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Re: LIVE: STS-124 Flight Day 2 - Inspection Day
« Reply #40 on: 06/01/2008 02:00 pm »
MMT Meeting will be at 2:00 PM EDT.

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Re: LIVE: STS-124 Flight Day 2 - Inspection Day
« Reply #41 on: 06/01/2008 02:05 pm »
PLT and CDR should have 'expanded' the the single G2 computer to add a second to for a G2 Redundant set for the upcoming burn.

PLT and CDR should be working the ORBIT OMS procedures at this time.
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Re: LIVE: STS-124 Flight Day 2 - Inspection Day
« Reply #42 on: 06/01/2008 02:19 pm »
NC2 pad.
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Re: LIVE: STS-124 Flight Day 2 - Inspection Day
« Reply #43 on: 06/01/2008 02:20 pm »
6 minutes until the NC-2 burn.

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Re: LIVE: STS-124 Flight Day 2 - Inspection Day
« Reply #44 on: 06/01/2008 02:24 pm »
MCC-H reports good Helium Pressurization before the burn, and Discovery is in a good config for the burn.

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Re: LIVE: STS-124 Flight Day 2 - Inspection Day
« Reply #45 on: 06/01/2008 02:24 pm »
CDR will hit 'EXEC' at 15 seconds to go to allow the computer to execute the burn.
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Re: LIVE: STS-124 Flight Day 2 - Inspection Day
« Reply #46 on: 06/01/2008 02:25 pm »
Discovery is now preforming the NC-2 burn, a 23 second firing of the right OMS engine.

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Re: LIVE: STS-124 Flight Day 2 - Inspection Day
« Reply #47 on: 06/01/2008 02:25 pm »
PLT and CDR will monitor engine pressure, Delta V and the OMS engine valves during the burn.
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Re: LIVE: STS-124 Flight Day 2 - Inspection Day
« Reply #48 on: 06/01/2008 02:26 pm »
Good burn, no trim required!
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Re: LIVE: STS-124 Flight Day 2 - Inspection Day
« Reply #49 on: 06/01/2008 02:27 pm »
A gimbal system check will now be performed on the RIGHT primary system.
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Re: LIVE: STS-124 Flight Day 2 - Inspection Day
« Reply #50 on: 06/01/2008 02:34 pm »
In the above image of the orbiters attitude, you can clearly see the orientation used to assist in putting the OMS thrust through the vehicle CG in a single engine OMS burn. 

In the top left image the nose of the orbiter is to the left (from the images perspective of the velocity vectory). This looks like classic single engine OMS burn attitude.
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Re: LIVE: STS-124 Flight Day 2 - Inspection Day
« Reply #51 on: 06/01/2008 02:38 pm »
Mike Fossum, Ron Garan, and Greg Chamitoff are currently checking out their EVA suits aboard Discovery, while Ken Ham and Karen Nyberg are checking out the SRMS before inspections:
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Re: LIVE: STS-124 Flight Day 2 - Inspection Day
« Reply #52 on: 06/01/2008 02:41 pm »
Close-up of the OMS pod and of the End Effector of the SRMS:

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Re: LIVE: STS-124 Flight Day 2 - Inspection Day
« Reply #53 on: 06/01/2008 02:42 pm »
Karen Nyberg radioed down that they are ready to start RMS Checkouts, and MCC-H agrees.

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Re: LIVE: STS-124 Flight Day 2 - Inspection Day
« Reply #54 on: 06/01/2008 02:43 pm »
RMS checkouts have begun:
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Re: LIVE: STS-124 Flight Day 2 - Inspection Day
« Reply #55 on: 06/01/2008 02:54 pm »
Is that Nick Patrick on CAPCOM? I think he was on STS-122 or STS-123 too...

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Re: LIVE: STS-124 Flight Day 2 - Inspection Day
« Reply #56 on: 06/01/2008 02:56 pm »
That is Nick Patrick, and he flew on STS-116.
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Re: LIVE: STS-124 Flight Day 2 - Inspection Day
« Reply #57 on: 06/01/2008 03:09 pm »
That is Nick Patrick, and he flew on STS-116.

Yeah, I meant I think he was CAPCOM on STS-122 or 123  :D

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Re: LIVE: STS-124 Flight Day 2 - Inspection Day
« Reply #58 on: 06/01/2008 03:13 pm »
Yeah, I meant I think he was CAPCOM on STS-122 or 123  :D

I am almost 100% sure that Al Drew from STS-118 was CAPCOM last night.

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Re: LIVE: STS-124 Flight Day 2 - Inspection Day
« Reply #59 on: 06/01/2008 03:14 pm »
I am almost 100% sure that Al Drew from STS-118 was CAPCOM last night.

Oh... gotcha.  Yeah, you're exactly right. 

And you're absolutely correct, Ronsmytheiii.
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