Well Orbit 2 are now on console (must have been a handover period before).
Charlie thanks them again for coming in early on their holiday.
(And sure is a big holiday it seems, the site is about 40 percent down on a normal Thursday - and this is during a mission).
Very nice twilight pass over center Italy a few minutes ago: ISS followed by Atlantis a few seconds behind.
I waved hello :-D
TPS officially cleared for entry by DAT.
Huzzah! It's Sir Rob of Navias on the PAO console now.
Ha!!! They have a turkey icon in the ISS control room to mark the station's position!
Preview of the Soyuz landing, in sub zero (English money) temps. First Soyuz landing in December since 1990.
Brian -
Big news is the TPS has been cleared for entry. All 38 thrusters checked out during RCS checkout.
Good for EOM+3.
Friday: KSC only - weather looking great.
Saturday: All three CONUS.
Sunday: Systems wave off day.
12:28 Central wake up tomorrow. 3:43 deorbit preps. 5am PLBD closure.
Gina asking if they are having entry DTO on Atlantis (The BLT DTO - no).
Bill Harwood in no question shocker!
Marcia asking about Thankgiving, where the turkey came from - Brian doesn't look at menus
Going to dump the CWC to test the plumbing in the Waste Water system - they will do a IFM tomorrow if they wave off.
James Dean on Weather.
Brian - things are looking good, headwinds are the only thing they are watching.
James wants to know what consumables are.
LiOH. Cryos for FC (15 hours above three days). Water, nitrogen. LiOH is the limiter.
Brian a bit baffled about being asked about what the shuttle endures during entry.
Two ops to land at KSC Friday and Saturday.
End of MSB.
Sunday: Systems wave off day.
Never seen this before, what does it mean?
Looks good for a first attempts landing tomorrow. When was the last time the shuttle had a first attempt launched and a first attempt landing?
Sunday: Systems wave off day.
Never seen this before, what does it mean?
Looks good for a first attempts landing tomorrow. When was the last time the shuttle had a first attempt launched and a first attempt landing?
It's a reserve day in case they can't do the deorbit burn on the previous attempts - say via a GPC issue etc.
180 mins from Ku retract.
Survey of the PLB ongoing.
Preview of the Soyuz landing, in sub zero (English money) temps. First Soyuz landing in December since 1990.
RE: sub zero temps....no problem for a Canadian astronaut like Bob Thirsk, eh ??..
