Something just occurred to me the other day:
Attached to the Rassvet Module that Atlantis just delivered, is an experiment airlock and a radiator intended for the MLM, which is tentatively scheduled for launch in December 2011.
The Russians have stated that if NASA plans to deorbit its segment in 2016 or 2020, they intend to integrate certain parts of the RS into a new station called OPSEK. One of the main components of OPSEK will be the MLM, which, of course, will include the airlock and radiator delivered by Atlantis.
If this plays out as described (and it is too early to know for sure that it will), I believe that will mean that Atlantis will have been the only shuttle in history to have delivered components to two space stations on a single flight.
Just thought that was worth mentioning.
Actually it was after the landing when the APUs were switched off. Such a poignant moment. 
I think that's the first time I can recall actually hearing them shut down, one after another. Even the PAO referred to them as "powerful engines" (or motors). I noticed that, as it seemed to publicly raise the level of their importance.
And one final tweet from Chris G.
"@CwG_NSF And just like that Atlantis slips into her OPF one last time"
Will Atlantis be powered up electrically at any point now, or have they already turned off the switches for the final time?
- Ed Kyle
Will Atlantis be powered up electrically at any point now, or have they already turned off the switches for the final time?
The former; still have to progress down the road of processing for STS-335, and there's still the standard system functional testing/checkouts for that flow, even if not all of it is completed.
All photos are awesome in Space Pete's world
All photos are awesome in Space Pete's world
True!
Send me a photo of nothing more than a screw floating in zero-G, and I'll proclaim it "awesome"!
STS-132: Atlantis taxis from SLF to OPF - 91.7mb, Right Click, Save As.
2 hours of footage in 3 minutes. 5 or 10 minutes just seemed too long. If you're interested in the 2 hours of footage, PM me.
This question may have been asked and answered elsewhere but, does anyone know a source for Shuttle mission highlight DVD's? I seem to recall seeing them in the past, but for the life of me I can't find a reference.
Hope y'all can assist!
STS-132: Atlantis taxis from SLF to OPF - 91.7mb, Right Click, Save As.
2 hours of footage in 3 minutes. 5 or 10 minutes just seemed too long. If you're interested in the 2 hours of footage, PM me.
Awesome (oops, I said it again) video!
It looks as though the people walking underneath & alongside Atlantis are standing on an invisible platform, as both them and Atlantis move at the same rate!
And at the end, where you see Atlantis near OPF-1, it looks as though the KSC workers are scuttling around her like ants!
Thanks for posting!
STS-132: Atlantis taxis from SLF to OPF - 91.7mb, Right Click, Save As.
2 hours of footage in 3 minutes. 5 or 10 minutes just seemed too long. If you're interested in the 2 hours of footage, PM me.
That was sweet! Thanks!!!
I don't know what was funnier: the cars zipping around & doing 180's like that little robot in front of Chewie on Star Wars, or when the cars pile up & stop, then lurch ahead behind the orbiter.
Q: "What is your job?"
A: "I walk my orbiter home as it is towed back to the processing facility"
nice.
System management displays
specifically?
GPC MEMORY on IDPs 1 and 2.
SM SYS SUMM 1 on IDP 3.
