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#520
by
DaveS
on 08 Sep, 2008 21:00
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Any info on STS 125 payload (understand this is the long pole now)? Key dates?
Not really. This is the final week for hands-on processing of the carriers in the PHSF, payload integration into the canister is scheduled for the 16th with the canister heading to pad on the 19th.
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#521
by
glanmor05
on 08 Sep, 2008 21:04
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Many thanks!
Just out of interest (for a novice), is the payload not normally out at the pad before the vehicle?
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#522
by
psloss
on 08 Sep, 2008 21:32
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Not really. This is the final week for hands-on processing of the carriers in the PHSF, payload integration into the canister is scheduled for the 16th with the canister heading to pad on the 19th.
Actually, Mr. Gerstenmaier quoted the 15th for integration and 18th for the payload canister to Pad A.
(In the PR trivia dept., I guess this might make for a hypothetical photo op with both shuttles on the pad with the RSS retracted on the 18th, depending on the timing of the 400 rollout to Pad B and the canister arrival at the pad...and the weather...)
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#523
by
DaveS
on 09 Sep, 2008 14:03
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Not really. This is the final week for hands-on processing of the carriers in the PHSF, payload integration into the canister is scheduled for the 16th with the canister heading to pad on the 19th.
Actually, Mr. Gerstenmaier quoted the 15th for integration and 18th for the payload canister to Pad A.
Got the dates from the HST briefings. I believe it was Preston Burch that menitioned the dates. It jives with the latest L2 mention that payload to pad date is the 19th.
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#524
by
Chris Bergin
on 09 Sep, 2008 14:16
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Not really. This is the final week for hands-on processing of the carriers in the PHSF, payload integration into the canister is scheduled for the 16th with the canister heading to pad on the 19th.
Actually, Mr. Gerstenmaier quoted the 15th for integration and 18th for the payload canister to Pad A.
(In the PR trivia dept., I guess this might make for a hypothetical photo op with both shuttles on the pad with the RSS retracted on the 18th, depending on the timing of the 400 rollout to Pad B and the canister arrival at the pad...and the weather...)
Been confirmed by USA that the comment to the media was a mistake. It's still the 19th.
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#525
by
Chris Bergin
on 10 Sep, 2008 06:17
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#526
by
Finn
on 10 Sep, 2008 07:01
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Just watched the STS-125 Spacewalk Overview Briefing (thanks John44 for the recording). I wonder why there are no immature jokes about the new EVA toolset yet?
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#527
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Chris Bergin
on 10 Sep, 2008 15:27
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Some live images of Atalntis at the pad...
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#528
by
Chris Bergin
on 10 Sep, 2008 15:29
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Lots of activity, as you'd expect, with payload processing for 125:
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#529
by
astrobrian
on 10 Sep, 2008 19:23
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Just watched the STS-125 Spacewalk Overview Briefing (thanks John44 for the recording). I wonder why there are no immature jokes about the new EVA toolset yet?
no kidding, that looks like one heck of a sidearm there
problem.....terminated
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#530
by
Orbiter
on 10 Sep, 2008 20:50
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Just watched the STS-125 Spacewalk Overview Briefing (thanks John44 for the recording). I wonder why there are no immature jokes about the new EVA toolset yet?
Seems like a tool out of Armageddon.
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#531
by
stockman
on 10 Sep, 2008 20:55
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Just watched the STS-125 Spacewalk Overview Briefing (thanks John44 for the recording). I wonder why there are no immature jokes about the new EVA toolset yet?
Go Ahead Hubble,,,,, Make my day!!!!
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#532
by
psloss
on 11 Sep, 2008 15:22
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In addition to the JSC closing today, the program FRR was postponed due to Hurricane Ike:
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/main/Excerpt:
Sept. 11, 2008
Due to the threat of severe weather posed by Hurricane Ike, NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston will close at 1 p.m. EDT today, suspending all training preparations for mission STS-125. The closing prompted Space Shuttle Program Manager John Shannon to postpone until sometime next week the STS-125 program-level Flight Readiness Review that had been scheduled for today and Friday.
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#533
by
grafgulch
on 11 Sep, 2008 18:22
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In addition to the JSC closing today, the program FRR was postponed due to Hurricane Ike:
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/main/
Excerpt:
Sept. 11, 2008
Due to the threat of severe weather posed by Hurricane Ike, NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston will close at 1 p.m. EDT today, suspending all training preparations for mission STS-125. The closing prompted Space Shuttle Program Manager John Shannon to postpone until sometime next week the STS-125 program-level Flight Readiness Review that had been scheduled for today and Friday.
Does this mean the Launch date for STS-125 will be moved to a later date?
Paul
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#534
by
Chris Bergin
on 11 Sep, 2008 18:32
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In addition to the JSC closing today, the program FRR was postponed due to Hurricane Ike:
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/main/
Excerpt:
Sept. 11, 2008
Due to the threat of severe weather posed by Hurricane Ike, NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston will close at 1 p.m. EDT today, suspending all training preparations for mission STS-125. The closing prompted Space Shuttle Program Manager John Shannon to postpone until sometime next week the STS-125 program-level Flight Readiness Review that had been scheduled for today and Friday.
Does this mean the Launch date for STS-125 will be moved to a later date?
Paul
No impact. There's a good disconnect, as the SSP FRR is just the latest process. The Agency FRR sets the launch date and that's on Sept, 22.
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#535
by
grafgulch
on 11 Sep, 2008 18:37
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That is good news. I have my LTT and my non-refundable vacation package ends on the Oct. 10th. I wish I would have waited to buy my plane tickets, but being frugal can sometime have drawbacks
paul
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#536
by
hogan_terran
on 12 Sep, 2008 14:05
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Crew members of space shuttle Atlantis flew to NASA's Kennedy Space Center on Sept. 5, 2008 to check out the payload carriers, new science instruments and tools they'll be using to repair the Hubble Space Telescope and enhance its ability and functionality.
This hands-on preflight exercise is called a crew familiarization, or Payload Crew Equipment Interface Test.
I wish we could see there faces.
Hogan
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#537
by
Chris Bergin
on 14 Sep, 2008 16:27
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Forgot to post this across from L2.
Launch window moved 10 minutes to 12:43 - for added ascent performance.
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#538
by
Chris Bergin
on 15 Sep, 2008 09:10
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Quick status update. So far STS-125's launch date hasn't been delayed by the Hurricane. They are getting tight on the FRR timelines, with assessments as to when the SSP can take place being worked on.
They can handle the fallout to the Agency FRR (set for the 22nd) to move as far as the 29th, before the launch date starts being threatened.
We're also checking into what could be delayed crew training.
As of right now, it's still the 10th, and will update if that changes.
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#539
by
LostInSpace
on 15 Sep, 2008 12:35
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Even if FRR reviews slide, what will be the impact of delayed pad ops? I believe S0017, TCDT (Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test) is planned for next week and that requires JSC support and hardware at KSC, including the crew.
Is this the "what could be delayed crew training" you're referring to Chris?
