Author Topic: LIVE: STS-120 Flight Day 2 - Inspection Day (Read 66379 times)

Zachstar · « **Reply #40 on:** 10/24/2007 12:36 pm »

Ku again.

View of earth and some RCC from the OBSS.

Nose Cap next.

Zachstar · « **Reply #41 on:** 10/24/2007 12:45 pm »

Arm moving.

Zachstar · « **Reply #42 on:** 10/24/2007 12:48 pm »

RCS Jets

Edit: And the nose cap coming into view.

JimO · « **Reply #43 on:** 10/24/2007 12:58 pm »

Can anybody run a quick where-were-they-then? on ISS and Discovery at the time of the Chinese moon probe launch from Xichang, 10:05 GMT this morning? Any chance the crews might have had a chance to see anything?

DaveS · « **Reply #44 on:** 10/24/2007 12:59 pm »

LDRI view of nosecap and HRSI tiles:

DaveS · « **Reply #45 on:** 10/24/2007 01:01 pm »

Weird black dot in lower center of images. Edit: Seems like it is a speck of dust on the LDRI lens.

DaveS · « **Reply #46 on:** 10/24/2007 01:03 pm »

LDRI/ITVC shadow on the the nosecap:

Zachstar · « **Reply #47 on:** 10/24/2007 01:21 pm »

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JimO - 24/10/2007 7:58 AM

Can anybody run a quick where-were-they-then? on ISS and Discovery at the time of the Chinese moon probe launch from Xichang, 10:05 GMT this morning? Any chance the crews might have had a chance to see anything?

Here

triddirt · « **Reply #48 on:** 10/24/2007 01:33 pm »

Lighthearted banter from Clay Anderson on ISS... He certainly has been an entertaining crew member..

Zachstar · « **Reply #49 on:** 10/24/2007 01:39 pm »

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triddirt - 24/10/2007 8:33 AM

Lighthearted banter from Clay Anderson on ISS... He certainly has been an entertaining crew member..

Agreed!

Voice of NASA Indeed!

Felix · « **Reply #50 on:** 10/24/2007 01:42 pm »

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JimO - 24/10/2007 2:58 PM Can anybody run a quick where-were-they-then? on ISS and Discovery at the time of the Chinese moon probe launch from Xichang, 10:05 GMT this morning? Any chance the crews might have had a chance to see anything?

Mark Max Q · « **Reply #51 on:** 10/24/2007 02:27 pm »

That wouldn't be close enough, right?

Chris Bergin · « **Reply #52 on:** 10/24/2007 02:35 pm »

Obviously, they need to check over everything on the ground, but on the internal loops, only that one gap filler on the wing is noted so far (protruding, but very little as per image we got on L2).

No "ROIs" (Regions Of Interest) that have immediately been noticed. They'll eventually find up to 100 of these, before they tick them off.

So, all good on that score.

Paul Adams · « **Reply #53 on:** 10/24/2007 02:39 pm »

Question: did one of the WB-57 aircraft cover the launch yesterday? I was at Ellington Field yesterday, but it was too windy to fly, and one landed just after 12:00 local. I could not see if it had the camera 'nose' fitted as it was on the other side of the airfield.

Anyone know?

DaveS · « **Reply #54 on:** 10/24/2007 02:45 pm »

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Paul Adams - 24/10/2007 4:39 PM

Question: did one of the WB-57 aircraft cover the launch yesterday? I was at Ellington Field yesterday, but it was too windy to fly, and one landed just after 12:00 local. I could not see if it had the camera 'nose' fitted as it was on the other side of the airfield.

Anyone know?

As far as I know, the use of the WB-57's for launch imagery has been discontinued on cost reasons.

DaveS · « **Reply #55 on:** 10/24/2007 02:59 pm »

Orbit 1 to Orbit 2 handover in the Shuttle FCR has been completed.

Chris Bergin · « **Reply #56 on:** 10/24/2007 02:59 pm »

Handover to Orbit 2.

Currently scanning the port wing.

Chris Bergin · « **Reply #57 on:** 10/24/2007 03:04 pm »

MSB in 30 minutes.

As per L2: They'll likely show the gap filler. The debris strike about 150 seconds into ascent. ET photography (tank looks reasonably clean, bar one area of big interest). The ice that did fall off at SSME ignition. Off Scale High SSME 1 during ascent (3 mins in) came back later, SSME was fine throughout. Same with an MPS sensor.

Not sure they'll say anything about the plume seen during first stage that appears to be venting from the tank (but likely isn't), and could be nothing, thus won't be mentioned.

I think that's everything on current status.

JimO · « **Reply #58 on:** 10/24/2007 03:14 pm »

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Mark Max Q - 24/10/2007 9:27 AM

That wouldn't be close enough, right?

wow, it sure WOULD have been, especially as the second stage rose above the atmosphere headed due East. Discovery would have passed only a few hundred miles in front of it -- and somewhat above it.

rdale · « **Reply #59 on:** 10/24/2007 03:16 pm »

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Paul Adams - 24/10/2007 10:39 AM

Question: did one of the WB-57 aircraft cover the launch yesterday? I was at Ellington Field yesterday, but it was too windy to fly, and one landed just after 12:00 local.

No - just out flying over the Gulf

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