STS-125: Processing Latest (Pad to S0007)

• #220 by Ronsmytheiii on 19 Apr, 2009 01:21

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• #221 by NavySpaceFan on 19 Apr, 2009 02:13
• Any issues loading the payload canister? It seems to sitting there.
• #222 by Ford Mustang on 19 Apr, 2009 02:27
• Quote from: NavySpaceFan on 19 Apr, 2009 02:13

  Any issues loading the payload canister? It seems to sitting there.
  

  
  It's usual, they don't lift it immediately.
  
  They have lowered the PCR "crane", you can call it:

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• #223 by NavySpaceFan on 19 Apr, 2009 02:32
• Quote from: Ford Mustang on 19 Apr, 2009 02:27

  Quote from: NavySpaceFan on 19 Apr, 2009 02:13

  Any issues loading the payload canister? It seems to sitting there.
  

  
  It's usual, they don't lift it immediately.
  
  They have lowered the PCR "crane", you can call it:
  

  
  
  Okay, slow and easy aye!
• #224 by Ronsmytheiii on 19 Apr, 2009 02:50
• hoist now visible:

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• #225 by Ronsmytheiii on 19 Apr, 2009 03:18

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• #226 by Ronsmytheiii on 19 Apr, 2009 03:27

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• #227 by Ford Mustang on 19 Apr, 2009 03:41
• Lifting started, very slow:

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• #228 by Ford Mustang on 19 Apr, 2009 03:47
• OTV-070 providing a good closeup of the PCR and the canister:

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• #229 by Ford Mustang on 19 Apr, 2009 03:57
• Very slow until they are in the PCR, must be perfectly aligned.

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• #230 by Ford Mustang on 19 Apr, 2009 04:02

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• #231 by Ford Mustang on 19 Apr, 2009 04:23

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• #232 by Ford Mustang on 19 Apr, 2009 04:31
• Bottom of the Payload Canister in the second image:

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• #233 by Ford Mustang on 19 Apr, 2009 05:07
• Supports installed so techs can get up close with the canister:

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• #234 by Ronsmytheiii on 19 Apr, 2009 11:43

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• #235 by LostInSpace on 19 Apr, 2009 12:35
• Quote from: bigboy_99 on 18 Apr, 2009 22:44

  Quote from: ChrisGebhardt on 18 Apr, 2009 19:33

  Quote from: aquarius on 18 Apr, 2009 19:25

  There won´t be another TCDT, right?
  

  
  I do not believe there will be another TCDT.
  

  
  Didn't they have a mini TCDT a couple weeks ago when they were all at KSC checking out the new hardware?
  

  
  There was a mini TCDT refresher aka Safety Walk Down done April 3rd with the crew.
• #236 by psloss on 19 Apr, 2009 18:57
• Some more nice shots of the two shuttles on the pad, including pictures of the payload canister reaching Pad A last night:
  http://www.pbase.com/rod_ostoski/sts125
  
• #237 by glanmor05 on 19 Apr, 2009 19:21
• Can someone tell me when the payload canister will leave the pad (if it hasn't already) and when both the RSSs will be moved (think I read somewhere that Atlantis's will be tomorrow sometime)?
  
  Don't suppose any of that is likely to be on NTV?
• #238 by collectSPACE on 20 Apr, 2009 03:12
• Quote from: glanmor05 on 19 Apr, 2009 19:21

  ...when both the RSSs will be moved

  
  Pad 39A's RSS was scheduled for first motion at 5:00 a.m. EDT; Pad 39B at 9:00 a.m. EDT, both on Monday.
• #239 by DaveS on 20 Apr, 2009 05:44
• The Payload Canister that held the STS-125 payloads has been lowered and is now leaving pad A.

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