Author Topic: LIVE: STS-124 Flight Day 12 - Undocking, Flyaround and Late Inspections (Read 52652 times)

DmitryP · « **Reply #20 on:** 06/11/2008 11:27 am »

Quote from: Spiff on 06/11/2008 10:34 am

Agreed, but the psychological type is (at least partly) created by Malenchenko being a product of the Soviet Union and Volkov/Kononenko being a product of modern Russia.

PLEAASEEE, do not attribute all characteristic of Russian people to the socio-economic systems we were brought up. Actually this was the main idea of historical materialism, one of the key philoshophical ideas during comunist time. So Spiff is a real good student of this system!

There were many Soviet cosmonauts who are great fun. And there are many introverts. Nothing to do with the system.

Ford Mustang · « **Reply #21 on:** 06/11/2008 11:29 am »

Spiff · « **Reply #22 on:** 06/11/2008 11:34 am »

Quote from: DmitryP on 06/11/2008 11:27 am

Quote from: Spiff on 06/11/2008 10:34 am
Agreed, but the psychological type is (at least partly) created by Malenchenko being a product of the Soviet Union and Volkov/Kononenko being a product of modern Russia.

PLEAASEEE, do not attribute all characteristic of Russian people to the socio-economic systems we were brought up. Actually this was the main idea of historical materialism, one of the key philoshophical ideas during comunist time. So Spiff is a real good student of this system!

There were many Soviet cosmonauts who are great fun. And there are many introverts. Nothing to do with the system.

I apologize, I should not have drawn any comparisons between Soviet/Russian political systems and people's characters.

And now I'll shut up for undocking.

Ford Mustang · « **Reply #23 on:** 06/11/2008 11:36 am »

6 minutes from undocking.

Ford Mustang · « **Reply #24 on:** 06/11/2008 11:38 am »

Commands being sent to initiate the opening of hooks and latches. Good config for undocking.

Andy_Small · « **Reply #25 on:** 06/11/2008 11:38 am »

Rates look great go for Free Drift on time

Ford Mustang · « **Reply #26 on:** 06/11/2008 11:40 am »

All of Discovery's thrusters are now disabled (temporarily), now in free drift. Two minutes to go.

Ford Mustang · « **Reply #27 on:** 06/11/2008 11:40 am »

Hooks and latches driving open.

Ford Mustang · « **Reply #28 on:** 06/11/2008 11:42 am »

Physical separation! Discovery is no longer docked to the ISS.

Ford Mustang · « **Reply #29 on:** 06/11/2008 11:43 am »

Ford Mustang · « **Reply #30 on:** 06/11/2008 11:44 am »

RNDVZ and NAV aids are now enabled.

Andy_Small · « **Reply #31 on:** 06/11/2008 11:44 am »

station in attitude control

Ford Mustang · « **Reply #32 on:** 06/11/2008 11:44 am »

Station is in attitude control!

Ford Mustang · « **Reply #33 on:** 06/11/2008 11:46 am »

Discovery and the ISS are now passing over New Zealand:

Ford Mustang · « **Reply #34 on:** 06/11/2008 11:47 am »

Goodbye, ISS (until at least November)!

Ford Mustang · « **Reply #35 on:** 06/11/2008 11:49 am »

Ford Mustang · « **Reply #36 on:** 06/11/2008 11:51 am »

Shot of the RPOP:

Ford Mustang · « **Reply #37 on:** 06/11/2008 11:54 am »

Discovery now 200 feet ahead of the ISS, moving to 400 feet ahead and then will initiate the flyaround:

Ford Mustang · « **Reply #38 on:** 06/11/2008 11:55 am »

The Russian SAW's have resumed their tracking of the sun.

Ford Mustang · « **Reply #39 on:** 06/11/2008 11:58 am »

Discovery was docked to PMA-2 for: 8 days, 17 hours, and 39 minutes.