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#80
by
I14R10
on 12 May, 2009 15:21
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A beautiful view of Earth. What is their altitude now?
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#81
by
generic_handle_42
on 12 May, 2009 15:21
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A beautiful view of Earth. What is their altitude now?
PAO just mentioned 180 miles I think. And Hubble is about 350 miles.
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#82
by
Ronsmytheiii
on 12 May, 2009 15:22
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#83
by
I14R10
on 12 May, 2009 15:24
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PAO just mentioned 180 miles I think.
Thanks. I'm not listening, just watching
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#84
by
Ronsmytheiii
on 12 May, 2009 15:28
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moving to nose cap survey
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#85
by
Ronsmytheiii
on 12 May, 2009 15:37
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#86
by
Ronsmytheiii
on 12 May, 2009 15:41
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#87
by
Ronsmytheiii
on 12 May, 2009 15:46
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#88
by
Chris Bergin
on 12 May, 2009 16:03
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#89
by
Chris Bergin
on 12 May, 2009 16:06
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Nose cap, forward tiles ahead of FRCS:
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#90
by
unintelligible
on 12 May, 2009 16:11
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Yeah, that is interesting. Can't blame that on OBSS views/shadowing etc. Will see if it matches to preflight images of that area.
Then again, we've seen what looks like entire tiles missing on OBSS views, and the DAT images showed the area was fine, so you never really know with these views (people such as us, via NTV, as opposed to the DAT guys via the hard images)
Not to interrupt the live thread too much, but just out of curiosity, I took a look at prelaunch imagery - specifically the high res photo of Atlantis on the sling in the VAB (at the media gallery, image ID KSC-2009-2263) - and zooming in on what I think is the area in question, it doesn't appear that there are any white spots visible. So it does appear to be ascent damage of some kind but obviously the DAT will determine the degree of severity.
Just for reference, it looks like this is in the same area where 104, on STS-27, incurred major damage - so we know how much of a hit the chine area can take. In comparison, this doesn't look bad at all.
Attached a color enhanced pic of the area.
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#91
by
Chris Bergin
on 12 May, 2009 16:18
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Thanks for looking. Can't really tell from your image, but the location is useful to log.
No Ku at the moment.
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#92
by
generic_handle_42
on 12 May, 2009 16:22
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Current position of the inspections, and the current position of Atlantis over central Australia
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#93
by
generic_handle_42
on 12 May, 2009 16:33
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Atlantis is completing her maneuver to the correct attitude for illumination of the next phase of inspection.
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#94
by
generic_handle_42
on 12 May, 2009 16:36
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#95
by
generic_handle_42
on 12 May, 2009 16:38
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Atlantis should be moving into daylight shortly.
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#96
by
generic_handle_42
on 12 May, 2009 16:40
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The inspection proceeds along the port side of Atlantis.
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#97
by
generic_handle_42
on 12 May, 2009 16:45
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#98
by
generic_handle_42
on 12 May, 2009 16:48
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PAO reminder that about 2 1/2 hours from now, the Progress docking will be shown on NTV.
Also, about an hour and 40 minutes from now, the MSB will occur.
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#99
by
generic_handle_42
on 12 May, 2009 16:51
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Comm checks underway from the other two EMU checkout procedures.
