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#460
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Orbiter
on 28 Jun, 2011 12:46
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From NASA via Facebook
STS-135 is a 12 day mission but there is a desire to save enough power to add another day for cargo transfer to/from the station. If Atlantis launches on the first day and by powering down the Multi-Purpose Logistics Module heater, that is possible.
Orbiter
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#461
by
LostInSpace
on 28 Jun, 2011 12:53
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Launch preps continue today. The port-o-potties have been delivered to the causeway this morning. ;-)
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#462
by
msc
on 28 Jun, 2011 14:38
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Launch preps continue today. The port-o-potties have been delivered to the causeway this morning. ;-)
LOL!! I guess that makes the July 8th date official!!
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#463
by
Chris Bergin
on 28 Jun, 2011 14:40
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Remember, the @NASA twitter feed is using a PAO inside the Agency FRR. Will be smooth sailing and a July 8 date announced later.
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#464
by
ChrisGebhardt
on 28 Jun, 2011 15:19
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NSF DINNER information before the launch of STS-135/Atlantis has been posted in its own thread! Please follow the instructions laid out in my post at the following link. It is very, very important you provide all the information I request and send it through a PM!
http://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=25713.0HOORAY!!!!!!!!!!
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#465
by
spaceradiotv
on 28 Jun, 2011 16:37
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I always wondered about how they put the payload into the payload bay on the pad. I mean they bring it to the pad in a container, raise the container into the RSS. Close the RSS against the Atlantis. Open the payload bay doors.
But then what? Does it just slide into the bay, does it get turned around first? Does part of the container go into also? Etc...
Thanks!
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#466
by
D.A.
on 28 Jun, 2011 17:07
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I always wondered about how they put the payload into the payload bay on the pad. I mean they bring it to the pad in a container, raise the container into the RSS. Close the RSS against the Atlantis. Open the payload bay doors.
But then what? Does it just slide into the bay, does it get turned around first? Does part of the container go into also? Etc...
Thanks!
From another thread:
OK, I was watching them load an MPLM into a canister. The entire canister doesn't slot into the Shuttle payload bay as-is, does it? It looks like it does, and it also looks too heavy to do it that way.
So how do they do it?
The payload canister does not go inside the Orbiter. The canister is basically a duplicate of the payload bay and is only used to transport the payload out to the pad. Once at the pad the payload is removed from the canister and placed in the Payload Changeout Room. The empty canister is removed from the pad, the RSS is mated, and the payload is transferred from the PCR to the Orbiter.
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#467
by
spaceradiotv
on 28 Jun, 2011 17:22
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My next question would be how are the payloads actually moved? for instance in the canister they are placed and spaced exactly as they will be in the payload bay. So they must be on some kind of racks. So are the payloads and racks moved together into the RSS so the canister can be removed?
Then how are they moved into the payload bay, is the whole thing just slid across into the bay and then bolted down? Are the racks or whatever they are attached to removed for flight or do they become part of the payload bay for flight or not? This has perplexed me for decades. I've never been able to find anything on the web that went into details about this.
After following the Shuttle program for +30 years this has remained the greatest mystery to me!
Thanks again for the info.
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#468
by
aquarius
on 28 Jun, 2011 17:23
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The post-FRR presser NET 3:30 pm EDT.
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#469
by
Mapperuo
on 28 Jun, 2011 17:33
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My next question would be how are the payloads actually moved? for instance in the canister they are placed and spaced exactly as they will be in the payload bay. So they must be on some kind of racks. So are the payloads and racks moved together into the RSS so the canister can be removed?
Then how are they moved into the payload bay, is the whole thing just slid across into the bay and then bolted down? Are the racks or whatever they are attached to removed for flight or do they become part of the payload bay for flight or not? This has perplexed me for decades. I've never been able to find anything on the web that went into details about this.
After following the Shuttle program for +30 years this has remained the greatest mystery to me!
Thanks again for the info.
This photo from the Kennedy library may explain better. It's inside the RSS.
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#470
by
spaceradiotv
on 28 Jun, 2011 17:42
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OK, I do get it now. that "white beam" with numbers on it takes the payload out, holds it, then after canister removal, puts the payload into bay. Many thanks for this info. No more mysteries left for me (that I know of). Tom
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#471
by
djterry11
on 28 Jun, 2011 18:08
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I always wondered about how they put the payload into the payload bay on the pad. I mean they bring it to the pad in a container, raise the container into the RSS. Close the RSS against the Atlantis. Open the payload bay doors.
But then what? Does it just slide into the bay, does it get turned around first? Does part of the container go into also? Etc...
Thanks!
I'm so glad I wasn't the only one
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#472
by
Chris Bergin
on 28 Jun, 2011 18:28
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Remember, we have a Shuttle Q&A section
FRR about to approve July 8. PAO will tweet it at @NASA.
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#473
by
Chris Bergin
on 28 Jun, 2011 18:52
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And there's the expected confirmation of July 8 via the Agency FRR.
Post FRR presser at 3:30pm. If someone could cover, I'm still writing an article
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#474
by
racshot65
on 28 Jun, 2011 18:55
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And there's the expected confirmation of July 8 via the Agency FRR.
Post FRR presser at 3:30pm. If someone could cover, I'm still writing an article
I've got it
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#475
by
Chris Bergin
on 28 Jun, 2011 18:56
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And there's the expected confirmation of July 8 via the Agency FRR.
Post FRR presser at 3:30pm. If someone could cover, I'm still writing an article
I've got it
Nice one, thanks!
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#476
by
Space Pete
on 28 Jun, 2011 18:57
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#477
by
racshot65
on 28 Jun, 2011 18:58
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KSC PAO has released some images from inside the FRR - very unusual! 
http://mediaarchive.ksc.nasa.gov/search.cfm?cat=226
Knowledge test: How many NASA managers you name from face only in the photos?
There was discussion of this FRR being filmed, wasn't there ?
Wonder if it happened
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#478
by
racshot65
on 28 Jun, 2011 19:30
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#479
by
shuttlefanatic
on 28 Jun, 2011 19:49
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KSC PAO has released some images from inside the FRR - very unusual!
http://mediaarchive.ksc.nasa.gov/search.cfm?cat=226
Knowledge test: How many NASA managers you name from face only in the photos?
Cool; somehow different from the way I imagined the FRR to look. I can only name 4, plus a couple that look vaguely familiar (and I didn't see Mike Moses or Leinbach in the photos unless they were hiding). Where's the cheat sheet?
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