From ISS Daily Report for 16/05/2010 (posting here since it’s more relevant to STS-132 than it is to Exp. 23):Atlantis docked smoothly at PMA-2 this morning, followed by hook closure, rigidizing the Shuttle-ISS linkup.
After docking, the station was reoriented by the small vernier thrusters on the Shuttle (ORB mode) to minimize the risk of MMOD impacts upon the Shuttle. [Earlier, the ISS maneuvered to docking attitude after attitude control authority was handed over from USOS Momentum Management to RS MCS (Motion Control System). After the reorientation, control returned from Shuttle ORB to USOS Momentum Management.]
Shortly before the docking, Noguchi configured the RS MCS for the automatic “PMA-2 Arrival” mode, an operational sequence used to monitor Orbiter arrival at the PMA-2. [At “Capture Confirmed”, ISS attitude was immediately set to free drift for about 30 min. to allow dampening out of the relative motions of ISS and Atlantis (with the ODS dampers/shock absorbers) plus re-align the docking ring, then maneuvered to “Mated TEA” (Torque Equilibrium Attitude) to account for the new overall configuration with Atlantis docked, which regained attitude control until handover to USOS Momentum Management.]
After leak checks of the ODS vestibule for about an hour, ISS/Shuttle hatches were opened.
After hatch opening, before installation of the ventilation airduct between station and Atlantis, Kornienko performed the standard collection of air samples with the Russian AK-1M sampler in the Orbiter.
Immediately upon hatch opening, Soichi Noguchi transferred new high-priority JAXA experiments to the JPM, unpacking the DCB (Double Coldbag) they came in and inserting Ferulate, Microbe and Fish Scale Multi Plate samples into MELFI-2.
As part of post-docking activities, Tracy Caldwell-Dyson configured the C&T (Command & Tracking) video set-up in Node 2, installing the video cap which enables pass-through reception of video from Atlantis to ISS in support of SSRMS ops.
Creamer installed the crew restraints at the Cupola RWS for the subsequent ICC-VLD transfer activities by Tracy Caldwell-Dyson & Piers Sellers. Afterwards, Soichi removed the restraints again (releasing two levers).
After CDR Ham & PLT Antonelli had moved the SRMS out of the way and into a position to observe activities with its video cameras, Tracy & Piers used the SSRMS to grapple the >8000 lbs ICC VLD in Atlantis’ cargo bay and transferred it to the POA on the MT MBS. [The MT was then moved from WS-4 (Worksite 4) to WS-6). CMG desaturation requests of the MCS were inhibited during this period.]
Tonight, Reisman (EV1) & Bowen (EV2) will begin their “campout” in the A/L, with hatch closure and depressurization of the CL (Crewlock) from 14.7 to 10.2 psi, followed by mask prebreathe and sleep. A hygiene break, with temporary repress to 14.7psi and depress back to 10.2psi, is scheduled for after wakeup.
Conjunction Update:The ISS DAM (Debris Avoidance Maneuver) was cancelled last night when further tracking data showed a stable, safe distance of the conjunction (about one hour after docking).
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Also, the first batch of RPM imagery is up!
www.spaceflight.nasa.gov/gallery/images/shuttle/sts-132/flightday03/ndxpage1.html
