LIVE: STS-132 Flight Day 3 - RPM, Docking, ICC-VLD Robotic Install, EVA-1 Prep

• LIVE: STS-132 Flight Day 3 - RPM, Docking, ICC-VLD Robotic Install, EVA-1 Prep by Chris Bergin on 16 May, 2010 05:33
• LIVE and interactive coverage of STS-132's Flight Day 3:
  
  STS-132 Mission Outlines/Pre-Launch:
  http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/tag/sts-132/
  
  Previous Articles:
  http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2010/05/sts-132-launch-live1/
  
  http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2010/05/25-years-atlantis-celebrates-final-time-orbit/
  
  
  FD3 article:
  http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2010/05/sts-132-atlantis-sunday-docking-extremely-clean-et-136/
  
  
  
  FD3: Docking, ICC-VLD Robotic Install, EVA1 Prep
  – Rendezvous & Docking (Sunday, May 16, 2010)
  • Docking: MET 01/20:00:00 ; GMT 136/14:20:00; CDT 09:20 a.m.
  – Downlink of RPM photos via ISS assets
  – ICC-VLD extraction from the payload bay and install on POA (SSRMS based on LAB)
  – UROKO (‘fish scales’) sample prep
  – EVA1 Prep, STS O2 for Pre-Breathe, Campout (Reisman and Bowen)
  – SSRMS walkoff and MT Translate to WS 6 overnight
  – N2 Transfer
  
  
  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 16 May, 2010 05:38
• NTV Schedule.
  
  Note I'm going to be away from the site for two parts of Sunday (1) wakeup/post sleep and 2) post docking, I'll be around at all other times) - the latter period won't be a problem, so any help for the crew wake up/post sleep by way of coverage would be appreciated.

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• #2 by arkaska on 16 May, 2010 06:53
• Wake up for ISS crew
• #3 by arkaska on 16 May, 2010 07:21
• Wake up!
• #4 by arkaska on 16 May, 2010 07:22
• Sweet Home Alabama by Lynyrd Skynyrd for Tony Antonelli
  
  
• #5 by arkaska on 16 May, 2010 07:30
• Crew is preparing for a water-dump.
• #6 by cb6785 on 16 May, 2010 07:49
• Execute Package FD3:
  
  http://www.nasa.gov/pdf/454481main_FD03.pdf
• #7 by marshallsplace on 16 May, 2010 08:40
• Live view:

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• #8 by arkaska on 16 May, 2010 09:00
• Water dump is underway
• #9 by arkaska on 16 May, 2010 09:05
• ISS cameras are being rotated to start looking for Atlantis.

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• #10 by arkaska on 16 May, 2010 09:20
• NH burn coming up in a few minutes
  
  Atlantis in the upright position for the burn.

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• #11 by arkaska on 16 May, 2010 09:21
• Good config for burn
• #12 by arkaska on 16 May, 2010 09:22
• Burn underway
  1min 24s burn

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• #13 by Hungry4info3 on 16 May, 2010 09:24
• Good burn. No trim.
• #14 by arkaska on 16 May, 2010 09:24
• Good burn no trim required
• #15 by arkaska on 16 May, 2010 09:27
• Next burn is the NC4 burn in a little less than a hour
• #16 by arkaska on 16 May, 2010 09:31
• Lot of traffic there with the Shuttle, ISS and Progress M04-M

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• #17 by arkaska on 16 May, 2010 09:34
• They are having some printer problems today as well.
• #18 by arkaska on 16 May, 2010 09:36
• They saw a large repress on left OMS
  
  Going to do remaining burns on bravo reg only
• #19 by arkaska on 16 May, 2010 09:45
• 23 min to NC4 a 1min 3s burn
  
  Coming up on a 4 min LOS