LIVE: STS-132 Flight Day 13 - EOM - RE-ENTRY and LANDING

• #40 by Ronsmytheiii on 26 May, 2010 10:12
• looking pretty favorable for this opportunity, weather is still the main factor, looking like a good chance of landing
  
  STA has taken off
• #41 by Ronsmytheiii on 26 May, 2010 10:18
• complete up to block 18, working it right now RESET C/W

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• #42 by Ronsmytheiii on 26 May, 2010 10:26
• I think this is the HYTIRM plane, has taken off from Corpus Christi:
  
  http://flightaware.com/live/flight/NASA500
• #43 by Ronsmytheiii on 26 May, 2010 10:34
• Space Meteorology Group talking with MCC about the weather for this landing
• #44 by Ronsmytheiii on 26 May, 2010 10:38
• working item 16 ENT MIDDECK CONFIG, go to fluid load

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• #45 by Nephi on 26 May, 2010 10:39
• Go for fluid loading.
• #46 by Chris Bergin on 26 May, 2010 10:41
• Manual deselecting the L3D thruster (the troublesome one) due to all left RCS firing as a by product of the load.
• #47 by Chris Bergin on 26 May, 2010 10:44
• Quote from: Chris Bergin on 26 May, 2010 10:41

  Manual deselecting the L3D thruster (the troublesome one) due to all left RCS firing as a by product of the load.
  

  
  http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2010/05/atlantis-undocks-from-iss-potential-thruster-heater-failure-workaround/

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• #48 by Ronsmytheiii on 26 May, 2010 10:44
• View from SLF tower:
  
  http://twitpic.com/1r76la

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• #49 by Ronsmytheiii on 26 May, 2010 10:45
• Atlantis possibly starting the last orbit of her life

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• #50 by Chris Bergin on 26 May, 2010 10:46
• PAO Josh "If it's a go for the deorbit burn, this will be Atlantis' last ever orbit of Earth".
• #51 by Ronsmytheiii on 26 May, 2010 10:50
• From Flight Director Ed Van Cise of the Space Station Flight control room:
  
  "we may see Deorbit TIG and Entry Interface but the rest will be out of sight behind us" (in reference to seeing Atlantis from the station truss cameras)
  
  http://twitter.com/Carbon_Flight
• #52 by Ronsmytheiii on 26 May, 2010 10:55
• TDRS handover, KSC is looking sunny

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• #53 by Ronsmytheiii on 26 May, 2010 11:04
• Gimbal checks in work

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• #54 by Ronsmytheiii on 26 May, 2010 11:06
• Working APU prestart, go to reload targets, weather is observed go, forecast go
• #55 by Ronsmytheiii on 26 May, 2010 11:12
• polling go/no go for entry
• #56 by Ronsmytheiii on 26 May, 2010 11:13
• Go for deorbit burn, left OMS helium alpha to closed
• #57 by Chris Bergin on 26 May, 2010 11:14
• Ha, you could hear a "wooo" at the back end of the confirmation for the burn.
• #58 by Ronsmytheiii on 26 May, 2010 11:16
• STA flyby at the SLF: http://www.twitvid.com/I5T3C
• #59 by Nephi on 26 May, 2010 11:17
• Deorbit burn will last 3 minutes and 5 seconds