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#220
by
DaveS
on 12 May, 2009 22:33
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NC-3 burn completed with no trimming required.
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#221
by
AnalogMan
on 12 May, 2009 22:38
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#222
by
generic_handle_42
on 12 May, 2009 23:11
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Another view of Atlantis from the payload bay, as the crew is winding down their day.
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#223
by
generic_handle_42
on 12 May, 2009 23:33
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Sounds like there's some crew video about to come down. I'm not gonna cap it unless someone really wants me to, as it'll be available for download later, I'm sure.
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#224
by
Chris Bergin
on 13 May, 2009 00:00
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Noticed there was a question about the two lightning strikes on 39B, and if it hit the new tower of the old tower. The old tower is no longer there, it was removed from the top of the FSS for what was going to be a new mast tower for Ares I-X. However, due to I-X delays, the new 600 ft Ares I towers were completed in time to take up the role, so it's just the three big towers now.
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#225
by
psloss
on 13 May, 2009 00:17
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Missed the call, but PAO reporting that the crew was told recently that focused inspection of the chine area will not be required.
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#226
by
stockman
on 13 May, 2009 00:17
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Crew just notified that the Focused inspection on the damaged area will NOT be required... good news..
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#227
by
generic_handle_42
on 13 May, 2009 00:24
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Crew just notified that the Focused inspection on the damaged area will NOT be required... good news..
Rather expected based on the MMT briefing earlier, but still good to hear!
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#228
by
robertross
on 13 May, 2009 00:31
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Crew just notified that the Focused inspection on the damaged area will NOT be required... good news..
Rather expected based on the MMT briefing earlier, but still good to hear!
Better than good news, it's GREAT! No impact to EVA!
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#229
by
stockman
on 13 May, 2009 00:34
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STOCC update at 8:30 central time
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#230
by
robertross
on 13 May, 2009 00:36
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Latest call is that they are 8 hours ahead past 11+2 days on their cryos
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#231
by
robertross
on 13 May, 2009 00:40
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There was a call that they are seeing degraded chamber pressure in R5R (in the right pod) so they are going to de-select that thruster for the night to avoid any nuissance alarms during crew sleep.
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#232
by
Chris Bergin
on 13 May, 2009 00:45
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The DAT team are awesome. Earlier they were asking for a decision point at 5pm tomorrow, and they've blown that out of the water. This also helps if they have no joy (probably the case) with any final attempts to get images of the tank (given the debris was from one of the ET's IFRs).
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#233
by
psloss
on 13 May, 2009 00:51
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The DAT team are awesome. Earlier they were asking for a decision point at 5pm tomorrow, and they've blown that out of the water. This also helps if they have no joy (probably the case) with any final attempts to get images of the tank (given the debris was from one of the ET's IFRs).
I believe Pat Ryan (PAO for Orbit 2 that's going off shift soon) said that the second try to get the umbilical well images from the camera didn't work, but with a different failure signature. I think he said that since no FI was needed, Flight Director Rick Labrode decided not to further troubleshoot.
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#234
by
Chris Bergin
on 13 May, 2009 00:53
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Shame that there's something strange going on with that system, but this seems like less of a failure than 119's as the MMT documentation say they have a good set of images, as opposed to just one (with the flash) as with Discovery. So we'll eventually get to see them
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#235
by
psloss
on 13 May, 2009 01:12
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Listening to the call up from earlier, it's probably worth mentioning that no FI on the starboard chine applies only to that area. There may not be any other candidates, but they are still evaluating the whole data set collected yesterday and today.
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#236
by
Ronsmytheiii
on 13 May, 2009 02:34
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#237
by
Ronsmytheiii
on 13 May, 2009 02:48
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#238
by
Ronsmytheiii
on 13 May, 2009 02:50
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#239
by
Zoomer30
on 13 May, 2009 03:53
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The dings look pretty minor from these views, could be a trick of lighting and contrast with the rather poor video quality (at least for us).
Bear in mind back in the 80s they sometimes had ships come back just peppered with tile dings (aka "popcorning") and it did not seem to cause an issue, other than perhaps boundary layer issues.
