011 09:20 am »

Staff at Mission Control Centre have been handing over from one shift to the next for the last hour or so. Now back to single staff at the consoles.

First shot from Atlantis for a while.

vanoord · « **Reply #10 on:** 07/09/2011 09:33 am »

The BBC have a tracker online at the moment: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-13877321

The only problem is that it's not particularly accurate for Atlantis (the ISS looks about right) - comparison with MCC tracker on NASA TV:

vanoord · « **Reply #11 on:** 07/09/2011 09:36 am »

(i) Out of Africa over the Mediterranean

(ii) Southern Italy and Greece

vanoord · « **Reply #12 on:** 07/09/2011 10:19 am »

NC-2 Burn just completed, 11 seconds duration. Flight Dynamics Officer happy with the result.

Next up is the grappling / unberthing of the OBSS boom, in about an hour's time.

vanoord · « **Reply #13 on:** 07/09/2011 10:50 am »

Atlantis crossing the equator, above the Atlantic ocean just off the South American Coast.

(i) Orbiter arm moving across the payload bay.
(ii) Close to the grapple - grappled at 5.58 Central Time

Chris Bergin · « **Reply #14 on:** 07/09/2011 10:58 am »

Good work Vanoord! Should be coming up on the inspection timeline now.

psloss · « **Reply #15 on:** 07/09/2011 11:03 am »

Shot from SSV

vanoord · « **Reply #16 on:** 07/09/2011 11:06 am »

Atlantis in free drift - first movement on the OBSS:

Chris Bergin · « **Reply #17 on:** 07/09/2011 11:09 am »

And they are right on the timeline (note, sometimes crews get ahead slightly, but this is a four person crew, so this is impressive).

apace · « **Reply #18 on:** 07/09/2011 11:10 am »

Quote from: Chris Bergin on 07/09/2011 11:09 am

And they are right on the timeline (note, sometimes crews get ahead slightly, but this is a four person crew, so this is impressive).

Do they sleep all at the same time or they have a shift?

psloss · « **Reply #19 on:** 07/09/2011 11:12 am »

Quote from: apace on 07/09/2011 11:10 am

Quote from: Chris Bergin on 07/09/2011 11:09 am
And they are right on the timeline (note, sometimes crews get ahead slightly, but this is a four person crew, so this is impressive).

Do they sleep all at the same time or they have a shift?

Same time.