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NASA Shuttle Specific Sections => Atlantis (Post STS-135, T&R) => Topic started by: Chris Bergin on 05/16/2010 05:33 am
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LIVE and interactive coverage of STS-132's Flight Day 3:
STS-132 Mission Outlines/Pre-Launch:
http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/tag/sts-132/
Previous Articles:
http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2010/05/sts-132-launch-live1/
http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2010/05/25-years-atlantis-celebrates-final-time-orbit/
FD3 article:
http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2010/05/sts-132-atlantis-sunday-docking-extremely-clean-et-136/
FD3: Docking, ICC-VLD Robotic Install, EVA1 Prep
– Rendezvous & Docking (Sunday, May 16, 2010)
• Docking: MET 01/20:00:00 ; GMT 136/14:20:00; CDT 09:20 a.m.
– Downlink of RPM photos via ISS assets
– ICC-VLD extraction from the payload bay and install on POA (SSRMS based on LAB)
– UROKO (‘fish scales’) sample prep
– EVA1 Prep, STS O2 for Pre-Breathe, Campout (Reisman and Bowen)
– SSRMS walkoff and MT Translate to WS 6 overnight
– N2 Transfer
Please note, this is interactive, but all posts need to be on topic. If you post images, no more than two per post.
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NTV Schedule.
Note I'm going to be away from the site for two parts of Sunday (1) wakeup/post sleep and 2) post docking, I'll be around at all other times) - the latter period won't be a problem, so any help for the crew wake up/post sleep by way of coverage would be appreciated.
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Wake up for ISS crew
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Wake up!
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Sweet Home Alabama by Lynyrd Skynyrd for Tony Antonelli
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r8rnFKo4PAE
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Crew is preparing for a water-dump.
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Execute Package FD3:
http://www.nasa.gov/pdf/454481main_FD03.pdf
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Live view:
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Water dump is underway
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ISS cameras are being rotated to start looking for Atlantis.
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NH burn coming up in a few minutes
Atlantis in the upright position for the burn.
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Good config for burn
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Burn underway
1min 24s burn
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Good burn. No trim.
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Good burn no trim required
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Next burn is the NC4 burn in a little less than a hour
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Lot of traffic there with the Shuttle, ISS and Progress M04-M
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They are having some printer problems today as well.
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They saw a large repress on left OMS
Going to do remaining burns on bravo reg only
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23 min to NC4 a 1min 3s burn
Coming up on a 4 min LOS
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FWIW, the prelim PADs for the NH, NC-4, and Ti burns are in today's execute package (as is normal).
A few deltas to the PAD in the execute package:
Orbiter weight: 246359 lbs
TIG (MET) 00/15:48:01.4
PEG-7 targets: dvx = 100.2 fps (others same as in exec. pkg)
Max TIG slip 2 minutes / do not update TIG
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good config for the burn, can see station
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NC4 burn, good burn no trim required
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bn2XYbKnw2U
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Nav selected imu is 1, ready for item 23
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Right, i've been following along in the background but can now follow in more detail.
Crew should be working block 10A on page 4-10 of the RNDZ C/L. This is the STAR TRACKER NAV setup.
(In fact I'm certain they are given the NAV selected IMU calls and the ITEM 4s).
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calling up ground solution for NCC, going to burn onboard
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MCC called up ground solution for NCC burn.
DVX -0.3
DVY +0.2
DYZ +0.3
DVTOT +0.5
However MCC prefer the onboard solution and want to use that.
Values are filled int othe NCC BURN SOLUTION box on the bottom right of 4-11. CDR will be working the block 11A procedures to target this burn.
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Calling up propellant for rendezvous
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The values for the RNDZ PRPLT PAD (found on 9-4 of RNDZ C/L) are
Block 1 54
Block 2 Right
Block 3 Right
Block 4 4.99
Block 5 Left
Block 6 4.46
Block 7 NA
Block 8 NA
Block 9 54
Block 10 8
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View of APAS ring extended:
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working OCA reconfig
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go to burn onboard
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Good config for NCC burn
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Good burn
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on the flightdeck
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Heh, crew interviewing CapCom on the launch. (Chris Cassidy was the ASP on launch day.)
Chris noted the bad weather in the area prevented him from getting back for the Orbit 1 shift yesterday.
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EMU removal is complete
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Should be into block 13B on 4-13. Rendezvous Radar Navigation setup.
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Looks like they are caught up on the timeline
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MCC go on FLTR to PROP and wish to incoporate Rendezvous Radar angles into navigation.
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According to timeline should be into Block 13A, Targeting Ti burn (intermediate solution).
This is done on the GNC ORBIT TGT display. The solution will be recorded on the Ti burn PAD.
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calling up Ti burn Time and PAD
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Go for TI
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go to burn onboard for TI burn
edit: anyone know what the particles flying by are?
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Shuttle is close enough so we can distinguish its shape.
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Around 6 minutes from the Ti burn.
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good config for the burn
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Good TI burn
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go for item 8
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48,700 feet away
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go for item 8
The Item 8 in this case is a FLTR TO PROP transfer. This copies the Orbiter state vector from the filter solution (the one that includes sensors like Radar) into the PROP state vector (which does not include sensor updates).
This is done in case bad data from the Rendezvous Radar pollutes the FILTER state vector. Should this happen the PROP SV can be copied back.
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MCC wants to burn the onboard for the MC 1 burn.
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good burn, no trim required
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shuttle only comm on a/g 2, mc2 will be in 10 minutes
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For those new to the rendezvous. The burns at this stage are just very short pulses of the RCS (essentially the manuvering thrusters).
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a few minutes from the out of plane null
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shuttle calling station on the big loop
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Ken Ham to station: you are Brilliantly glowing
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Is that the moon ISS is zooming in on? Pretty impressive..
Orbiter
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What is the small dot next to the Moon? The orbiter? Coincidence?
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TCS should be activated now according to timeline. Set to Auto Acquire the station at 10k feet.
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What is the small dot next to the Moon? The orbiter? Coincidence?
Venus.. it followed in conjunction with the moon and it also faded away and went behind the Earth. Shuttle wouldn't do that.
Orbiter
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MCC calling up some words on the TIG slip of greater than +7 minutes for the MC 2 burn. A new base time to calculate the burn was called up and will evaluate after final targeting of the burn.
The calculated TIG slip is only permitted be be within -3 minutes and +7 minutes for the calculation of this burn.
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MCC giving a go to burn the onboard solution for MC 2.
Also GO for the FLTR to PROP.
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MC2 coming up in a minute for 8 seconds, 14600 feet away
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PAO quoting 1.5 FPS for the MC 2 burn.
I believe this is on the large side for the MC 2 burn compared to previous flights. (Somebody who knows better please let us know).
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good MC2 burn
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ISS in docking attitude, waiting on Russian solar array repositioning
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about 7,000 feet away
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go to burn onboard
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good burn, tallyho station!
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Was this MC-3 or MC-4?
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Stunning views:
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soichi ready for RPM
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go to burn MC4 onboard, 2000 feet
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good burn, handheld laser matching TCS
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Go for RPM
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go to burn MC4 onboard, 2000 feet
Roger that, thanks
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Did we hear confirmation of a third crewmember for the RPM on Station?
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inside 1400 feet
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Atlantis will soon cross the coast right above the mouth of the Amazon river ...oops they will be just a bit East of the mouth).
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about 1,000 feet away
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RPM window starts in 14 minutes
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Feet wet off the coast of Brazil
you can really see the payload well in the second image
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Did we hear confirmation of a third crewmember for the RPM on Station?
PAO says 2 more ISS crewmembers added for RPM photography.
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Oh there we go via Kyle. Two more ISS crewmembers on the RPM photography.
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Soichi : We can see you faces in the window
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tracy will be taking images of the upper RCC on the port wing
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700 feet away on the R-bar
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Nice shot of the MRM-1 and the ICC-VLD.
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Block A in work. Approach cue card. This is RPM Setup.
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5 minutes to RPM window, station shadow over Atlantis, 640 feet out
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minute out, but might take a few more to get to 600 feet
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RPM initiated.
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starting RPM
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start photos
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end photos
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Veteran orbiter with 31 re-entries on the TPS. Too beautiful for words.
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Interesting to see a reflection from the ET Umbilical Doors.
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Lost KU, hopefully not for too long
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TORVA coming up next.
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SSV of the station from Atlantis
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TORVA initiated.
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Starting TORVA (not RPM)
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KU to comm mode, 575 feet
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In the TORVA transition from the R-bar to the V-bar. CDR flying from the aft flight deck. Will use +X pulses as required to null the target motion in the ODS camera.
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station sure can change attitude quickly (graphic is wrong)
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Orbit 1 FD Mike Sarafin polling team for GO for final approach.
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station sure can change attitude quickly (graphic is wrong)
Yes, and it's missing a whole truss with a solar array on it.
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view of Shuttle approaching the V bar
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VBAR arrival momentarily. CDR will need -X pulses to null the target.
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Downloading RPM photos
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Atlantis go for Docking, dont think they will need a flyout, SSV till about 3 minutes before docking
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ISS and STS flight control rooms are GO for docking.
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Still on the +VBAR. Range 225 feet. Rdot 0.2 fps (which is a good Rdot for this range).
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STS-132 - Rendezvous Pitch Maneuver
http://www.space-multimedia.nl.eu.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=5962
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Still on the +VBAR. Range 225 feet. Rdot 0.2 fps (which is a good Rdot for this range).
What is Rdot?
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Still on the +VBAR. Range 225 feet. Rdot 0.2 fps (which is a good Rdot for this range).
What is Rdot?
Rdot is range rate. And it has a negative value, so it's really -0.2fps.
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170 feet
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Rdot will ramp down from -0.20 fps at the beginning of the VBAR approach, to -0.15 (the current value), then down to -0.10 at 75 feet.
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130 feet
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redlight above PMA-2 indicates that Station is in Free drift
If this was SSV, then it depends. Flashing is free drift. Solid means the attitude control system is active. Seems a little early to go free drift, as the orbiter is still a ways out.
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about 100 feet away
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Inside 100 feet.
MCC-H will be evaluating the approach to see if an angular alignment maneuver is required.
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redlight above PMA-2 indicates that Station is in Free drift
If this was SSV, then it depends. Flashing is free drift. Solid means the attitude control system is active. Seems a little early to go free drift, as the orbiter is still a ways out.
ISS is only free drift on capture. It's a specific action to check after capture.
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CDR: "Soichi, Atlantis has you loud and clear, and we're about 70 feet out."
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70 feet away
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47 feet.
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Evaluating for AUTO ANGULAR FLYOUT.
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full degree of roll error, evaluating pitch and yaw, going to fly it out
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Performing AUTO ANGULAR FLYOUT to null out 1 degree of roll error. 9-10 cue card of the RNDZ C/L.
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Final approach initiated.
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20 feet
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live video, 10 feet
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10 feet.
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PCT (Post contact thrust) armed.
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5 ft
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CDR: "Houston and station, capture confirmed."
ISS in free drift.
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contact/ capture!
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Wonderful!
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TJ "Atlantis Arriving" have to love that bell
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Beautiful sunrise shot.
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Live video for docking! Been a while for that I believe!
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Step 4 in work, still have relative motion so going to hold off
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MCC requesting to wait on step 4 of the Docking sequence as relative motion is still being seen. Piers reporting that they had already turned the fixers off which is the first action.
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Go to continue with step 4 . This is on 9-11 of the checklist.
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nice view of ICC-VLD:
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go for step 6
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And now a look at the MRM-1.
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MCC go for step 6. Ring extension.
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Ring retracting. This is step 8.
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ring being retracted
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Can see the ring retraction on video. Nice.
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Ring is fully retracted. Hooks should be hard mating the vehicles together.
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and complete
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STS-131 - Atlantis - ISS Docking
http://www.space-multimedia.nl.eu.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=5963
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ready to work step 14, PMA-2 hooks latched, 20 minute timer started
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puting block 22a in work, no deltas
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Just a nit, but only the ODS hooks latch, the pma-2 hooks are only put in an active configuration in contingency situations.
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TERMINATE RENDZ OPS should be in work (or even done by now). Block 22A on page 4-22. After that return to the timeline which can be found in todays execute package.
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Ratty comm from 32 to 53. Go to manoeuvre to -XLV -ZVV as called out in the flight plan.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iJ9ZGcEcu60
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zXN2JTNi19A
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Ratty comm from 32 to 53. Go to manoeuvre to -XLV -ZVV as called out in the flight plan.
How long does it usually take to turn the complex around?
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Soichi working hatch opening procedures , going to open Noe 2 forward hatch
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tracy is going to start routing cables to get ahead, Fan active on Atlantis side for ODS
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In the maneuver to -XLV -ZVV. I didn't realize there is also a roll involved in the maneuver (if I'm looking at the graphic correctly).
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Node 2 forward hatch is open
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waiting for Vestibule to be pressurized before starting 10minute clock
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Airlock prep for ingress complete
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step 20 of station leak check is complete, shuttle side going to use station cameras for inspection for 5 minutes
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DAT will have 398 images to look at from the RPM.
149 additional shots from Tracy, targeting the upper WLE, plus the planned images totaled 249 this time (115 400mm and 134 800mm).
Am I missing someone? Thought we had 4 crewmembers taking photos.
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picking up with group b power down
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Maneuver complete. MCC-H ready for AUTO on the DAP.
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ready for Auto on the DAP
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In the maneuver to -XLV -ZVV. I didn't realize there is also a roll involved in the maneuver (if I'm looking at the graphic correctly).
It depends on how far out of the docking attitude the stack drifts before resuming attitude control. The maneuver is always a three-axis maneuver along the eigenaxis.
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Soichi working on PMA-2 CBM
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In the maneuver to -XLV -ZVV. I didn't realize there is also a roll involved in the maneuver (if I'm looking at the graphic correctly).
It depends on how far out of the docking attitude the stack drifts before resuming attitude control. The maneuver is always a three-axis maneuver along the eigenaxis.
Thanks, Jorge.
I love this site. Now I'm off to learn about an eigenaxis. :)
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PAO discussing the DAM that wasn't conducted. TCA of the debris was at 10:35 CDT (15:35 GMT). Miss distance was 9 km downtrack. PAO didn't have the vertical separation, but overall the object was safely outside the box.
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Did PAO just say everybody on the Shuttle has been on ISS before? Good has never been there, his only prior flight was STS-125 to Hubble
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In the maneuver to -XLV -ZVV. I didn't realize there is also a roll involved in the maneuver (if I'm looking at the graphic correctly).
It depends on how far out of the docking attitude the stack drifts before resuming attitude control. The maneuver is always a three-axis maneuver along the eigenaxis.
Thanks, Jorge.
I love this site. Now I'm off to learn about an eigenaxis.
You'll love them!
The manuver is done on verniers and no doubt with a very slow rate with tight deadbands (don't want the stack getting to much momentum or torques).
Jorge: What was the cause of the c > 7 minute TIG slip on the early MC 2 burn solution? State vector issues at that time?
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Oleg Kotov is trying to take your picture
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Working APAS hatch opening.
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seems to be a lot of CTB's in Node 2
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Am I correct that this will be the first time the SSRMS will be used from Cupola? Wasn't it moved to Cupola after STS-131?
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3 minutes to switch to station attitude control
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Am I correct that this will be the first time the SSRMS will be used from Cupola? Wasn't it moved to Cupola after STS-131?
Yes, there were interface issues but they were solved between STS-131 and STS-132
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orbiter in free drift now, Station in attitude control
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In the maneuver to -XLV -ZVV. I didn't realize there is also a roll involved in the maneuver (if I'm looking at the graphic correctly).
It depends on how far out of the docking attitude the stack drifts before resuming attitude control. The maneuver is always a three-axis maneuver along the eigenaxis.
Thanks, Jorge.
I love this site. Now I'm off to learn about an eigenaxis.
You'll love them!
The manuver is done on verniers and no doubt with a very slow rate with tight deadbands (don't want the stack getting to much momentum or torques).
Jorge: What was the cause of the c > 7 minute TIG slip on the early MC 2 burn solution? State vector issues at that time?
I'll have to check since I wasn't on console at the time.
Usual contributing causes to late MC2 TIG slips are:
1) Overburn at Ti (-0.2 < VGO X < 0 at cutoff)
2) Start of maneuver back to -Z TGT TRK post-Ti uses aft down-firing jets
3) End of maneuver back to -Z TGT TRK post-Ti uses forward down-firing jets
4) MC1 underburn (0.2 > VGO X > 0 after crew finishes trimming)
5) Late ISS maneuver to docking attitude
which really just goes to show how sensitive MC2 TIG slip is to various trajectory factors. 2) and 3) are just a function of how the ALT DAP selects jets and 1) and 4) are functions of what the final VGO turns out to be when the crew finishes trimming. (There are ways that the crew can "game" the burn trims to force an early TIG slip but we don't typically train them).
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waiting on station to open hatch
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ISS back in attitude control.
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I'll have to check since I wasn't on console at the time.
Usual contributing causes to late MC2 TIG slips are:
1) Overburn at Ti (-0.2 < VGO X < 0 at cutoff)
2) Start of maneuver back to -Z TGT TRK post-Ti uses aft down-firing jets
3) End of maneuver back to -Z TGT TRK post-Ti uses forward down-firing jets
4) MC1 underburn (0.2 > VGO X > 0 after crew finishes trimming)
5) Late ISS maneuver to docking attitude
which really just goes to show how sensitive MC2 TIG slip is to various trajectory factors. 2) and 3) are just a function of how the ALT DAP selects jets and 1) and 4) are functions of what the final VGO turns out to be when the crew finishes trimming. (There are ways that the crew can "game" the burn trims to force an early TIG slip but we don't typically train them).
Thanks as always. That is indeed sensitive! We must be talking DVs on the order of 0.1 induced by jet firings back to -Z tracking?
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station PMA hatch is open, go for equalization
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equalization complete
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Going to open hatch!
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hatch is open
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CDR Ken Ham
Mike Good, Garret Reisman, Tony Antonelli
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waving to the ground, with 12 people Node 2 is a bit cramped
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Will be getting back to work here shortly. N2 transfer and EVA transfers coming up.
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Mike is not used to giant, open areas in space:
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=idjE4nCAYbA
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while waiting:
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STS-132 - Atlantis - ISS Crew Hatch Opening and Welcome Ceremony
http://www.space-multimedia.nl.eu.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=5964
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Soichi giving a bed side chat, working on Kibo MELFI:
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Transfer started
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the next major item will be the removal of the ICC-VLD and instillation on the POA on the Mobile Base system
Orbit 2 taking over
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the next major item will be the removal of the ICC-VLD and instillation on the POA on the Mobile Base system
Orbit 2 taking over
Looking ahead at the schedule, I hope they don't go to the MSB during the ROBO ops.
Orbital sunrise coming up around 12:30 CDT (17:30 GMT). Standby for stunning visuals.
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shuttle arm is moving to ICC un berth position, now there with brakes on
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replay of greeting ceremonies
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Piers setting up in Cupola at the RWS, calling Tony in Atlantis
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Ken Ham to Tracy : We were already told knock it off in the downlinks
I disagree, downlinks were funny and entertaining.
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MSB in ten minutes, so I guess we wont get to see robo work
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SSRMS ready to begin
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From Soichi Noguchi via Twitter - Atlantis over the Canary Islands! :D
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I missed the start of the MSB, but here goes:
Had a good docking and structural mate of the vehicles. Currently getting ready for robotics.
EVA preps this afternoon.
Debris threat passed at range of ~16km.
Performed backup procedure for inspection due to the PTU issue, missed some areas. Added a 3rd crewmember to gather digital stills of the top of the RCC.
EVA1 and MRM-1 as planned. Any schedule changes for inspection will be after that.
L OMS went to the other regulator due to seeing a higher pressure than usual.
Potential heater failure on a downward facing RCS jet. Heater may be at a lower set point rather than failed.
Question time:
What was missed on the port wing inspection?
Backup method with the fixed sensor causes geometry to prohibit getting all the port wing imagery. Took imagery during the RPM. DAT will decide what else they want to get to clear TPS.
Had an excess of prop for rendezvous due to season we launched. No issues during rendezvous and was an efficient rendezvous prop-wise.
How tricky was the flyout?
We fly down a narrow corridor (roughly 1.5 degrees). Approach was great. Had to stop at 30 feet to verify alignment. Saw a little bit of misalignment, total of 1 degree. Flew that out, verified good alignment, and docked.
Question regarding photos from RPM?
To early to tell if the extra imagery will clear the RCC. Talking about the top side of the wing that doesn't see as much heat during entry. Hoping imagery meets resolution requirements.
Debris miss distance? How many ISS crewmembers took photos?
3 took images. Got all images downlinked. Criteria for missing debris is 10 km. Object was on the threshold as it was being monitored. We get better data as TCA approaches. Final data showed 16 km. Still don't know what the debris was.
Question for PTU EVA?
Have personnel at KSC evaluating. Trying to match the cable configuration seen on orbit. Considering wire tie or velcro. Expect couple of days for decision. Won't affect EVA1. Soonest would be EVA2, if task is added. EVAs are full, will be hard to find time for task.
Can use the same procedure previously used for scanning during LI. Not as efficient due to need to gathering data during daylight. Provides the necessary resolution to clear the TPS.
Debris orbit?
Won't affect this mission again. Highly elliptical orbit.
He regulator problem similar to recent issue on STS-131?
STS-131 He regulator was on RCS tanks, this problem was on the OMS tanks. Saw tank pressure lower than usual. Behavior of regulator caused a pressure spike. Primary controls to a slightly lower pressure. Saw 10 psi higher than expected. Could have been regulator creep or the secondary regulator controlling at a slightly higher pressure. No concern for the engine.
Potential challenges on EVA1?
Biggest challenge is time. Have 6:30. Have trained the tasks well but haven't done them before. Hard to predict time required for tasks that haven't been performed before on oribit. On STS-127 replaced batteries, had some difficulties with the time required. Doing 2 first time tasks on EVA1.
EVA1 SSRMS maneuver?
Garrett Reisman will ride the arm over with the antenna. As he comes back, will have his hands empty and should get quite a view.
Cryo margins?
Have an extra day available due to on-time launch. Took all of pad hold cryo with us to orbit. Have 1 day 5 hours margin, but have a lot of the mission ahead of us. Too early to plan to extend the mission.
How delicate is SSRMS ICC-VLD task?
Have 2 grapple fixtures on the ICC-VLD. No more complex robotics than we've done before. Is a precision operation but crew is trained well. Is complex, but we have experience.
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Anyone please chime in if I missed something or heard something wrong. I missed the OMS regulator issue this morning so I'm not completely clear on it.
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SSRMS has grappled the ICC and the PRLA's are about to be released.
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The PRLA's have been released and a go has been given to maneuver the ICC.
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ICC being lifted out of the bay
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initiated N2 transfer
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Coming up on orbital sunrise at 14:00 CDT. SSRMS in motion.
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STS-132 - Mission Status Briefing FD 3
http://www.space-multimedia.nl.eu.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=5965
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It's going to fly right by the camera. Stunning view.
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It's going to fly right by the camera. Stunning view.
These pictures are WILD :D
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dont know if arm or camera is moving
edit: arm
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Oh my. Baja.
SSRMS still in motion.
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These robotics ops. are being conducted from the Cupola RWS, correct?
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These robotics ops. are being conducted from the Cupola RWS, correct?
Yes, the RWS was relocated prior to this mission.
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handing over from flight 2 to flight 3
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Now a view of the battery side of the ICC-VLD.
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Orbital sunset in about 13 minutes.
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waiting on JEM cameras, brakes on
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Cool, can see the cupola. Someone wave.
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that is it for me right now
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Thanks Ron, very good work :)
Post MMT presser in 15 - I've got that covered.
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Flying over the terminator.
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Robotics taking a 20 minute break. SSRMS brakes are on. Going to brief for EVA1.
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these robotics ops. are being conducted from the Cupola RWS, correct?
Yes, the RWS was relocated prior to this mission.
Was the whole rack relocated or just the computers and whatnot? I would be surprised if the whole thing could fit but have been surprised before. Also, if the rack itself is still in the lab, what pieces are still in it?
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these robotics ops. are being conducted from the Cupola RWS, correct?
Yes, the RWS was relocated prior to this mission.
Was the whole rack relocated or just the computers and whatnot? I would be surprised if the whole thing could fit but have been surprised before. Also, if the rack itself is still in the lab, what pieces are still in it?
The RWS is not a rack, it's a lot smaller, as seen here:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/15/Robotic_Work_Station_picture.jpg
There is an RWS in the Cupola and the Lab.
An image of the Cupola RWS installed in the Cupola is here:
www.spaceflight.nasa.gov/gallery/images/station/crew-23/hires/iss023e039983.jpg
See the Expedition 23 thread for images of the Cupola RWS relocation.
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Post MMT presser starting...
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LeRoy:
Had a flawless RNDZ and docking with ISS. MMT did not have too many items to discuss. Discussed inspection data. DAT will review any areas we need to do a FI on. Once that is cleared, the review will be completed. Very much on the timeline with that process.
Couple of system items. Aft thruster LOMS L3D appears to have a heater failed. Current passive thermal is it won't get to a low enough temp to potentially fail leak. Would be a loss of redundancy only anyway.
LOMS He Reg A Pri may have failed. Acting erratic. Secondany Reg on the A leg is fine. On the B leg and both regs are fine.
Tweaked the flight rules for the docked loads.
Crew took a closer look at the cable that's caught around the reed sensor. Via closeout images, the cable was slack. May have drawn the looped cable in closer to snagging. Not sure how that happened.
Got some more work to do. System does not work in this configuration, so we're evaluating an EVA task for EVA-2 or EVA-3. The task would involve the boom being presented to the EVAers during one of their translations.
Also talked about ongoing work for more scans of the port wing with the SRMS EE. However, we do have more imagery than we expected via the approach. Team is evaluating how much of the port wing we can clear without the SRMS EE.
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Questions:
EVA task for OBSS fix:
LeRoy: For EVA task on OBSS, it would be as simple as possible. Simply moving the wire away from the body of the unit and wire tie it. No disconnecting of cables. Will be literally as simple as possible.
On inspection data - timeline need for SRMS EE.
Won't be before FD5, could be FD5 but unlikely. The current assessments will take us up to FD5.
Mark Kirkman's on! What's the benefit of sensor package 1 on OBSS:
LeRoy: We get more coverage of all the areas we're looking at, and more is better. Would like to have the LDRI back, for example when we have our options limited during late inspections. The more capability we have, the better. It's not mandortory, but it's capability we'd like to have.
Marcia asking what a reed sensor is:
LeRoy: It's part of the system that helps determine the movement of the sensors. And there's some magnetic sensors for the limits of the PTU. It's snagged on the rectangluar reed sensors, which is physically raised above the body of the unit.
Why not tug it free?
LeRoy: We think we've done all we can without damaging the unit itself. Shaking the arm etc is something we really don't want to do. It would take 12 seconds to do on the ground, about 10 minutes in space in an EMU. Team is looking at scenarios where the boom is presented to the crew member when they are translating from one task to another as planned, so there would be very little deviation from their actual EVA.
Why not do it now?
LeRoy: Everything we do takes some amount of time and all our EVAs are very full. We want the boom to come to the crewmember, not the crewmember to the boom.
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On extra photos from approach and RPM.
LeRoy: Don't know how they have turned out yet, data still being sent down and evaluating at DAT. If they turn out like they typically do with the 400mm and 800mm it would probably surpass the SRMS EE photos. We're in the throws of evaluating that data.
On schedule.
LeRoy: Too early to tell to know if we've impacted the DAT timeline. We'll know in a couple of days. Don't think it would be later than normal to clear the vehicle.
Presser over.
(PS I can't screenshot for some reason, so appreciate continuing screenshots from anyone - great work from Ron and GoforTLI etc so far today).
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Meanwhile back in space. Orbital sunrise in a few minutes.
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SSRMS back in motion.
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STS-132 Post-Mission Management Team Briefing Materials
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/sts132/news/msb_051610.html
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Getting close to the POA.
Hope they're getting some good video from the Cupola for the Flight Day Highlights.
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STS-132 - Post MMT Briefing FD 3
http://www.space-multimedia.nl.eu.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=5966
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Hovering at the pre-install position.
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Docking target.
EDIT: Grapple target.
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Now approaching the coast of California.
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Docking target.
Grapple target, not docking target.
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Docking target.
Grapple target, not docking target.
Thanks.
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About 5 minutes left in this daylight pass.
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SSRMS has released the ICC-VLD.
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From ISS Daily Report for 16/05/2010 (posting here since it’s more relevant to STS-132 than it is to Exp. 23):
Atlantis docked smoothly at PMA-2 this morning, followed by hook closure, rigidizing the Shuttle-ISS linkup.
After docking, the station was reoriented by the small vernier thrusters on the Shuttle (ORB mode) to minimize the risk of MMOD impacts upon the Shuttle. [Earlier, the ISS maneuvered to docking attitude after attitude control authority was handed over from USOS Momentum Management to RS MCS (Motion Control System). After the reorientation, control returned from Shuttle ORB to USOS Momentum Management.]
Shortly before the docking, Noguchi configured the RS MCS for the automatic “PMA-2 Arrival” mode, an operational sequence used to monitor Orbiter arrival at the PMA-2. [At “Capture Confirmed”, ISS attitude was immediately set to free drift for about 30 min. to allow dampening out of the relative motions of ISS and Atlantis (with the ODS dampers/shock absorbers) plus re-align the docking ring, then maneuvered to “Mated TEA” (Torque Equilibrium Attitude) to account for the new overall configuration with Atlantis docked, which regained attitude control until handover to USOS Momentum Management.]
After leak checks of the ODS vestibule for about an hour, ISS/Shuttle hatches were opened.
After hatch opening, before installation of the ventilation airduct between station and Atlantis, Kornienko performed the standard collection of air samples with the Russian AK-1M sampler in the Orbiter.
Immediately upon hatch opening, Soichi Noguchi transferred new high-priority JAXA experiments to the JPM, unpacking the DCB (Double Coldbag) they came in and inserting Ferulate, Microbe and Fish Scale Multi Plate samples into MELFI-2.
As part of post-docking activities, Tracy Caldwell-Dyson configured the C&T (Command & Tracking) video set-up in Node 2, installing the video cap which enables pass-through reception of video from Atlantis to ISS in support of SSRMS ops.
Creamer installed the crew restraints at the Cupola RWS for the subsequent ICC-VLD transfer activities by Tracy Caldwell-Dyson & Piers Sellers. Afterwards, Soichi removed the restraints again (releasing two levers).
After CDR Ham & PLT Antonelli had moved the SRMS out of the way and into a position to observe activities with its video cameras, Tracy & Piers used the SSRMS to grapple the >8000 lbs ICC VLD in Atlantis’ cargo bay and transferred it to the POA on the MT MBS. [The MT was then moved from WS-4 (Worksite 4) to WS-6). CMG desaturation requests of the MCS were inhibited during this period.]
Tonight, Reisman (EV1) & Bowen (EV2) will begin their “campout” in the A/L, with hatch closure and depressurization of the CL (Crewlock) from 14.7 to 10.2 psi, followed by mask prebreathe and sleep. A hygiene break, with temporary repress to 14.7psi and depress back to 10.2psi, is scheduled for after wakeup.
Conjunction Update:
The ISS DAM (Debris Avoidance Maneuver) was cancelled last night when further tracking data showed a stable, safe distance of the conjunction (about one hour after docking).
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Also, the first batch of RPM imagery is up! :D
www.spaceflight.nasa.gov/gallery/images/shuttle/sts-132/flightday03/ndxpage1.html
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Airlock almost down to 10.2 psi... current shots from live camera's
about 14 minutes to crews sleep... they are deferring the download of the crew docking video and crew day highlights until tomorrow
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Quest confirmed at 10.2 psi for the night...
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Kotov and Soichi have now seen all 3, Endeavour, Discovery and Atlantis shuttles visiting them during their stay at the ISS. May be this is the first time and probably the last time of such a thing?
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Kotov and Soichi have now seen all 3, Endeavour, Discovery and Atlantis shuttles visiting them during their stay at the ISS. May be this is the first time and probably the last time of such a thing?
Peggy whitson and Yuri Malenchenko hosted STS-120 Discovery, STS-122 Atlantis, and STS-123 Endeavour on Expedition 16
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Kotov and Soichi have now seen all 3, Endeavour, Discovery and Atlantis shuttles visiting them during their stay at the ISS. May be this is the first time and probably the last time of such a thing?
Peggy whitson and Yuri Malenchenko hosted STS-120 Discovery, STS-122 Atlantis, and STS-123 Endeavour on Expedition 16
Additionally:
Expedition 1:
Endeavour (97)
Atlantis (98)
Discovery (102) (Landed)
Expedition 2:
Discovery (102) (Launched)
Endeavour (100)
Atlantis (104)
Discovery (105) (Landed)
Expedition 20-21 (De Winne, Romanenko, Thirsk)
Endeavour (127)
Discovery (128)
Atlantis (129)
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ANwPle9if4g
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STS-132 - Flight Day 3 Highlights
http://www.space-multimedia.nl.eu.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=5967
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Bumping to realign the Flight Days.