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#80
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ChrisGebhardt
on 14 Feb, 2011 12:23
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Is the mission duration 12+0+2 ? or 11+1+2 ?
According to the latest documents it is 11+1+2 .
No, it's a 12+0+2 mission with 1 EVA.
And funding would be allocated from other departments within the agency if need be.
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#81
by
steveS
on 03 Mar, 2011 12:53
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In NASA HUMANSPACEFLIGHT website, there are pictures of Rex Walheim and Sandy Magnus practicing in the NBL (STS-135 mission gallery). However, NASA site says the spacewalk during STS-135 will be performed by the ISS crew. Hence, can some one explain why Rex and Sandy are training as well?
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#82
by
psloss
on 03 Mar, 2011 13:11
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In NASA HUMANSPACEFLIGHT website, there are pictures of Rex Walheim and Sandy Magnus practicing in the NBL (STS-135 mission gallery). However, NASA site says the spacewalk during STS-135 will be performed by the ISS crew. Hence, can some one explain why Rex and Sandy are training as well?
Contingency Shuttle EVA cases, like manually closing the payload bay doors.
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#83
by
kcrick
on 03 Mar, 2011 16:03
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I posted some images on STS-134's processing thread originally of the crawler picking up STS-133's MLP, but since it will be used for STS-135, here it is being moved off of LC39A.
Kevin
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#84
by
kcrick
on 03 Mar, 2011 16:26
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#85
by
kcrick
on 03 Mar, 2011 16:50
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... and moving and moving...
Kevin
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#86
by
rdale
on 04 Mar, 2011 13:14
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So now both remaining MLP's are each being prepared for their final launches in over 50 years of service. :-(
Are they being disassembled after launch? I thought they were going to be held for future vehicles?
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#87
by
JayP
on 04 Mar, 2011 13:34
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So now both remaining MLP's are each being prepared for their final launches in over 50 years of service. :-(
Are they being disassembled after launch? I thought they were going to be held for future vehicles?
The simple answer is that there is no current plans to demo the MLPs.
The complex one is that is a HUGE question that has the potential to create one of the famous flaming threads around here. It involves things like will there be a future vehicle, how long before this vehicle comes into existence and how much in common with the STS will it be. It should probably be in a different section.
Edit: I just remembered, the construction of the MLs started in '64. they aren't quite 50 years old yet.
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#88
by
rdale
on 04 Mar, 2011 13:37
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Thanks - I didn't want to start that discussion, I just was concerned because of the "last launch ever" comment and hoping I didn't miss something
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#89
by
Oystein
on 05 Mar, 2011 00:50
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I thought there is 3 MLP's. One inside VAB for the STS-134 mission, one for the STS-133 mission (Which is supporting the STS-135 mission?) and one outside VAB.
Why isn't the one outside VAB in use?
Here are some pictures I took of the MLP moving back from LC-39A after the STS-133 launch.
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#90
by
Ford Mustang
on 05 Mar, 2011 01:04
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Great shots, that MLP sure has a big scale to it, guess that's visible after seeing it "up close" on the gantry.
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#91
by
Oystein
on 05 Mar, 2011 01:11
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Great shots, that MLP sure has a big scale to it, guess that's visible after seeing it "up close" on the gantry.
Thanks. And you're absolutely right about me being at level 2 on the LC-39 gantry.
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#92
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JayP
on 05 Mar, 2011 01:46
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Why isn't the one outside VAB in use?
There are three MLPs. The one at the west refurb site, MLP-1, is the one used for the ARES I-X test launch. They haven't reversed the modifications done to it for that test.
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#93
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Chris Bergin
on 05 Mar, 2011 23:18
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Nice work with the photos, Oystein - thanks for sharing!
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#94
by
Space Pete
on 07 Mar, 2011 20:53
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#95
by
robertross
on 07 Mar, 2011 22:38
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#96
by
nathan.moeller
on 08 Mar, 2011 00:43
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Why isn't the one outside VAB in use?
It was used for the Ares I-X launch in October 2009 and was retired afterward.
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#97
by
Space Pete
on 08 Mar, 2011 20:56
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The following is from the Facebook page of Ed Rezac, who is an EVA/EVR Systems Engineer on the Space Servicing Capabilities Project at GSFC, and is posted with his kind permission. Thanks, Ed!
Kudos to the awesome team from the Goddard Space Flight Center's Space Servicing Capabilities Project! The Robotic Refueling Mission (RRM) payload was loaded on the truck this morning for the trip to the Kennedy Space Center, where we will perform the final preparations for space flight. We are riding with STS-135, the last Space Shuttle mission, to the ISS where we will conduct the first-ever on-orbit robotic satellite servicing tasks. Welcome to a new era of working in space!
www.facebook.com/erezac
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#98
by
Ronsmytheiii
on 17 Mar, 2011 14:17
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Working on the Rafaello in the SSPF:
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#99
by
Chris Bergin
on 21 Mar, 2011 02:57
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