Author Topic: LIVE: STS-124 Flight Day 13 - Off Duty Time (Read 32037 times)

Bejowawo · « **on:** 06/12/2008 11:08 am »

Not to much to see or do today, except one PAO event.

Moreover, FD13 Execute Package is available:

http://www.nasa.gov/pdf/245819main_fd13_exec_pkg.pdf

Just noted a few small errors in the FD -> check the fluid loading table!

elmarko · « **Reply #1 on:** 06/12/2008 11:13 am »

The Exec Pkg is from STS-122 for some reason.

Bejowawo · « **Reply #2 on:** 06/12/2008 11:22 am »

Quote from: elmarko on 06/12/2008 11:13 am

The Exec Pkg is from STS-122 for some reason.

Yeah, just noticed that too after a closer look at the daily schedule and the weather briefing.

maxx · « **Reply #3 on:** 06/12/2008 11:22 am »

Quote from: elmarko on 06/12/2008 11:13 am

The Exec Pkg is from STS-122 for some reason.

Seems like a cut and paste error on nasa.gov...
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/sts124/news/execute_packages.html

marshallsplace · « **Reply #4 on:** 06/12/2008 11:26 am »

Just for fun I've made a small and short time-lapse movie of orbital sunset from the ISS using the NASA TV feed.

A couple of points of interest are the starboard solor array motionless (of course) and movement of radiators (top right).

Bejowawo · « **Reply #5 on:** 06/12/2008 11:32 am »

Finally the right FD13 Execute Package:

http://www.nasa.gov/pdf/245821main_fd13_exec_pkg.pdf

maxx · « **Reply #6 on:** 06/12/2008 11:58 am »

nasa tv schedule:

Chris Bergin · « **Reply #7 on:** 06/12/2008 01:01 pm »

Per L2, Discovery's TPS cleared for re-entry.

maxx · « **Reply #8 on:** 06/12/2008 01:26 pm »

Onboard the ISS with Greg Chamitoff inside Kibo

maxx · « **Reply #9 on:** 06/12/2008 01:41 pm »

PAO: Weather promising for Saturday's landing opportunity.

marshallsplace · « **Reply #10 on:** 06/12/2008 02:41 pm »

Great view:

Chris Bergin · « **Reply #11 on:** 06/12/2008 02:55 pm »

Updated: http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/content/?cid=5446

(Will add a bit more later, rather than doing a couple of paragraphs, as we've got the Ariane 5 launch tonight, likely a major Constellation article tomorrow, then the landing day article on Saturday).

jarthur · « **Reply #12 on:** 06/12/2008 03:14 pm »

Interesting that ESPN will do an interview. I wonder what they will ask.

Felix · « **Reply #13 on:** 06/12/2008 03:20 pm »

Gregory Chamitoff talking to Munich

Felix · « **Reply #14 on:** 06/12/2008 03:29 pm »

PAO event with ESPN's - Mike Golic and Mike Greenberg

elmarko · « **Reply #15 on:** 06/12/2008 03:34 pm »

Ken Ham is a big ESPN fan, and there's some info on the NASA website about the upcoming interview here:

http://blogs.nasa.gov/cm/blog/NASA%20EDGE%20BLOG.blog/posts/post_1211996086878.html

Also a video where Mike and Mike discuss the upcoming interview here:

http://sports.espn.go.com/broadband/video/videopage?videoId=3415288

Mike and Mike are pretty funny so I expect a good-natured interview.

Felix · « **Reply #16 on:** 06/12/2008 03:48 pm »

Chris Bergin · « **Reply #17 on:** 06/12/2008 04:32 pm »

Orbit 2 taking over from Orbit 1 in the FCR.

Matt Abbott completing his final tour in MCC-H, according to PAO Rob. Sure we wish him all the best.

http://www.nasa.gov/audience/foreducators/stseducation/stories/Matt_Abbott_Profile.html

Sorry I couldn't grab a better screenshot.

Chris Bergin · « **Reply #18 on:** 06/12/2008 04:37 pm »

Crew in the final hour of their off duty time, but only have to do routine maintainance and PAO events for the rest of the day.

Orbiter · « **Reply #19 on:** 06/12/2008 04:40 pm »

The Landings on Saturday correct?

Chris Bergin · « **Reply #20 on:** 06/12/2008 04:45 pm »

Always has been.

Matt Abbott getting a round of applause in the FCR.

collectSPACE · « **Reply #21 on:** 06/12/2008 04:47 pm »

Quote from: Orbiter on 06/12/2008 04:40 pm

The Landings on Saturday correct?

Saturday, June 14

Orbit 217 (KSC)
TIG 9:10:17 a.m.   CDT
Landing: 10:15:18 a.m. CDT

Orbit 218 (KSC)
TIG 10:46:32 a.m. CDT
Landing: 11:50:44 a.m. CDT

Chris Bergin · « **Reply #22 on:** 06/12/2008 05:03 pm »

CAPCOM Nick Patrick signing off with his best wishes. Gets a nice message back from Commander Kelly.

I know it happens, where the crew send down a nice message of thanks to the guys in MCC-H (we know some guys on here who've personally gained such thanks), but it's still really nice to hear.

Chris Bergin · « **Reply #23 on:** 06/12/2008 05:13 pm »

ESPN interview coming up. Elmarko will be hoping for Hockey questions. I'll take a "soccer" reference. Expecting a NASCAR reference or two

elmarko · « **Reply #24 on:** 06/12/2008 05:26 pm »

Still scheduled for 6:33 ish, right? Or have I missed it?

Chris Bergin · « **Reply #25 on:** 06/12/2008 05:31 pm »

Quote from: elmarko on 06/12/2008 05:26 pm

Still scheduled for 6:33 ish, right? Or have I missed it?

Yep, coming up in a few minutes. Seatbelts on.

Bubbinski · « **Reply #26 on:** 06/12/2008 05:34 pm »

Interview's started. ESPN's Mike and Mike.

Chris Bergin · « **Reply #27 on:** 06/12/2008 05:40 pm »

Looks like they aren't doing it live.

Baseball references.

elmarko · « **Reply #28 on:** 06/12/2008 05:42 pm »

Baseball references is fine for me

Chris Bergin · « **Reply #29 on:** 06/12/2008 05:44 pm »

That was a nice event. Got some facts about the mission inbetween the sports (mainly baseball) stuff.

Mike and Mike seemed a bit in awe and didn't get silly, as I feared, so nice!

Bubbinski · « **Reply #30 on:** 06/12/2008 05:45 pm »

Ken Ham is a Naval Academy graduate....they asked him about Navy beating Notre Dame (finally, after 43 years). Also asked about the food and "how do you go to the bathroom in space"?

Now ABC News is coming up.

elmarko · « **Reply #31 on:** 06/12/2008 05:45 pm »

That was a pretty good interview to be honest, understanding the target audience of course

There was some great humour, and enough serious stuff to get across what the crew is doing up there on this mission.

Chris Bergin · « **Reply #32 on:** 06/12/2008 05:46 pm »

ABC asking hair questions

(Though fair enough, as Karen has a lot!)

elmarko · « **Reply #33 on:** 06/12/2008 05:46 pm »

Quote from: Chris Bergin on 06/12/2008 05:44 pm

Mike and Mike seemed a bit in awe and didn't get silly, as I feared, so nice!

I didn't think it'd be that silly to be honest, as I understand it he's a fan of the show and NASA/ESPN have been doing other stuff on their show. I enjoyed it.

Bubbinski · « **Reply #34 on:** 06/12/2008 05:48 pm »

Mike Fossum talking about using Scouting knots to tie tethers into a bag.

Other questions about Kibo, the "glamorous" side of the job, advice Garrett gave about living on ISS, Ron's EVA experience. Brief discussion about when the astronauts first entered Kibo, and the emotions of the experience.

Now it "looks like a real space station". The interview ended on that note.

Martin FL · « **Reply #35 on:** 06/12/2008 05:51 pm »

Quote from: Chris Bergin on 06/12/2008 05:44 pm

That was a nice event. Got some facts about the mission inbetween the sports (mainly baseball) stuff.

Mike and Mike seemed a bit in awe and didn't get silly, as I feared, so nice!

Yeah, it was ok. I was worried about Mike and Mike as they are very unfunny.

Bubbinski · « **Reply #36 on:** 06/12/2008 05:54 pm »

Nice sunset from the orbiter just now.

Davejfb · « **Reply #37 on:** 06/12/2008 06:07 pm »

I played a little bit with autostitch. I hope you like it.

Chris Bergin · « **Reply #38 on:** 06/12/2008 06:08 pm »

Request to delay the water dump by 10 minutes to get imagery of a night time dump denied as they want to get the water dump out of the way ahead of the orbit adjust.

Andy_Small · « **Reply #39 on:** 06/12/2008 06:20 pm »

Quote from: Chris Bergin on 06/12/2008 05:40 pm

Looks like they aren't doing it live.

Mike and Mike are a morning Radio/TV Show.

Can't wait to watch the recap of it as I like their show

stockman · « **Reply #40 on:** 06/12/2008 06:27 pm »

OBSS now in its cradle.

..

stockman · « **Reply #41 on:** 06/12/2008 06:35 pm »

Canadarm now released from OBSS.

collectSPACE · « **Reply #42 on:** 06/12/2008 06:40 pm »

Quote from: Andy_Small on 06/12/2008 06:20 pm

Can't wait to watch the recap of it as I like their show

stockman · « **Reply #43 on:** 06/12/2008 06:41 pm »

looks like a bit of insulation/thermal cover is loose on the Canadarm??

DaveS · « **Reply #44 on:** 06/12/2008 06:47 pm »

Quote from: stockman on 06/12/2008 06:41 pm

looks like a bit of insulation/thermal cover is loose on the Canadarm??

Nope. That's the so called Shoulder brace, released during initial deploy activities of the RMS. Only needed for launch.

stockman · « **Reply #45 on:** 06/12/2008 06:47 pm »

Getting set to berth The Canadarm.

stockman · « **Reply #46 on:** 06/12/2008 06:57 pm »

Now some live feed from Station - Nice shots just crossing over the Baja Peninsula. Nice and clear.

stockman · « **Reply #47 on:** 06/12/2008 07:02 pm »

Good Night Canadarm - Arm in its cradle and power down upcoming momentarily.

stockman · « **Reply #48 on:** 06/12/2008 07:20 pm »

Some cool Water dump playback happening right now..

stockman · « **Reply #49 on:** 06/12/2008 07:26 pm »

Ahhhh. that feels better...

- water dump complete

SpaceNutz SA · « **Reply #50 on:** 06/12/2008 07:48 pm »

Leroy Cain now speaking about damage to pad.

5300 bricks missing in east flame trench.

No impacts to bottom of MLP - therefore no evidence of flying debris.

azreddog · « **Reply #51 on:** 06/12/2008 07:49 pm »

No problem to repair and be ready for Hubble Mission, says Cain.

Launch Fan · « **Reply #52 on:** 06/12/2008 07:53 pm »

Good pad thread in General:
http://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=13405.0

SpaceNutz SA · « **Reply #53 on:** 06/12/2008 08:10 pm »

Beta Cut Out??

Excuse the ignorance.

SpaceNutz SA · « **Reply #54 on:** 06/12/2008 08:16 pm »

Orbit Adjustment Burn comming up shortly

SpaceNutz SA · « **Reply #55 on:** 06/12/2008 08:20 pm »

Shuttle and station relative position before Orbit Adjustment burn.

Good config at TI-30

SpaceNutz SA · « **Reply #56 on:** 06/12/2008 08:22 pm »

Good burn - no trim required.

stockman · « **Reply #57 on:** 06/12/2008 08:44 pm »

Some more great shots from Shuttle - Here are a couple of what is an ancient meteor impact site in Quebec Canada that has a Ring Lake around it - Quite distinctive from orbit.

postalworker · « **Reply #58 on:** 06/12/2008 09:04 pm »

Quote from: stockman on 06/12/2008 08:44 pm

Some more great shots from Shuttle - Here are a couple of what is an ancient meteor impact site in Quebec Canada that has a Ring Lake around it - Quite distinctive from orbit.

That is the Manicouagan Crater and a nice shot of it!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manicouagan_Reservoir

Jeff

dotdk · « **Reply #59 on:** 06/12/2008 09:48 pm »

Anyone know if some flyaround images have been released?

I'm eager to see the new look of ISS. This flyaround they finally had all the arrays at about the same position to make for some very nice looking views

Ford Mustang · « **Reply #60 on:** 06/12/2008 09:53 pm »

Bubbinski · « **Reply #61 on:** 06/12/2008 10:49 pm »

"Anyone know if some flyaround images have been released?"

I've been looking for those myself. I keep hitting Refresh on the spaceflight.nasa.gov gallery page but alas no new images from Flight Day 12. The wait will be worth it, I know.

nathan.moeller · « **Reply #62 on:** 06/12/2008 11:41 pm »

Quote from: Bubbinski on 06/12/2008 10:49 pm

"Anyone know if some flyaround images have been released?"

I've been looking for those myself. I keep hitting Refresh on the spaceflight.nasa.gov gallery page but alas no new images from Flight Day 12. The wait will be worth it, I know.

They have a few of the shuttle from station that are pretty nice, but no station from shuttle yet.

Joffan · « **Reply #63 on:** 06/13/2008 01:39 am »

Quote from: SpaceNutz SA on 06/12/2008 08:10 pm

Beta Cut Out??

Excuse the ignorance.

There's a good explanation at http://sci.tech-archive.net/Archive/sci.space.shuttle/2006-08/msg00226.html

The quick and dirty version is, beta angle cut-out is those periods when the ISS orbit is oriented with regard to the sun so that there isn't enough orbital night to keep the orbiter AND ISS radiators cool.

Ronsmytheiii · « **Reply #64 on:** 06/13/2008 01:57 am »

Quote from: nathan.moeller on 06/12/2008 11:41 pm

Quote from: Bubbinski on 06/12/2008 10:49 pm
"Anyone know if some flyaround images have been released?"

I've been looking for those myself. I keep hitting Refresh on the spaceflight.nasa.gov gallery page but alas no new images from Flight Day 12. The wait will be worth it, I know.

They have a few of the shuttle from station that are pretty nice, but no station from shuttle yet.

Well remember that when the two separated, the shuttle ku-band was prioritized for OBSS scans, while the station really did not have too much competition over ku.

tesheiner · « **Reply #65 on:** 06/13/2008 10:23 am »

Quote from: Davejfb on 06/12/2008 06:07 pm

I played a little bit with autostitch. I hope you like it.

Absolutely!
Here's your same mosaic slightly rotated to the left. I hope you don't mind.

Davejfb · « **Reply #66 on:** 06/13/2008 11:18 am »

Quote from: tesheiner on 06/13/2008 10:23 am

Quote from: Davejfb on 06/12/2008 06:07 pm
I played a little bit with autostitch. I hope you like it.
Absolutely!
Here's your same mosaic slightly rotated to the left. I hope you don't mind.

Absolutely no problem, i like it even better!

erioladastra · « **Reply #67 on:** 06/13/2008 04:58 pm »

Quote from: Ronsmytheiii on 06/13/2008 01:57 am

Quote from: nathan.moeller on 06/12/2008 11:41 pm
Quote from: Bubbinski on 06/12/2008 10:49 pm
"Anyone know if some flyaround images have been released?"

I've been looking for those myself. I keep hitting Refresh on the spaceflight.nasa.gov gallery page but alas no new images from Flight Day 12. The wait will be worth it, I know.

They have a few of the shuttle from station that are pretty nice, but no station from shuttle yet.

Well remember that when the two separated, the shuttle ku-band was prioritized for OBSS scans, while the station really did not have too much competition over ku.

Not correct. During fly around, the ISS Ku was parked during part of it to prevent radiating the pyro bolts on the orbiter. The STS Ku had a mask to prevent it from reflecting back from ISS structure. But other than that - there were no restrictions - both had plenty of TDRS Ku time.