LIVE: STS-124 Flight Day 10 - JEM RMS final deploy/brake checkout

[adam]

Flight day 10 coverage of STS-124.

Planned activities (All times Eastern)

JEM RMS final deploy 08:07 AM
JEM RMS maneuver to stow position 08:37 AM
JEM RMS brake check out 09:27 AM
Battery charger module replacement in Quest airlock 12:17 PM
JLP vestibule outfitting 12:42 PM
JLP ingress and logistics transfer 02:22PM

Please note, this is interactive, but all posts need to be on topic. If you post images, no more than two per post.

[Chris Bergin]

Heh, Garrett's "fessing up" to Huntsville about forgetting to do an experiment, and only realized half way through his breakfast.

The MCC-M translator lady seemed especially chilled out this morning too!

[Moonbase_Alphan]

here's pic taken through a Kibo portal

[adam]

Good pictures from the PLB cameras.

Cryo config just worked.

[adam]

 

[adam]

 Nice shot of Dextre

[Finn]

Nice summary in the Exec package:
"Systems under your purview persist in their prolonged, pronounced, and prolific production of perpetually perfect performance. Predictably, the perfunctory activities were performed per the plan. A paucity of anomalies continues to permeate practically all of the orbiter systems."
 

[haywoodfloyd]

Anyone else having a problem with the video feed from nasa.gov?

[haywoodfloyd]

Looks like the Public Channel is down.

[adam]

Looks like the Public Channel is down.

http://playlist.yahoo.com/makeplaylist.dll?id=1368570 is working

[adam]

Arm slowly extending, joint by joint

[Lee Jay]

Anyone else having a problem with the video feed from nasa.gov?

I had to turn on automatic codec downloading to get it to work.

[marshallsplace]

RMS final deployment and port solar arrays:

[marshallsplace]

And now in orbital sunrise:

[adam]

 

[marshallsplace]

Wrist joint moving:

[marshallsplace]

Almost fully extended:

[SpaceNutz SA]

here's pic taken through a Kibo portal

That's definately one for the desktop!!

[marshallsplace]

Retracting:

[Moonbase_Alphan]

here's a pic taken through a Kibo portal

That's definately one for the desktop!!

let me know if you'd like a hi-rez version, as I have access to the hi-rez files for all of the photos I've been posting

[Ronsmytheiii]

here's a pic taken through a Kibo portal

That's definately one for the desktop!!

let me know if you'd like a hi-rez version, as I have access to the hi-rez files for all of the photos I've been posting

How about uploading them on L2?  It doesn't resize them.

[Moonbase_Alphan]

How about uploading them on L2?  It doesn't resize them.

ah, yes. didn't think about that. I'm still somewhat new around here. I'll go ahead and repost the hi-rez over there.

(I'm happy to see that I haven't been reposting pics that Jester has already been uploading )

[Fabien]

Nyberg has become the only astronaut to operate 3 different robotic arms during the same mission.

[marshallsplace]

RMS brakes all ok.

[Moonbase_Alphan]

Nyberg has become the only astronaut to operate 3 different robotic arms during the same mission.

and here she is at the controls. that's quite a setup!

[Ronsmytheiii]

Nyberg has become the only astronaut to operate 3 different robotic arms during the same mission.

and here she is at the controls. that's quite a setup!

that is the SSRMS, not the JEM-RMS

[marshallsplace]

OBSS meets JEM RMS:

[Chris Bergin]

Not far away from the BCMs R&R task.

[NavySpaceFan]

For everyone whose trying to watch via the public channel of NASA's web site, it seems to be working now.

[Chris Bergin]

For everyone whose trying to watch via the public channel of NASA's web site, it seems to be working now.

Yep, seems to be ok now.

Outfitting tasks being conducted ahead of the opening of the Japanese Logistics Module "upstairs" of Kibo.

[Chris Bergin]

BCM R&R in Quest is due in 70 minutes time.

[Bubbinski]

Here's a pic of JEM RMS in darkness.  I'll have access to NASA TV for another 10 mins. then off to work.

[Chris Bergin]

OBSS:

[Chris Bergin]

Wow time

[Chris Bergin]

Mike Fossum's in the vicinity of the Quest airlock collecting tools to transfer to Discovery.

[Bubbinski]

 Here's a shot of Kibo before I have to leave the computer:

[Chris Bergin]

Cool views...

[Chris Bergin]

Seems to be some sort of wire hanging off the side of the JEM RMS.

[Chris Bergin]

Gone in for a close up. So it's being evaluated.

Appears to be associated with the thermal blankets that were removed.

[eeergo]

"It looks big, it looks like a flag, but it is not"

Creative Navias

[Chris Bergin]

"It looks big, it looks like a flag, but it is not"

Creative Navias

Beat me to it!

"That's no flag, it's a space station (thermal blanket wire tab)"

[Chris Bergin]

PAO Rob is on form! (On the BCMs) "They look like jewellery boxes....you'd have in a safe deposit box....................in a bank"

It was much funnier over the feed!

[Chris Bergin]

They aren't concered by the thermal blanket tab that's popped up on a wire during JEM RMS ops.

Orbit 1 to Orbit 2 at MCC-H.

[Chris Bergin]

Mark Kelly and Mike Fossum have begun the R&R work on the BCMs (x2).

[Chris Bergin]

Go to open hatch between JPM and JLP Module (for further outfitting).

[Chris Bergin]

Mark Kelly still busy with the BCMs it appears..

[DavidChapman]

Mark Kelly still busy with the BCMs it appears..

I'm surprised this isn't the kind of task that can't be performed without disconnecting the entire rack and going in through the back. It seems to me one of the original design considerations for such a system would be easy swap out of front facing modules.

[eeergo]

Kelly appears to have finished work with the BCM (aka bank safebox!), as he's closing the panel behind the rack (not with a PGT, but a regular drill) and was talking with MCC-H about powering it up before rotating the rack back into position. They have done so now, and the newly configured BCM appears to be working nominally inside the Avionics Rack inside Quest, so they're go to install it back.

Continuing work in JEM meanwhile:

[SpaceNutz SA]

here's a pic taken through a Kibo portal

That's definately one for the desktop!!

let me know if you'd like a hi-rez version, as I have access to the hi-rez files for all of the photos I've been posting

Yes Please - I tried to look it up on the NASA Gallery using the serial number of the photo - no luck.

[Chris Bergin]

Next event will be the joint crew news conference.

[Chris Bergin]

Garrett's got a bag full of OGS items, and is showing the camera for the Huntsville people.

[Chris Bergin]

Back in the JPM:

30 minutes to joint news conference.

[DavidChapman]

Interesting that the Russia-Spain soccer match worked it's way into the Russian tagup. The interpreter sounded particularly cheerful today.

[Chris Bergin]

Interesting that the Russia-Spain soccer match worked it's way into the Russian tagup. The interpreter sounded particularly cheerful today.

Be thankful there's no Italians onboard, as they'd be heading for the airlock after being destroyed by the Dutch in an amazing footballing masterclass just now. Ironically, I think the last time a result was passed up on the loop was when Italy won the World Cup. (STS-121?)

15 mins to the PAO event.

[eeergo]

Putting flags for the conference (if it was tomorrow, there should be a Spanish flag in place of the Russian ):

[Chris Bergin]

Event on.

[eeergo]

Promoting HDTV, interesting!

Asking how well do the astronauts think high definition captures the feeling of real visuals of space.

[Chris Bergin]

Bill Harwood asks about the SARJs.

"There's no similarities between the starboard and port SARJs. It's just a fine, powder like, particles on the port. Nothing like the starboard side."

[chksix]

Good question about the SARJ.
I also liked the one about sleeping in space and the one about Buzz Lightyear and the future.
It's definately just the beginning!

[Chris Bergin]

The toilet questions soon became a thing of the past, thankfully!

[chksix]

My wife understands Japanese but she gave a bogus translation that can't be repeated here

(apparently a few toilet questions, looking at the earth from space and about living on the station in general among a lot of things about Kibo)

I guess a S/G 3 channel for Kibo and the Japanese will have to be activated in the future...

Lucky that the guys and gal are in zero g, they can't nod off!

[chksix]

That was a great exit! LOL

They all got sucked up through the hatch!

(Was that Fossum's idea?)

[jmjawors]

I miss the days when the Russian media participated in this event.  Neither here nor there, I guess.

*shrug*

[chksix]

Indeed Matt. The Russians are being left out mostly during PAO events. Just two questions today for example (from US media).

A bit sad really and might be blamed on Putin but I don't want to get political here...

[Fuji]

It's interesting.
Aki sleeped in the kibo module every day!

[Chris Bergin]

[DavidChapman]

It's interesting.
Aki sleeped in the kibo module every day!

Which begs the question, can visiting shuttle crew members sleep anywhere on the ISS (where there is no rack)? What are the guidelines here?

[jmjawors]

Which begs the question, can visiting shuttle crew members sleep anywhere on the ISS (where there is no rack)? What are the guidelines here?

That seems to be the trend.  Every once in a while MCC will direct crew members to NOT sleep in certain places, which to me implies that normally they can sleep wherever they like.

[Fuji]

It's interesting.
Aki sleeped in the kibo module every day!

Which begs the question, can visiting shuttle crew members sleep anywhere on the ISS (where there is no rack)? What are the guidelines here?

It's Japanese media session. (I'm Japanese.)
Now window side is his favorite place.

Shuttle crew can choice the sleeping place. But I don't know the guidelines.

[jmjawors]

Indeed Matt. The Russians are being left out mostly during PAO events. Just two questions today for example (from US media).

A bit sad really and might be blamed on Putin but I don't want to get political here...

No.... most likely more of a logistical issue.  What time is it in Moscow now, anyway?   

[DaveS]

It's interesting.
Aki sleeped in the kibo module every day!

Which begs the question, can visiting shuttle crew members sleep anywhere on the ISS (where there is no rack)? What are the guidelines here?

Pretty much. Here's a list of Christer Fuglesang's sleeping locations duringv the docked STS-116 mission:

FD3/4: Quest airlock, Crew-lock section(EVA-1)
FD4/5: Progress docked to aft SM port(Radiation concerns due to solar flare)
FD5/6: Quest airlock, Crew-lock section(EVA-2)
FD6/7: Pirs DC-1
FD7/8: Pirs DC-1
FD8/9: Pirs DC-1
FD9/10: Quest airlock, Crew-lock section(EVA-4)
FD10/11: Discovery airlock(Prep for undocking on FD11)

[Chris Bergin]

Yes, it would have been well after midnight Moscow time.

[Bubbinski]

I thought shuttle crews were supposed to sleep on the shuttle, and ISS crews were supposed to sleep on ISS just in case of an emergency that required a quick undocking.  Didn't they follow that practice during the shuttle-Mir missions?

[Chris Bergin]

MSB coming up. Discovery's very well behaved, so there shouldn't be any surprises.

And related to the smooth mission, we're going to publish (within an hour or so) a long article reviewing the DAT findings (inspections) and what would have been required had they of needed a LON (as it's interesting).

[Life_Support_32]

I thought shuttle crews were supposed to sleep on the shuttle, and ISS crews were supposed to sleep on ISS just in case of an emergency that required a quick undocking.  Didn't they follow that practice during the shuttle-Mir missions?

As with a lot of things, it's up to the Commander of each vehicle where people sleep.  Some commanders are ok with people sleeping on the ISS (nicer since it's not as crowded in the shuttle and lower CO2 levels) and some commanders want everybody sleeping on their own side of the hatch (for the reason you mentioned). 

[Chris Bergin]

Big article on DAT clearing Discovery's TPS via several brilliant presentations (on L2) - Chris Gebhardt wrote the DAT element.
Plus what would have been required in the event of a LON call-up:

http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/content/?cid=5445

[pm1823]

Indeed Matt. The Russians are being left out mostly during PAO events. Just two questions today for example (from US media).

A bit sad really and might be blamed on Putin but I don't want to get political here...

Blame Perminov and his press-secretariat, russian media present in TsUP only on VIP events, holidays, and on Soyuz launch\landing events, or if there's some emergency situation on ISS, like was when comps were down. They knows nothing about the other regular events. Certainly, they do direct asking interview with cosmonaut, but it's rare event - such interviews with all-known boring Q&A don't make rating, let's be clear.