STS-129: Processing Latest (OPF, VAB)

• #100 by rdale on 29 Sep, 2009 22:01
• Quote from: Orbiter on 29 Sep, 2009 21:59

  Question: sorry if this was asked earlier When is Atlantis going to roll out to Pad A?

  
  Don't forget this site has a great news side...
  
  http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2009/09/nasa-evaluates-options-sts-129-launch-window-november/
• #101 by mainengine on 30 Sep, 2009 13:05
• Is a Nov 9 launch already off the table or is it still possible ? When can we expect NASA's decision ?
• #102 by dsmillman on 30 Sep, 2009 13:26
• Quote from: mainengine on 30 Sep, 2009 13:05

  Is a Nov 9 launch already off the table or is it still possible ? When can we expect NASA's decision ?
  

  The Russians are launching to ISS on Nov. 10 with a docking on Nov. 12.  Atlantis will not launch before that docking.
• #103 by ChrisGebhardt on 30 Sep, 2009 17:30
• Quote from: mainengine on 30 Sep, 2009 13:05

  Is a Nov 9 launch already off the table or is it still possible ? When can we expect NASA's decision ?
  

  
  Don't forget that we DO have a news side to this site! This information on Atlantis' launch window has been known and posted for two weeks now.
  
  http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2009/09/nasa-evaluates-options-sts-129-launch-window-november/
• #104 by glanmor05 on 01 Oct, 2009 11:32
• If STS 129 launches 12th November, anyone know the exact proposed launch time?
  
  16:04:?? (Eastern).
• #105 by dsmillman on 01 Oct, 2009 12:16
• Quote from: glanmor05 on 01 Oct, 2009 11:32

  If STS 129 launches 12th November, anyone know the exact proposed launch time?
  
  16:04:?? (Eastern).
  

  You can get a table of the launch windows at:
  
  http://www.cbsnews.com/network/news/space/currentglance.html#WINDOWS
  
  Please note that the times could change by as much as a minute in the next 6 weeks.
• #106 by rdale on 01 Oct, 2009 13:51
• KSCPAO: STS-129 Mission: Atlantis will be lowered on its wheels today in its hangar, it'll be weighed & its center of gravity balance checked.
  
  NASA's shuttle program & Air Force are holding an emergency launch pad drill today known as a Mode II-IV. It also involves 3 Fla., hospitals
  
  [I am hearing more comms than normal on the KSC audio feed's VHF side, but not sure how related that is to the drill.]
  
  
• #107 by rdale on 01 Oct, 2009 19:22
• Drill complete - you could hear quite a bit connected to the testing. It was interesting.
  
  KSC PAO: In the Space Station Processing Facility, 2 Logistics Carriers loaded with spare parts are being closed out for flight
• #108 by Space Pete on 01 Oct, 2009 22:39
• Some images of the drill are now up in the KSC Media Gallery.
  
  http://mediaarchive.ksc.nasa.gov/search.cfm
• #109 by rdale on 03 Oct, 2009 14:36
• KSC: STS-129 Mission: In preps for its move to the Vehicle Assembly Building Oct. 6, the orbiter transport system was rolled under Atlantis Friday
• #110 by Chris Bergin on 04 Oct, 2009 02:06
• Fleet update via L2 - including 129 updates:
  
  http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2009/10/atlantis-tracking-tuesday-rollover-two-more-ets-due-at-ksc-this-year/
• #111 by Chris Bergin on 06 Oct, 2009 10:33
• I assume the weather is ok in the local area for rollover?
• #112 by rdale on 06 Oct, 2009 11:08
• All quiet... Chance of maybe a few sprinkles this morning - any good rain wouldn't come til later today.
• #113 by Chris Bergin on 06 Oct, 2009 11:24
• Cool, thanks. Thought it was best to ask, rather than post a weather.com link
• #114 by Chris Bergin on 06 Oct, 2009 11:52
• Atlantis is moving, by the way.
• #115 by Chris Bergin on 06 Oct, 2009 12:55
• And she's in the VAB. Will have an article shortly.
• #116 by kcrick on 06 Oct, 2009 15:53
• Quote from: Chris Bergin on 06 Oct, 2009 12:55

  And she's in the VAB. Will have an article shortly.
  

  
  Thanks for the update.
  
  Kevin
• #117 by MarsMethanogen on 06 Oct, 2009 15:59
• Pictures of the roll-over just posted up on the KSC site within the last few minutes:
  
  http://mediaarchive.ksc.nasa.gov/search.cfm?cat=204
  
  (Mod edit:  Added pictures)

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• #118 by psloss on 06 Oct, 2009 15:59
• Quote from: MarsMethanogen on 06 Oct, 2009 15:59

  Pictures of the roll-over just posted up on the KSC site within the last few minutes:
  
  http://mediaarchive.ksc.nasa.gov/search.cfm?cat=204
  
  

  Video in the today's Video File coming up shortly, too.
  
  
• #119 by stockman on 06 Oct, 2009 16:09
• THanks for the heads up psloss... Only managed to catch the end but here are a few snaps for interest sake

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