LIVE: STS-124 Flight Day 3 - RPM/Docking

[Chris Bergin]

Flight Day 2 coverage of STS-124:

FD-3 Article: http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/content/?cid=5438
(Docking/RPM - Airflow/CO2 Plan involving 41 feet of ducting - and notes on the serious pad damage).

Planned Flight Day 3 activities:

FD3: Docking, Rotate FE-2, EVA1 prep
– Standard rendezvous profile: RPM, +Vbar ISS rendezvous, PMA-2 docking (1:54pm EDT)
– RPM photo downlink
– FE-2 Seat Liner swap
– EVA1 prep and ISS A/L campout (10.2 psi) – Fossum and Garan.

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[cb6785]

A little bit more detailed FD 3 activities:

(All times are eastern)

- Rendezvous operation with the space station begins (8:12am)
- TI burn (11:16am)
- Rendezvous pitch maneuver / Photography by the Expedition 17 crew (12:55pm)
- Docking to Harmony/pressurized mating adapter-2 (1:54pm)
- Hatch opening and welcoming (3:52pm)
- EVA suit and tool transfer to ISS (4:27pm)
- Chamitoff and Reisman exchange Soyuz  seatliners; Chamitoff joins Expedition
  17, Reisman joins the STS-124 crew (4:57pm)
- Extravehicular activity (EVA) 1 procedure review (6:27pm)
- EVA 1 campout by Fossum and Garan (8:57pm)

[brahmanknight]

For some reason I cannot find the STS 124 TV schedule on NASA's website.  Can someone please direct me to it.  Thanks. 

[CommanderAce]

For some reason I cannot find the STS 124 TV schedule on NASA's website.  Can someone please direct me to it.  Thanks. 

http://www.nasa.gov/tvschedule/pdf/tvsked_reva.pdf

[Fred Clausen]

Today's wake up song was for Greg, by Jose Malina (sp) and called "away from home"

[cb6785]

FD 3 execute package: http://www.nasa.gov/pdf/235525main_fd03_exec_pkg.pdf

[LeeMer]

Today's wake up song was for Greg, by Jose Malina (sp) and called "away from home"

José Molina Serrano

[Chris Bergin]

Capcom Nick checking into a Master Alarm. Something relating to a lower setting on cabin pressure. Accidentially set to a higher setting it seems.

[Chris Bergin]

[Chris Bergin]

Rob Navis giving a very good overview of the events. Amussing to hear him using the orbital ballet reference - thought it was only me that used that

TIB at 11:16am EDT.

[ChrisC]

http://www.nasa.gov/tvschedule/pdf/tvsked_reva.pdf

That link will break the next time they update the schedule (i.e. from Rev A to Rev B).  Use this one:

http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/mission_schedule.html

[Chris Bergin]

FD-3 Article: http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/content/?cid=5438
(Docking/RPM - Airflow/CO2 Plan involving 41 feet of ducting - and notes on the serious pad damage).

[Andy_Small]

DPC just ended on ISS for the American side.  Good look now outside the centerline camera

[Andy_Small]

Discovery crew working on Rendezvous checklist

[Andy_Small]

Kelly now entering nav data into the computers for burns

[daj24]

Here is Flight Day #3 NASA TV Schedule

[Andy_Small]

NC 4  burn in about 50 mins
TIB in about 2 hours 27 mins

[Jeff Lerner]

I'm curious about the Pad damage....was there anything unique about this particular launch that might have caused this damage ??

[Andy_Small]

PAO just gave an overview of the day's activities  Shuttle and station are flying over the pacific just leaving Asia

[Andy_Small]

Targets are going on board

Giving NC 4 pad