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#1100
by
Chris Bergin
on 10 Nov, 2008 14:29
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Atlantis back to her OPF late tomorrow.
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#1101
by
jacqmans
on 11 Nov, 2008 02:44
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Do not know if this Payload Canister was used for the STS-125 payload, but I spotted this one at KSC today.
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#1102
by
jeff2space
on 11 Nov, 2008 03:31
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Do not know if this Payload Canister was used for the STS-125 payload, but I spotted this one at KSC today.
It's probably the canister from the STS-126 payload. It's shown outside the Canister Rotation Facility so they probably just rotated it back to horizontal.
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#1103
by
Chris Bergin
on 11 Nov, 2008 22:20
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She's currently in the transfer aisle with her wheels down. Still on the sling.
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#1104
by
ShuttleDiscovery
on 12 Nov, 2008 07:45
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What will happen to Atlantis when she's in the OPF? Will she just be parked there or will they re-processing her in any way?
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#1105
by
dawei
on 12 Nov, 2008 10:51
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Why are they rolling Atlantis back to the OPF on her own wheels? Will this have any impact on the ability of these tires to support the upcoming flight?
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#1106
by
Chris Bergin
on 12 Nov, 2008 13:46
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Atlantis returned to OPF-1 at 23:30 local last night.
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#1107
by
Chris Bergin
on 12 Nov, 2008 13:48
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Why are they rolling Atlantis back to the OPF on her own wheels? Will this have any impact on the ability of these tires to support the upcoming flight?
Clipping a comment from an engineer on L2 about that:
"Roll from the OPF to the VAB on the OTS since it is much easier to raise the landing gear in the OPF where the hydraulics necessary to do this are already attached and it is a much easier task with the lifts in the floor and other GSE necessary already staged and connected. Before the OTS came to KSC the orbiter was rolled over on the landing gear which required attachment of hydraulics in the VAB transfer aisle."
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#1108
by
psloss
on 12 Nov, 2008 14:50
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Clipping a comment from an engineer on L2 about that:
"Roll from the OPF to the VAB on the OTS since it is much easier to raise the landing gear in the OPF where the hydraulics necessary to do this are already attached and it is a much easier task with the lifts in the floor and other GSE necessary already staged and connected. Before the OTS came to KSC the orbiter was rolled over on the landing gear which required attachment of hydraulics in the VAB transfer aisle."
That's for the opposite, nominal rollover...I believe there were some notes about why they tow on the gear in the fairly rare circumstance of rolling from the VAB back to the OPF.
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#1109
by
Chris Bergin
on 12 Nov, 2008 15:00
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Ah yes, here's the more useful comment...
"I believe this is easier since when you go into the OPF you have to have the orbiter centered within a very tight tolerance to correctly mate it with the jacking system. Taking it in on the OTS would make it more difficult to get it centered and also once over there we would have to drop the gear first thing anyway."
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#1110
by
Lawntonlookirs
on 12 Nov, 2008 15:13
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Thanks Chris, that makes since.
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#1111
by
psloss
on 12 Nov, 2008 22:16
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NASA.gov has posted a series of pictures of destacking and tow to OPF-1. Included a couple of thumbnails from the normal site for illustration:
http://mediaarchive.ksc.nasa.gov/Feel free to go download the hi-res stuff there...
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#1112
by
dawei
on 13 Nov, 2008 04:05
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Ah yes, here's the more useful comment...
"I believe this is easier since when you go into the OPF you have to have the orbiter centered within a very tight tolerance to correctly mate it with the jacking system. Taking it in on the OTS would make it more difficult to get it centered and also once over there we would have to drop the gear first thing anyway."
Thanks Chris and psloss. Much appreciated.
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#1113
by
psloss
on 13 Nov, 2008 17:04
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NASA.gov has posted a series of pictures of destacking and tow to OPF-1.
There's an item in today's Video File, also.
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#1114
by
ShuttleDiscovery
on 13 Nov, 2008 21:38
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Thanks for the pics psloss
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#1115
by
psloss
on 13 Nov, 2008 22:21
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Thanks for the pics psloss
No problem, but these are just links to the primary source. I wish I had been able to take any of these pics or video!
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#1116
by
Ronsmytheiii
on 14 Nov, 2008 16:19
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I managed to get a few more shots:
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#1117
by
Ronsmytheiii
on 14 Nov, 2008 16:20
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#1118
by
Ronsmytheiii
on 14 Nov, 2008 16:21
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#1119
by
chrisking0997
on 14 Nov, 2008 16:45
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forgive me for what is probably a stupid n00b question...but, how do they drop the gear in this situation? Ive always wondered that (since I assume there isnt someone inside to do it).
thanks
