Author Topic: LIVE: STS-133 Flight Day 13 (EOM-1) - FCS/RCS Checks, DTOs, Discovery Tributes (Read 121351 times)

Chris Bergin · « **Reply #141 on:** 03/08/2011 05:59 pm »

Nice work Ron. Nicole's comments were wonderful.

Chris Bergin · « **Reply #142 on:** 03/08/2011 06:00 pm »

Going to have no fingers left soon.

Ronsmytheiii · « **Reply #143 on:** 03/08/2011 06:06 pm »

Chris Bergin · « **Reply #144 on:** 03/08/2011 06:06 pm »

Josh with FD Tony.

And before you ask, myself and Tim Kopra weren't riding bikes together

Had a very successful FD13. Completed FCS checkouts, RCS hotfire, CMD and Pilot performed landing simulators on the laptops. Crew getting the vehicle ready for entry on middeck, flightdeck, airlock.

After the hotfire, RAMBO-2 DTO. Three sets of +X firings for DOD.

Later, will be doing orbit adjust for capability for second landing op.

Standard L-1 comm checks with MILA and HUDs checks. Will do same with Edwards later.

Stow Ku later, get the PLB ready.

Discovery's cleared for entry. Engineering folks did a great job, ahead of the timeline.

Comsumables for EOM+2 (Friday). Forecast is trending very well for Wednesday. Plan is only to call up KSC.

EOM+1 - Pick em day. All three sites.

2:30am Central wake up tomorrow.
7am PLBD closes.
9:30am for Deorbit go/no go.

Frandolf · « **Reply #145 on:** 03/08/2011 06:07 pm »

Just saw Discovery on the sky for a final time. Was a low but visible pass. I waved and became emotional

Edit: picture preview

John44 · « **Reply #146 on:** 03/08/2011 06:07 pm »

STS-133 - Discovery Crew Tribute Event
http://www.space-multimedia.nl.eu.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=6537

STS-133 - Interview with Mike Coats - Discoverys First Pilot
http://www.space-multimedia.nl.eu.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=6536

STS-133 - MMT Status Briefing FD 13
http://www.space-multimedia.nl.eu.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=6535

STS-133 - Media Interviews FD 13
http://www.space-multimedia.nl.eu.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=6534

STS-133 - Discovery Completes ISS Assembly
http://www.space-multimedia.nl.eu.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=6533

Davejfb · « **Reply #147 on:** 03/08/2011 06:14 pm »

Quote from: Frandolf on 03/08/2011 06:07 pm

Just saw Discovery on the sky for a final time. Was a low but visible pass. I waved and became emotional Link to the picture

Sorry for interrupting

Saw her and ISS too. Amazing. And the idea of seeing her for the last time gave tears in my eyes. Amazing! Thank you Discovery.

Back to the briefing.\

Chris Bergin · « **Reply #148 on:** 03/08/2011 06:18 pm »

Questions:

Mark on forecast.

A) Things are tracking very well. It's Florida, so it's 50/50. Thursday there's a front around the Panhandle. Concerned about Anvils off that storm.

Gina on tomorrow's decisions.

A) One of the key things was the checkouts today. Got to have a good RAD/FES checkout. Then close PLBDs and has to be successful. Then it's a case of watching the weather.

Bill on EOM+1

A) Since we only have EOM+2 consumables, EOM+1 is pick em day and we're coming down somewhere. If we think KSC is no/go we'll delay a few revs on suit up etc.

On avionics:

A) Had a little transient, secondary port bypass, recycle FCS power. ATC-1 power didn't come back. Looked at it, didn't see any shorts. Seen it before. Have four FCS channels, so even if it was still a problem, we had three other channels for repositioning the SSMEs.

On Discovery's legacy.

A) Standard answer about all this hoopla, our focus right now is to get the crew safely to the ground, then we'll sit back and talk about how wonderful this machine has been over the last 39 missions.

Robert on Discovery, MCC celebration, any cigars, cake?

A) All I have planned is a standard handshake. Even though Discovery is ending, we have two other missions.

James on weather.

A) Looks pretty good. Scattered at 3000. Scattered at 20000....other wind stuff - see the weather thread. I don't do weather

Andy Cox with the weather channel - you can guess my question

A) Thursday will be looking at all three landing sites on their weather. If KSC doesn't look good first few ops....but the number one goal is KSC. If not, we'll go down the line. Edwards may still be the only one we need to bring up.

Over

Aobrien · « **Reply #149 on:** 03/08/2011 06:23 pm »

MaxQ, you guys have some competition...
I felt this was a very great video and in HD
Not sure if this has already been seen but I haven't found a link.

Chris Bergin · « **Reply #150 on:** 03/08/2011 06:27 pm »

MaxQ are undefeatable. That is all

Chris Bergin · « **Reply #151 on:** 03/08/2011 06:27 pm »

Orbit Adjust next I believe.

Aobrien · « **Reply #152 on:** 03/08/2011 06:29 pm »

Quote from: Chris Bergin on 03/08/2011 06:27 pm

MaxQ are undefeatable. That is all

Haha not to go too far off topic but, yes I know! looking forward to their video and most of all their documentary type video coming in the future.

Back on topic, weather is looking great for a landing tomorrow. I will sadly be on my way to school at time of landing so I may or may not catch it

Chris Bergin · « **Reply #153 on:** 03/08/2011 06:29 pm »

Some comm checks first.

jsmjr · « **Reply #154 on:** 03/08/2011 06:29 pm »

Hmm, I just realized there was a specific thread for these kind of comments:

Quote from: jsmjr on 03/08/2011 12:02 am

As a sweet bookend to our launch trip, just caught a sighting of ISS and Discovery flying over Washington, D.C. I was on my rooftop.

Photos here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jsmjr/5507301145/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jsmjr/5507900032/

It was a nice long four minute transit. Anyone know how far apart they are now? (Approx 7pm EST)

Any geometry gurus have an idea about that last question (separation distance)?

Chris Bergin · « **Reply #155 on:** 03/08/2011 06:33 pm »

We changed the plan for that specific thread (sorry, I should have locked it) and thought it would be best to have sightings in the actual FD thread - because people looking back in years to come would naturally go to specific FD threads/days.

Kinda like "I saw Discovery after she had undocked for the final time, on her final flight, and I took a photo" posts belong in here for historic reasons.

Merged it into here

John44 · « **Reply #156 on:** 03/08/2011 06:41 pm »

STS-133 - Mission Status Briefing FD 13
http://www.space-multimedia.nl.eu.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=6538

Chris Bergin · « **Reply #157 on:** 03/08/2011 06:58 pm »

TIG is two minutes away for the orbit adjust.

Chris Bergin · « **Reply #158 on:** 03/08/2011 06:59 pm »

Good config for the burn.

Quaxo76 · « **Reply #159 on:** 03/08/2011 07:02 pm »

Hello all,
I live in Italy, near Rome, and I have a list of all sighting opportunities for my area. Just about an hour and a half ago (19:15 CET) there was a great pass, almost overhead, of Discovery followed closely by the ISS. I went out to a nearby hill to see and photograph it, as I have done several times before, but this time the Shuttle was very different. Instead of being just a bright dot, it had a very definite halo around it, and a tail - it looked exactly like a very bright comet. I had never seen anything like that before... I'm sure it wasn't some atmospheric haze because the ISS was a perfect dot, no halo whatsoever. At first I panicked because I thought it was reentering, but obviously it's not so. So, I think I was seeing the engines' plume... Can it be? What burn was it? If not, what else can it be? I'm sure I wasn't imagining things (I also have photos o prove it, though of course they were long exposures so the spacecrafts are streaks, not dots)...

Thanks in advance,
Cristian