STS-122: Rollover and VAB Processing Latest

• STS-122: Rollover and VAB Processing Latest by Chris Bergin on 02 Nov, 2007 19:01
• Rollover due Saturday morning. This will be the thread for updates through to rollout.
• #1 by Ford Mustang on 02 Nov, 2007 19:55
• Webcam links:
  
  http://science.ksc.nasa.gov/shuttle/countdown/video/video45m.html
  <-> Did not have coverage for STS-120 rollover, but they might change that. <->
  
  http://webcams.ksc.nasa.gov/ImgCap/default.htm
  <-> Did have the rollover camera for STS-120, but as said above, who knows if they will change or not. <->
• #2 by jacqmans on 02 Nov, 2007 20:34
• Mission: STS-122 - 24th International Space Station Flight - Columbus
  Module
  Vehicle: Atlantis (OV-104)
  Location: Orbiter Processing Facility Bay 1
  Launch Date: Targeted for Dec. 6, 2007
  Launch Pad: 39A
  Crew: Frick, Poindexter, Schlegel, Eyharts, Love, Melvin and Walheim
  Inclination/Orbit Altitude: 51.6 degrees/122 nautical miles
  
  In Orbiter Processing Facility bay No. 1, Atlantis has been placed on
  the orbiter transporter in preparation for rollover to the Vehicle
  Assembly Building. The transfer is planned to begin at 7 a.m.
  Saturday, Nov. 3.
  
  Activities to attach Atlantis to the external tank/solid rocket
  booster stack will start once the orbiter is in the Vehicle Assembly
  Building by attaching the lifting sling. The shuttle interface test
  to verify that all the space shuttle elements are working as a fully
  integrated launch vehicle will begin on Nov. 7. Rollout from the VAB
  to Launch Pad 39A is scheduled for 4 a.m. Nov. 10.
  
• #3 by wannamoonbase on 02 Nov, 2007 23:36
• A weekend shuttle roll over and EVA on the same day, sweet.
• #4 by Chris Bergin on 03 Nov, 2007 06:58
• Dual article, half on Atlantis rollover, Pre-FRR, and latest:
  http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/content/?cid=5274
• #5 by Ford Mustang on 03 Nov, 2007 11:35
• Any word on rollover?  I've not seen anything on the webcams, was wondering when it was pushed to, unless it happened already?
• #6 by psloss on 03 Nov, 2007 12:13
• Pictures from SFN:
  http://www.spaceflightnow.com/shuttle/sts122/071103rollover/index.html
  
• #7 by Ford Mustang on 03 Nov, 2007 12:15
• She looks good in all of those pictures!  ( Am wondering why no webcams caught it )
• #8 by psloss on 03 Nov, 2007 12:20
• Quote

  Ford Mustang - 3/11/2007  9:15 AM
  
  She looks good in all of those pictures!  ( Am wondering why no webcams caught it )

  Couple of things are it's Saturday and attention is elsewhere.
  
• #9 by psloss on 03 Nov, 2007 15:21
• NASA-KSC pix:
  http://mediaarchive.ksc.nasa.gov/search.cfm?cat=170
  
• #10 by jmjawors on 03 Nov, 2007 15:33
• Great photos.  
  
  And still no webcams.  There's usually one pointing at the VAB floor, at least!
• #11 by Chris Bergin on 03 Nov, 2007 19:01
• Rollover video coming on NASA TV.
• #12 by Chris Bergin on 03 Nov, 2007 19:09

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• #15 by Andrewwski on 04 Nov, 2007 00:06
• Wow...rollover while still flying a mission!  This is awesome!
• #16 by shuttlefan on 04 Nov, 2007 12:39
• When does Columbus move to the pad?
• #17 by DaveS on 04 Nov, 2007 12:56
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  shuttlefan - 4/11/2007  2:39 PM
  
  When does Columbus move to the pad?

  TBD at this time. Latest stand-up write-up just had a note about working with the payload folks to determine best payload to pad date.
• #18 by dawei on 04 Nov, 2007 13:43
• A quote from the great article that Chris wrote at:  http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/content/?cid=5274
  
  "Other items of interest relate to several presentations that resulted in a waiver for Main Propulsion System (MPS) LO2 prevalve CIL (Critical Items List) - relating to an increase of risk associated with a Critical Redundancy Separation Violation, after 'surveillance inspection identified that two separate main power bundles were merged into a single wire bundle adjacent to Avionics Bay 5 (OV-103 & OV-104).'"
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  A quick question.  Is this area (adjacent to Avionics Bay 5) accessible in normal maintennace between flights?  Or is this something that is normally only accessed during OMDP?
  
  Second quick question:  What was the ordinance problem from STS-120's SRB's?  Something regarding the SRB sep process?
  
  Just curious and not overly urgent as I know everybody (most especially Chris) has been putting in "overtime" on this website during STS 120.
• #19 by Chris Bergin on 04 Nov, 2007 14:31
• On the boosters, the full quote in the Standup on L2 is:
  
  "SRB (NASA/KSC)
  STS-120 post-flight assessment disassembly going well. As part of effort, reviewed potential IFAs yesterday. One SRB squawk elevated to project IFA for LH ordinance ring on parachute recovery system not completely penetrated by explosive charge. This first concurrence of this kind was discussed at ORR yesterday. Not a constraint to mate. There may be a reason to do non-destructive evaluation on STS-122 hardware, but don’t believe necessary right now. Will assess, evaluate and discuss at Noon Board. Leroy gave an action to come back to Noon Board next week. Concern is totally recovery-related. Worst-case scenario is loss of SRB hardware. "
  
  On the MPS Waiver, that's six presentations and we're waiting for an MPS engineer we have on L2 to comment on it all.