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LIVE: STS-125 Flight Day 10 - Off Duty, PAO events etc.
by
Chris Bergin
on 20 May, 2009 01:54
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#1
by
shaula1247
on 20 May, 2009 07:38
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Major change in crew wakeup time. From 3:02 to 3:03.
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#2
by
shaula1247
on 20 May, 2009 08:00
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SRB replays at 8:00 CT
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#3
by
shaula1247
on 20 May, 2009 08:07
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Wakeup: Starship Enterprise Startrek theme for the crew from the Orbit 3 team.
Response: Live long and prosper
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#4
by
Bejowawo
on 20 May, 2009 08:40
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#5
by
bish48
on 20 May, 2009 09:18
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Shannon and the planning team signing off, 11 min LOS and when they come back Orbit 1 will be on desk.
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#6
by
shaula1247
on 20 May, 2009 09:37
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Bejo, we all have our cross to bear. Maybe you'll make it to Australia next time around.
To be a little serious, where do you find those execute packages? I went ferreting around the nasa site today and I couldn't discover the path. Can you describe the navigation steps from the home page?
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#7
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bish48
on 20 May, 2009 09:57
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#8
by
Chris Bergin
on 20 May, 2009 10:21
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Major change in crew wakeup time. From 3:02 to 3:03.
A mission snooze button
DAT final status this afternoon/evening, but already cleared the level 1 LDRI/IDC scans, per L2, so that's great news.
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#9
by
shaula1247
on 20 May, 2009 10:40
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To be a little serious, where do you find those execute packages? I went ferreting around the nasa site today and I couldn't discover the path. Can you describe the navigation steps from the home page?
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/sts125/news/execute_packages.html
OK. That's the link. Now, to get there by point and click is not entirely obvious ( to me at least) but my reconstruction is:
NASA home page | missions (on the top menu bar) | current missions | Scroll down and select shuttle | Current missions (on left menu bar) | From the drop down list select news and media resources | Select Execute packages from the options on that page.
It's easy to get sidetracked if you click on current missions on the left menu bar. That will take you back to the list of missions.
If anyone has an easier point and click navigation then I'm all ears.
What's really interesting is that a search for "execute package" on nasa produces a bit of out of date stuff but nothing relevant. A search for STS 125 takes you to the current missions on the left menu bar as above.
Seems unnecessarily obscure but I guess its easy for 4 year olds to get to the pretty pictures.
Meanwhile views like this are becoming mundane. Bit sad really! Come on chaps, it may be a rest day but we are still seeing technological magic in action.
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#10
by
shaula1247
on 20 May, 2009 10:48
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Preparing to stow the RMS
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#11
by
shaula1247
on 20 May, 2009 11:00
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SOme impromptu video from flight deck during RMS stow.
Somewhat non standard check and response dialogue but getting the job done. Real people doing good things.
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#12
by
shaula1247
on 20 May, 2009 11:05
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Megan reports RMS powerdown is complete
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#13
by
Bejowawo
on 20 May, 2009 11:12
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To be a little serious, where do you find those execute packages? I went ferreting around the nasa site today and I couldn't discover the path. Can you describe the navigation steps from the home page?
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/sts125/news/execute_packages.html
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If anyone has an easier point and click navigation then I'm all ears.
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I try I mostly this way which seems a bit shorter to me:
http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/home/index.htmlThen go to "Space Shuttle latest news" - top left quadrant
"News and media resources" on the left navigation bar
click on the STS-125 Media Resources -> Execute Packages
And there you go! Maybe not that much easier or shorter, but thats how I do it!
And maybe I make it to Australia next time indeed
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#14
by
Ronsmytheiii
on 20 May, 2009 11:21
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#15
by
elmarko
on 20 May, 2009 11:28
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I just google it and then the address in is my Firefox history?
Hardly rocket science :|
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#16
by
shaula1247
on 20 May, 2009 11:42
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I try I mostly this way which seems a bit shorter to me:
http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/home/index.html
Then go to "Space Shuttle latest news" - top left quadrant
"News and media resources" on the left navigation bar
click on the STS-125 Media Resources -> Execute Packages
And there you go! Maybe not that much easier or shorter, but thats how I do it!
And maybe I make it to Australia next time indeed
That one works too but I can't get from the nasa home page to the spacefilght.nasa page by point and click navigation. I think that's a left over from the old site and not accessible unless you know its there. However we start, we end up in the same place with the left navigation bar.
Its in "News and media resources" on that page but you can't get there from the news menu on the front page.
This is just trivia and pretty much off topic into the bargain so I hope it is not annoying anyone. There is absolutely zilch happening on STS 125 at the moment (that we can see at least).
Bejo, if you come to Australia you'll find the dimensions have been rearranged, lots of horizontal and not much vertical.
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#17
by
Cbased
on 20 May, 2009 11:44
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OK. That's the link. Now, to get there by point and click is not entirely obvious
The ancient art of search
1. Using nasa.gov site
Go to home page -
http://nasa.govIn the search box type:
sts-125+execute+packageand click "search".
First link on the search results page.
(the key here is to use the "+" sign to let the site know you need documents containing ALL of these words.
2. One click method using Google
Go to google.com
enter:
sts-125+"execute packages"+inurl:nasa.govClick "I'm feeling lucky"
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#18
by
shaula1247
on 20 May, 2009 11:46
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Hardly rocket science :|
Nah, not rocket science. Just having a bit of a grumble about the nasa site design to fill in the time.
Stopping now.
And thank you for your wisdom oh ninja of the search.
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#19
by
shaula1247
on 20 May, 2009 11:52
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#20
by
shaula1247
on 20 May, 2009 11:53
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Now, that's just a bit special
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#21
by
shaula1247
on 20 May, 2009 11:57
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You could easily spend your day off looking at things like that. You could develop a longing to go back and do it again though. Pity about the price of the ticket!
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#22
by
NavySpaceFan
on 20 May, 2009 12:10
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Now, that's just a bit special
Too true, that shot should make the FD 10 highlight film and Max-Q's 125 music video.
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#23
by
shaula1247
on 20 May, 2009 12:12
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Here's a question for the orbital mechanics gurus. Atlantis is currently in an elliptical orbit, well they all are I suppose but this one has a significant difference between perigee and apogee. What is happening to the position of perigee projected along the r bar to the earth's surface?
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#24
by
psloss
on 20 May, 2009 12:41
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Anybody else seeing the Public Channel a little ratty right now? Can't tell if it's here or upstream...
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#25
by
NavySpaceFan
on 20 May, 2009 12:42
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Anybody else seeing the Public Channel a little ratty right now? Can't tell if it's here or upstream...
Ratty here as well, bad internet feed?
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#26
by
psloss
on 20 May, 2009 12:43
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Anybody else seeing the Public Channel a little ratty right now? Can't tell if it's here or upstream...
Ratty here as well, bad internet feed?
No, cable TV relay here. The problems didn't sync with the Media Channel Internet feed, but I saw some of the same on one of the Public Channel Internet feeds...appears to be a little better now...
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#27
by
psloss
on 20 May, 2009 12:59
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SRB camera replays starting, reception seems to be normal now.
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#28
by
stockman
on 20 May, 2009 13:01
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Hopefully with a daylight launch these will be good!!
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#29
by
stockman
on 20 May, 2009 13:02
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I think I got some of the tyvek covers coming off here.
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#30
by
psloss
on 20 May, 2009 13:02
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Hmmm...first time I can remember where they sync'd the video with the live broadcast audio...
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#31
by
stockman
on 20 May, 2009 13:03
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#32
by
stockman
on 20 May, 2009 13:03
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#33
by
stockman
on 20 May, 2009 13:04
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#34
by
NavySpaceFan
on 20 May, 2009 13:04
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The starboard view (looking up) should show the object that skidded across the starboard wing chine.
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#35
by
stockman
on 20 May, 2009 13:05
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#36
by
stockman
on 20 May, 2009 13:08
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descending - parachutes visible in second shot
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#37
by
stockman
on 20 May, 2009 13:08
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#38
by
stockman
on 20 May, 2009 13:09
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#39
by
Lee Jay
on 20 May, 2009 13:09
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Boy, you could really see the popcorning on the intertank shot!
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#40
by
stockman
on 20 May, 2009 13:09
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#41
by
stockman
on 20 May, 2009 13:09
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#42
by
MarsMethanogen
on 20 May, 2009 13:11
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Cool how the other SRB remains in the view of the camera for so long.
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#43
by
stockman
on 20 May, 2009 13:11
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#44
by
stockman
on 20 May, 2009 13:13
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#45
by
stockman
on 20 May, 2009 13:13
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#46
by
stockman
on 20 May, 2009 13:13
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#47
by
stockman
on 20 May, 2009 13:14
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#48
by
stockman
on 20 May, 2009 13:15
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#49
by
stockman
on 20 May, 2009 13:16
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#50
by
stockman
on 20 May, 2009 13:16
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#51
by
tblaxland
on 20 May, 2009 13:17
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Here's a question for the orbital mechanics gurus. Atlantis is currently in an elliptical orbit, well they all are I suppose but this one has a significant difference between perigee and apogee. What is happening to the position of perigee projected along the r bar to the earth's surface?
It is moving up and down (in the order of about 10 km, if I have it right). The position of the perigee is also rotating relative to an inertial reference frame, anti-clockwise when viewed from the north pole of the orbit.
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#52
by
stockman
on 20 May, 2009 13:19
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#53
by
psloss
on 20 May, 2009 13:19
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Nice...can see the shadow of the booster as it approaches splashdown...right aft (looking "up") is next...
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#54
by
stockman
on 20 May, 2009 13:20
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by
stockman
on 20 May, 2009 13:20
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#56
by
stockman
on 20 May, 2009 13:20
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#57
by
stockman
on 20 May, 2009 13:21
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#58
by
stockman
on 20 May, 2009 13:22
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#59
by
stockman
on 20 May, 2009 13:23
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#60
by
stockman
on 20 May, 2009 13:23
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#61
by
NavySpaceFan
on 20 May, 2009 13:24
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Didn't see what I expected at 109 seconds in.
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#62
by
stockman
on 20 May, 2009 13:24
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#63
by
stockman
on 20 May, 2009 13:24
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#64
by
stockman
on 20 May, 2009 13:24
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#65
by
stockman
on 20 May, 2009 13:25
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#66
by
stockman
on 20 May, 2009 13:25
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by
stockman
on 20 May, 2009 13:25
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#68
by
stockman
on 20 May, 2009 13:25
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#69
by
marshallsplace
on 20 May, 2009 13:27
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Anyone else noticed how quiet the sound from the SRB's is until they start hitting the denser air mass?
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#70
by
psloss
on 20 May, 2009 13:27
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Didn't see what I expected at 109 seconds in.
It happened very quickly in the ET camera video, so would expect similar here...might be hard to see much with NTSC frame rate...
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#71
by
stockman
on 20 May, 2009 13:28
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by
stockman
on 20 May, 2009 13:28
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#73
by
stockman
on 20 May, 2009 13:28
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#74
by
psloss
on 20 May, 2009 13:29
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Right forward camera, with the special "zoom" (like STS-120) now...
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#75
by
stockman
on 20 May, 2009 13:30
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by
stockman
on 20 May, 2009 13:30
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#77
by
stockman
on 20 May, 2009 13:30
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#78
by
stockman
on 20 May, 2009 13:32
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#79
by
stockman
on 20 May, 2009 13:32
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#80
by
stockman
on 20 May, 2009 13:32
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#81
by
NavySpaceFan
on 20 May, 2009 13:33
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Didn't see what I expected at 109 seconds in.
It happened very quickly in the ET camera video, so would expect similar here...might be hard to see much with NTSC frame rate...
Indeed, didn't see anything in this last view either. Must have occured very quickly.
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#82
by
stockman
on 20 May, 2009 13:34
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really messes up the lense...
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#83
by
stockman
on 20 May, 2009 13:34
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#84
by
stockman
on 20 May, 2009 13:36
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by
stockman
on 20 May, 2009 13:36
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by
stockman
on 20 May, 2009 13:36
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#87
by
stockman
on 20 May, 2009 13:38
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now back to the more mundane views from shuttle.. (toungue in cheek)..
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#88
by
psloss
on 20 May, 2009 14:08
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#89
by
stockman
on 20 May, 2009 14:15
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#90
by
NavySpaceFan
on 20 May, 2009 14:31
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Press Conference underway.
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#91
by
theonlyspace
on 20 May, 2009 14:49
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Many Thanks for posting the SRB shots Veteran!!!!! If only they had these cameras
all along in the Shuttle program we would had known about Columbia. Such a preventable
waste.
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#92
by
klausd
on 20 May, 2009 15:07
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Why are the these two more or less free Days? Was there no landing opportunity for tomorrow or is this just to reduce stress from the crew. The day tomorrow is not really usefull, is it?
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#93
by
psloss
on 20 May, 2009 15:14
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Many Thanks for posting the SRB shots Veteran!!!!! If only they had these cameras all along in the Shuttle program we would had known about Columbia. Such a preventable waste.
Kind of a chicken-and-egg thing...the cameras exist because of STS-107. And while they might have raised awareness enough such that an attempt was made to save the crew, they wouldn't have prevented the loss of the orbiter. All of this is hindsight, but a "greater" opportunity to respond was after the bipod foam loss incident on STS-112.
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#94
by
DaveS
on 20 May, 2009 15:16
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Why are the these two more or less free Days? Was there no landing opportunity for tomorrow or is this just to reduce stress from the crew. The day tomorrow is not really usefull, is it?
It is. Tomorrow is L-1 day which is when they perform the standard pre-entry system checkouts of the FCS and RCS. They'll also begin to dismantle the computer network, perform the first part of crew cabin stowage and stow the KU band antenna.
So today is the only off-duty day for the crew.
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#95
by
stockman
on 20 May, 2009 15:33
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pretty picture time.. (isn't it always when in orbit??)
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#96
by
John44
on 20 May, 2009 15:39
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#97
by
seawolfe
on 20 May, 2009 15:41
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Houston is asking the crew to power down a lot of items including the oven and water heaters as well as the payload bay. Is the weather going to so iffy that a Saturday or Sunday landing is possible?
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#98
by
stockman
on 20 May, 2009 15:45
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#99
by
stockman
on 20 May, 2009 15:49
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Zooming in on the ground... and orbital night coming..
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#100
by
stockman
on 20 May, 2009 16:01
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I wonder how these orbital mechanics work out?? what would the window of communications be (or are they relaying via TDRS/Ground?)
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#101
by
agentgonzo
on 20 May, 2009 16:03
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I wonder how these orbital mechanics work out?? what would the window of communications be (or are they relaying via TDRS/Ground?)
It'll be through the TDRS. There's no direct line of sight between the two satellites
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#102
by
nathan.moeller
on 20 May, 2009 16:21
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Has anyone seen the ground tracks for entry/landing yet? Hoping that they'll overfly Texas like they have on previous Hubble missions so I can see her come in!
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#103
by
Speedracer
on 20 May, 2009 16:23
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They need to learn how to use the HD mic. Caught Scooter mumbling something about "stupid Americans" while the mic was hot.
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#104
by
Chris Bergin
on 20 May, 2009 16:24
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Great news that President Obama's showing interest in this flight. Hope the message of HSF is rammed home.
Next article still pending as we're just waiting for final DAT clearance of the TPS, which we understand is coming. They were just finishing the Level 2 ROI review of the RCC last we heard. The Level 1 review was cleared overnight.
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#105
by
stockman
on 20 May, 2009 16:26
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looks cramped in there... kind of getting used to the spacious ISS....
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#106
by
Chris Bergin
on 20 May, 2009 16:54
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Some video of the Hubble departure. Very active communication between Scooter and Johnson on the sep rates.
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#107
by
stockman
on 20 May, 2009 16:59
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Not sure what coastline they are going past but some nice land/sea pictures here...
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#108
by
stockman
on 20 May, 2009 17:02
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#109
by
Speedracer
on 20 May, 2009 17:02
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I believe that's Cuba
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#110
by
Chris Bergin
on 20 May, 2009 17:03
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NASA TV into Video File for the next hour.
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#111
by
3Designer
on 20 May, 2009 17:04
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Not sure what coastline they are going past but some nice land/sea pictures here...
That's Cuba.
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#112
by
Speedracer
on 20 May, 2009 17:04
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#113
by
ShuttleDiscovery
on 20 May, 2009 17:08
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#114
by
Chris Bergin
on 20 May, 2009 17:23
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Has anyone noticed the typo on NASA.gov?
They've said the STS-127 crew is preparing to return to Earth! LOL
http://www.nasa.gov/home/index.html
Maybe Mark Polansky took the crew on balloon trip this morning
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#115
by
NavySpaceFan
on 20 May, 2009 17:33
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Zero areas of interest after yesterday's late inspection, good news!!!
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#116
by
nathan.moeller
on 20 May, 2009 17:43
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They need to learn how to use the HD mic. Caught Scooter mumbling something about "stupid Americans" while the mic was hot.
Not too bad when you consider Jim Voss was picked up saying "He's making that s*** up" while his mic was hot on STS-44
Apparently the MCC was in stitches.
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#117
by
Joffan
on 20 May, 2009 17:56
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Zero areas of interest after yesterday's late inspection, good news!!!
Yes, good news. I see from Chris' article yesterday that this doesn't affect STS-400 status at all, since they carry on working towards a rescue launch right up until STS-125's deorbit burn.
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#118
by
Chris Bergin
on 20 May, 2009 18:07
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Yep, STS-400 remains until after Atlantis deorbit burn. "No areas of interest" does not mean no "Regions of Interest" which are usually in the 100s. Just means they have no areas of concern, all good
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#119
by
psloss
on 20 May, 2009 18:08
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Zero areas of interest after yesterday's late inspection, good news!!!
Yes, good news. I see from Chris' article yesterday that this doesn't affect STS-400 status at all, since they carry on working towards a rescue launch right up until STS-125's deorbit burn.
Actually, it should affect 400. Assuming the MMT clears Atlantis for entry, I believe the plan is to stop short of loading the cryos on Endeavour and go back to "standby" either later today or early tomorrow.
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#120
by
Chris Bergin
on 20 May, 2009 18:27
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Yeah, you know this Philip, but for those that don't....MMT Go/No Go for PRSD loading was going to be based on the entry clearance. So that'll now be "no go" for loading, and hold on that part of S0007 until after a successful deorbit burn, then prepare Endeavour/127 for the roll to Pad 39A after the repairs are complete.
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#121
by
stockman
on 20 May, 2009 18:46
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Don't mean to put anyone to sleep but since this is a quiet day on the Shuttle front I am just posting some nice screen grabs as I notice them..
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#122
by
usn_skwerl
on 20 May, 2009 18:48
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They need to learn how to use the HD mic. Caught Scooter mumbling something about "stupid Americans" while the mic was hot.
Scooter basically said something along the lines of "I wonder if Koichi's awake yet, he's probably over there like, 'stupid americans'"
Of course the 125 crew all found that to be amusing. I did too
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#123
by
stockman
on 20 May, 2009 19:03
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#124
by
Chris Bergin
on 20 May, 2009 19:06
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Latest article, included the money shot image of Atlantis' flight deck from something like 500mb of raw hi res STS-125 mission images on L2.
http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2009/05/sts-125-tps-cleared-landing-plan-endeavour-status/Don't mean to put anyone to sleep but since this is a quiet day on the Shuttle front I am just posting some nice screen grabs as I notice them..
If anyone falls to sleep looking at these images, they are on the wrong site
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#125
by
stockman
on 20 May, 2009 20:13
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#126
by
robertross
on 20 May, 2009 20:25
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Don't mean to put anyone to sleep but since this is a quiet day on the Shuttle front I am just posting some nice screen grabs as I notice them..
If anyone falls to sleep looking at these images, they are on the wrong site
How true. Beautiful images.
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#127
by
psloss
on 20 May, 2009 20:30
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Robert Pearlman with collectSPACE asked about the 11R event recorded earlier in the mission...Leroy Cain says that the late inspection showed no MMOD impact on 11R (or any other panel).
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#128
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Chris Bergin
on 20 May, 2009 20:32
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NTV is buffering out for me. John 44 should be recording it anyway.
Leroy: This mission celebrates the space shuttle's capabilities.
Too early to know about Friday's weather.
Would have done a system powerdown anyway to get the additional day (EOM+3).
Second ASA failure means land at White Sands or Edwards on next rev (which we know). Depends on the kinda of ASA failure. (Will be writing up some of the ASA stuff, as we're over 20 presentations on this on L2).
Robert asks about RCC 11R - was a potential impact. Didn't see anything on 11R that indicated an impact (so it wasn't that white spot on the NTV coverage). Mentions the noises in the structure (ghost triggers we've written about before). WLE IDS did its job.
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#129
by
psloss
on 20 May, 2009 20:34
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As noted earlier with the extra powerdowns, they are close to getting an extra weather contingency day. That might allow the "pick-em" day to slide from Saturday (EOM+1) to Sunday (EOM+2); however, that decision hasn't been made yet. (We'll know more during and after the entry team's shift tomorrow.)
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#130
by
robertross
on 20 May, 2009 20:34
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Didn't see the very beginning, but early in the briefing, they talked about protecting +3 days for landing on Monday at KSC if necessary.
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#131
by
Chris Bergin
on 20 May, 2009 20:43
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Yep, got that. Makes sense too.
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#132
by
psloss
on 20 May, 2009 21:14
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Didn't see the very beginning, but early in the briefing, they talked about protecting +3 days for landing on Monday at KSC if necessary.
They would have the option of using EOM+3 as a "systems day" once the cryo margins get there...
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#133
by
psloss
on 20 May, 2009 21:25
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Listening to the air-to-ground, sounds like the upcoming event is audio only.
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#134
by
Ford Mustang
on 20 May, 2009 21:38
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The vivid colors in this picture made me post this. Great shots we've seen from this flight, too bad I couldn't cover any of it, just bad timing with school and all.
Thanks for all who have covered this mission, it's one for the history books for sure!
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#135
by
psloss
on 20 May, 2009 21:53
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Obviously from the long silence, that was a private event; crew now getting ready for the daily HD video downlink.
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#136
by
psloss
on 20 May, 2009 22:04
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LOL, Scott Altman jokingly put some gum under one of the panels on the flight deck.
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#137
by
collectSPACE
on 20 May, 2009 23:20
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#138
by
Aobrien
on 20 May, 2009 23:38
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Great to hear the President show a lot of support in the space program! He did mention about the new NASA Administrator so I think that will be coming soon! Hope this mission helped the president in realizing how much NASA does and I can only hope that it helps in an extended shuttle program.
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#139
by
bobthemonkey
on 20 May, 2009 23:42
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Yeah, one could read a lot into that comment around 4:00 if you wanted.
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#140
by
stockman
on 21 May, 2009 00:24
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Flight day highlights going on now that the crew is asleep.. Just a few really nice earth shots... I hope they are not repeats
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#141
by
stockman
on 21 May, 2009 00:25
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