LIVE: STS-135 Flight Day 3 - RNDZ, RPM, ISS Docking

• #440 by robertross on 10 Jul, 2011 18:21
• Sandy's voice sounds hurried, but it's just normal for her I guess.

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• #441 by robertross on 10 Jul, 2011 18:22
• Atlantis' arm in motion

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• #442 by robertross on 10 Jul, 2011 18:23
• At the pre-hand-off position.
  Go for OBSS hand-off
• #443 by robertross on 10 Jul, 2011 18:24
• Go to open Cupola shutters
• #444 by robertross on 10 Jul, 2011 18:27
• Hand controller calibration is complete
• #445 by robertross on 10 Jul, 2011 18:30
• Having video signal issue with video camera in Cupola: getting a blue screen
• #446 by Chris Bergin on 10 Jul, 2011 18:35
• Article:
  
  STS-135: Atlantis docks with the ISS – WLEIDS review on RCC panels - by Chris Gebhardt (WLEIDS) and me (status)
  
  http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2011/07/sts-135-atlantis-docks-iss-wleids-review-rcc-panels/
  
  And yes, those three RPM images are STS-135. We've already got several hundred super hi res (up to several megabytes each) on L2 now
• #447 by LendMeYourYears on 10 Jul, 2011 18:37
• Quote from: robertross on 10 Jul, 2011 18:21

  Sandy's voice sounds hurried, but it's just normal for her I guess.
  

  
  LOL... you bet. She was visiting academic at the Raman Research Institute, in Bangalore quite a few years ago now, but I still recall it vividly because of all the old seasoned academics breaking into a sweat while attempting to walk at her pace.
• #448 by GoForTLI on 10 Jul, 2011 18:37
• Paging Aaron.

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• #449 by racshot65 on 10 Jul, 2011 18:44
• Quote from: GoForTLI on 10 Jul, 2011 18:37

  Paging Aaron.
  

  
  Awesome, thanks
• #450 by robertross on 10 Jul, 2011 18:48

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• #451 by GoForTLI on 10 Jul, 2011 18:55
• Robotics kicking off.  SSRMS in motion.

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• #452 by GoForTLI on 10 Jul, 2011 18:58
• SSRMS now at the pre-grapple position.

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• #453 by psloss on 10 Jul, 2011 18:59
• Can see they're feeding Shuttle video through to Station now...
  

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• #454 by GoForTLI on 10 Jul, 2011 19:00
• Now driving the SSRMS in for grapple of the OBSS. 

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• #455 by GoForTLI on 10 Jul, 2011 19:03
• ...and here comes the grapple!
  
  (Just lost Ku, into SSV now.)
  
  EDIT: Grapple confirmed. 

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• #456 by psloss on 10 Jul, 2011 19:04

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• #457 by GoForTLI on 10 Jul, 2011 19:06
• Nice split-screen of the OBSS.
  
  (Philip you have a split-screen of the split-screen so my hat's off to you!)

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• #458 by GoForTLI on 10 Jul, 2011 19:14

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• #459 by psloss on 10 Jul, 2011 19:14

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