LIVE: STS-132 Flight Day 2 - TPS Inspections and Rendezvous Prep

• LIVE: STS-132 Flight Day 2 - TPS Inspections and Rendezvous Prep by Chris Bergin on 15 May, 2010 06:50
• LIVE and interactive coverage of STS-132's Flight Day 2:
  
  
  STS-132 Mission Outlines/Pre-Launch:
  http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/tag/sts-132/
  
  Previous Article:
  http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2010/05/sts-132-launch-live1/
  
  FD2 article:
  After a Storied 25-years, Atlantis Celebrates One Final Time in Orbit - by Chris Gebhardt:
  http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2010/05/25-years-atlantis-celebrates-final-time-orbit/
  
  
  FD2: TPS Inspection and Rendezvous Prep
  – FD2 TPS Inspections (OBSS, OMS Pod Digital)
  – NC2 & NC3
  – EMU Checkout
  – C/L Camera Install, Docking Ring extension, Rendezvous Tool C/O
  
  Please note, this is interactive, but all posts need to be on topic. If you post images, no more than two per post.

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• #1 by Chris Bergin on 15 May, 2010 07:01
• NTV Schedule:

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• #2 by Chris Bergin on 15 May, 2010 07:26
• An hour to wake up, NTV reviewing highlights of yesterday, including the accent banter with Piers and the lovely comments between Mike L and Commander Ken on Atlantis coming out of the hold.
  
  Shame PAO couldn't drop the PC handbook with the "it" at launch, especially as that's probably the only 10 seconds that ever makes the main news channels. Little things make ALL the difference.
• #3 by Chris Bergin on 15 May, 2010 07:52
• And we're back off replays.

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• #4 by Chris Bergin on 15 May, 2010 08:15

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• #5 by Chris Bergin on 15 May, 2010 08:25
• Wake up for Ken.
  
  Song "You're my home" - by Billy Joel (didn't sound like one of his!)
  
  

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• #6 by dawei on 15 May, 2010 08:28
• Crew reports a printer problem.  Troubleshooting now.
• #7 by mtakala24 on 15 May, 2010 08:32
• why don't we print the execute package for them? oh wait..nevermind.
• #8 by racshot65 on 15 May, 2010 08:43
• Crew saying formatting is messed up on the document only printing on top half of the page
  
  1st page is fine
  
  Page 2-4, only right hand side printed, left hand side is blank
  
  

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• #9 by Chris Bergin on 15 May, 2010 09:02
• Over 50mb of downloaded hi res ET photography into L2. Tank looks very clean One or two items of interest, but very clean.
• #10 by mtakala24 on 15 May, 2010 09:14
• FD2 execute package has been posted: http://www.nasa.gov/pdf/454279main_FD02.pdf
• #11 by arkaska on 15 May, 2010 09:32
• Orbit 1 team on console and they are still having some printer problem.
• #12 by Ronsmytheiii on 15 May, 2010 09:32
• Orbit one shift now on console, still no joy on the printer

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• #13 by Chris Bergin on 15 May, 2010 09:32
• Lead Shift now on console.

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• #14 by Ronsmytheiii on 15 May, 2010 09:36
• NC2 burn delayed 10 minutes so that a separate planar burn does not have to happen
• #15 by Ronsmytheiii on 15 May, 2010 09:40
• 1 day 4 hours of cryo margins due to on time launch
• #16 by Ronsmytheiii on 15 May, 2010 09:43
• Garrett setup to downlink minicam footage (forward window view of launch)
• #17 by wally on 15 May, 2010 09:44
• Ok, here's a really noob question, but what does -ZLV -XVV stands for, from the attached image of Chris' first post?
• #18 by Ronsmytheiii on 15 May, 2010 09:48
• working interconnect from OMS to RCS in work
• #19 by Ronsmytheiii on 15 May, 2010 09:55
• No imu star of opportunity align not needed today, Scorch talking about what can be done early