Author Topic: LIVE: STS-135 Flight Day 13 EOM-1 - FCS C/O, RCS Hotfire, PicoSat  (Read 152618 times)

Offline Chris Bergin

LIVE and interactive coverage of STS-135's Flight Day 13.

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 - 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
(Best STS mission L2 section by far)


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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FD1/2 Article:
http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2011/07/sts-135-ascent-reviews-point-superb-launch-performance-atlantis/

FD2 Article:
http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2011/07/sts-135-atlantis-inspections-ahead-iss-arrival/

FD3 Article:
http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2011/07/sts-135-atlantis-docks-iss-wleids-review-rcc-panels/

FD4 Article:
http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2011/07/sts-135-mmt-mission-extension-flawless-atlantis/

FD5 Article:
http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2011/07/sts-135-flight-day-5-eva-swap-pm-install-rrm/

TPS Clearance:
http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2011/07/sts-135-gpc-4-issue-tps-clearance-overview/

GPC Article:
http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2011/07/sts-135-sun-may-contributed-atlantis-gpc-4-issue/

Undocking/TriDAR Article:
http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2011/07/atlantis-undocking-tridar-tests-continue-flyaround/

L-1 Article:
http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2011/07/sts-135-atlantis-cleared-one-final-time-thursday/

Deorbit and Landing Article:
In work.


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FD13:  EOM-1
– PSSC deploy
– Cabin Stow
– FCS C/O, RCS Hot Fire, L-1 Comm Checks, WLES Deact,
– Ku-Band Stow
– SSP Tribute

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 NTV schedule
« Last Edit: 07/20/2011 07:16 pm by Chris Bergin »
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Offline Chris Bergin

We're going to defer the idea for personal tributes until Atlantis safely on the ground. We have to work like MOD, and try and come with one percent of their amazing standards, given they'll have their game faces on until the crew are off the vehicle, so we should too.

However, I do think it would be nice for us all to give Atlantis and the SSP a respectful, honorable and celebratory (as much as I know it's a tough word to use with the end of the program) manner. They deserve nothing less.

This is likely to be the last ever full day where a Space Shuttle is on orbit and thus the last ever live coverage thread for a full day on orbit.

I've always believed these threads should be interactive, and while the site's grown from 20 shuttle huggers and a few NASA guys to a monster, along with parts of the forum becoming an extension of the news site - with specific updaters and uniformed elements of coverage - this "last day" should be marked by all.

So, pretty much anyone can post, as much as it needs to be on topic or an update. Feel free to make your mark, because I can assure you, people will be looking at these mission threads in years and years to come. There might be something special about seeing your "name" on one of the updates, especially in say 10 years time - as you gain a reminder of where you where in the final hours large winged spacecraft sailed in the heavens.

The moderators will be very liberal over this. So don't feel you need to cram in a load of checklists and handbooks before you can post. Heck, it could just be a nice view via NASA TV, or something that was said on the loop. It could even be "I'm going to miss these amazing machines".

The opportunity for people to post their feelings and tributes to the fleet - and those who have rode in them and cared for them - will come after landing, but make no mistake about how historic the next 24-36 or so will be.
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1 hour 36 minutes to Crew wakeup call... - 8:29 Central time -

Coming up - another in the series of guest commentaries.


well said Chris - this is my token contribution to kick off this last flight day.. Really can't sum up the feelings as it is like a good friend is passing away..

« Last Edit: 07/19/2011 11:57 pm by stockman »
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It could even be "I'm going to miss these amazing machines".

Chris, you said it best so I don't have to.  For my first post I'll thank the producers of the ascent imagery highlights, the final shot of Atlantis climbing away on the tank was very powerful (in more ways than one).  I should have signed up for an account long ago, the viewing threads were very helpful.  I appreciate the time everyone takes to post screenshots and updates.

My family saw the -135 launch from Cocoa Beach, and we'll come down for the next manned launch whenever that might be.

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Excellent! Welcome to the site's forum!
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There are two ways for someone to die (with plenty of shades of gray in between).

My Dad lived to be 51, dying after a long and painful illness at the end of being sick for over two decades.  That's a tragedy, and we mourned.

My Great Aunt lived to be 97.  She lived on her own and was sharper than most college grads right up until 5 days before she passed.  She had great kids, knew all of her grand kids and all of her great grand kids.  That's pretty much as good as you can do in life.  We had a big party, a celebration of her life.

We could have lost the Shuttle program after Challenger, but came very close to actually doing so after Columbia.  That would have been a tragedy to compound the tragedy of losing the vehicle and her crew.

Instead, the program came back, and did so impressively.  Sure, there have been fits and starts since return to flight, but they have finished they job they started - ISS is complete, and stocked to the gills.

One more thing to do - get the crew and vehicle back safely, and Columbia showed us that it's not a task to be taken lightly.  But the Lady is in great shape, has a great crew and a great support team on the ground.  If and when they get back safely, and I most certainly wish them an uneventful entry, decent and landing, I'm not mourning a tragedy, I'm going to celebrate a magnificent life.

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Seems like something missing from the first picture... and just a beautiful calm scene in the second one...
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Last guest commentator for this evening..
« Last Edit: 07/20/2011 12:47 am by stockman »
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Chris I'll save my Shuttle tribute for tomorrow, but I do want to thank you for the opportunity to feel like we're a part of the mission.  Personally, if it wasn't for NSF.com I would have no outlet and the input I would receive would certainly be minimal and often questionable.  My friend's normal response to me talking about spaceflight and what this particular program means is most often 'that's nice Dwight'. 
The end of the program without this well populated forum would be that much more agonizing.

BTW, I've really been enjoying the guest commentaries.  Wish they'd done more in the past.

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Cool, this fella was part of a non-astronaut CAPCOM trial about 10 years ago.

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They're showing the Flight Day 12 highlights now.

One very regrettable thing for me about this last flight day is that it is on the back half of the Mountain time zone clock (all the stuff is happening when I need to sleep).  Got any suggestions so that I can stay awake and refreshed for all the next 48 hours?  :)
I'll even excitedly look forward to "flags and footprints" and suborbital missions. Just fly...somewhere.

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Wake up call in 3-4 minutes!  8:29 pm Central.
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I'll even excitedly look forward to "flags and footprints" and suborbital missions. Just fly...somewhere.

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I am going to miss this room so much!
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I think that's from Star Trek.  Uh, I was wrong.  Actually it's "Fanfare for the Common Man"

According to the spaceflight.nasa.gov tracker shuttle and ISS are over the Middle East.

Shannon Lucid says go for outlook and to change image cards. 
« Last Edit: 07/20/2011 01:38 am by Bubbinski »
I'll even excitedly look forward to "flags and footprints" and suborbital missions. Just fly...somewhere.

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Entry FD Tony Ceccacci is in the house!

Walks in to the FCR to Fanfare for the Common Man.  What an entrance. :)
« Last Edit: 07/20/2011 02:02 am by GoForTLI »
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And I wake up for the last shuttle full day in orbit.


Thanks to all the shuttle folk, and everyone on this site for the great coverage. It has been a great, historical ride.

I wonder if / when we'll see the next crew wake up - I dont think Soyuz does them, or at least makes them public.

edit: not last wake up - last full day, sorry.
« Last Edit: 07/20/2011 02:05 am by Silmfeanor »

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crew wakeup song was "fanfare for the common man" by Aaron Copland

« Last Edit: 07/20/2011 01:38 am by robertross »

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Atlantis STS-135 has been one of the finest missions and a tribute to end the program. Well done !!!
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