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#100
by
robertross
on 17 Jul, 2011 18:10
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#101
by
Stardust9906
on 17 Jul, 2011 18:32
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#102
by
Mapperuo
on 17 Jul, 2011 18:41
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What fun.
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#103
by
Stardust9906
on 17 Jul, 2011 18:46
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#104
by
robertross
on 17 Jul, 2011 18:46
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MSB to start in any moment
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#105
by
Stardust9906
on 17 Jul, 2011 18:47
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#106
by
racshot65
on 17 Jul, 2011 18:48
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#107
by
robertross
on 17 Jul, 2011 18:51
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#108
by
Stardust9906
on 17 Jul, 2011 18:53
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#109
by
robertross
on 17 Jul, 2011 19:05
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Phillip asking about TVIS gyro! (great, I was wondering about that)
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#110
by
robertross
on 17 Jul, 2011 19:08
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Question about knowing how much mass they are returning
A: "rounding is not in our DNA down here"
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#111
by
robertross
on 17 Jul, 2011 19:16
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Instrumentation and communication officers for this flight
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#112
by
racshot65
on 17 Jul, 2011 19:17
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Chris Edelen
A busy day in space
Reached a key milestone – MPLM was closed out, all the cargo has been transferred over. Today they packed it with all the return cargo
Delivered 9403lbs of cargo to station
Returning 5666lbs inside MPLM
Installed the control and power assemblies, will be used tomorrow to drive the bolts to release the MPLM
Flew up 2000lbs in the middeck, 84% complete with transfer, have positive margins on timeline
Transferring science samples, transferred a glacier from the shuttle to station and bringing an old one back full of science samples
Ron removed a mass spectrometer that samples the air – it’s been broken for about 2 weeks and its now on the middeck for return
Sergey performed work on the treadmill, he removed a gyro and its now on the middeck
Installed a new gyro and control module, the treadmill works fine now
Tomorrow
Returning MPLM to payload bay
Completing middeck transfers a
Closing hatch
Questions
Q: Anything still under evaluation for return?
A: Have closed out most of the paperwork for return, considering grabbing a few extra camera lenses and a laser range finder
Q: Whats in the MPLM?
A: Lots of foam, general trash and broken items
Q: What did the crew do in there off duty time?
A: They worked through most of there off duty time, getting the MPLM loaded was a big job and we don’t have any spare time tomorrow. Generally in off duty time they look out the copula, call home, listen to music and hang out
Q: Are you repairing and returning the mass spectrometer?
A: No plans to refly it, want to understand why it failed. Have 2 others on station that aren’t functioning either so were relying on Russian equipment. Have 1 that may be functional on station but we don’t want to risk using it until we know why the others failed.
Q: How have you been deciding what to bring back and repair?
A: Rons EMU was a tight fit, he reported some trouble during the EVA with being able to move his arm, were concerned it may have been due to a faulty bearing in the joint. We examined the suit and it is fine. His suit is in the shuttle incase its required for an EVA. Were replacing it with a new one with a 3-6 year life span.
Q: Is the mood in MCC different?
A: We’ve been very busy and most of the time were talking to the crew and replanning the time line. I had a dream I was looking at Atlantis and the earth below and when I woke up I realised I need to savour these moments and I told the team to do so also. Were looking forward to commercial vehicles coming to station.
Q: Can you upload video updates on the soccer to station?
A: We routinely provide video to the crew, they tell the crew on the ground what they want. I expect the game will be sent up. The crew are busy tomorrow they won’t be watching it then, they better not watch it tonight either.
Q: What happened with the TVIS troubleshooting? (Philip!)
A: 2 days ago we replaced the gyro and that didn’t fix the issue. So yesterday he replaced the vibration isolation system controller which was the next component upstream when he replaced the VIS controller it fixed the issue. Were returning the failed VIS controller and the gryo that was previously failed in April. Talked about if we needed to bring the gyro back, when it failed the crew reported a grinding sound and it spun down quickly. We can repair bearings in orbit but it’s messy so we’ll do it on the ground.
Q: How do you get such a precise figure for down mass?
A: We are NASA so we do work in exact numbers rounding isn’t in our DNA. Every item on station is tracked with our database. We need to know mass and volume to launch items.
Q: Any thoughts on the role shuttle has played keeping ISS supplied?
A: It couldn’t have been built with the shuttle, MPLM’s have let us bring up big rack units and now its all up there and we have lots of spares. The ISS program is in good shape for the retirement on the shuttle. We do need commercial providers to be brought online next year, it will be essential. If they fail then the program will need to find another source for supplies or scale back crew / science.
Q: Talk about downmass?
A: Dragon can bring back supplies like science samples, multiple vehicles can get rid of trash.
Q: Will the closing ceremony tomorrow be hard to watch, is this the last time we will see more than 6 people on station?
A: Expect when commercial vehicles provide crew transport we will see 6 or more people on station. We have the docking ports to support it. The ceremony will be poignant. Seeing the shuttle retire is like seeing a good friend retire. Were looking forward to moving into the utilisation phase.
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#113
by
robertross
on 17 Jul, 2011 19:18
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That's some quick typing there Aaron, thanks!
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#114
by
robertross
on 17 Jul, 2011 19:19
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Flight day highlights coming up at 4pm eastern
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#115
by
chksix
on 17 Jul, 2011 20:11
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US-Japan 1-0 right now
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#116
by
marsavian
on 17 Jul, 2011 20:22
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1-1 now.
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#117
by
marsavian
on 17 Jul, 2011 20:52
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Now 2-1 USA during extra time.
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#118
by
psloss
on 17 Jul, 2011 20:53
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Mr. Edelen was incredibly generous with his time after the briefing today (which wasn't necessarily short)...he even went through the wish list of tasks for the extra docked day and checked off the ones they got done that he could remember off the top of his head. I "scanned" that in from the briefing desk...
At one point, he even had the lead transfer officer, Jeremy Owen, on speakerphone to answer some additional questions.
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#119
by
marsavian
on 17 Jul, 2011 21:07
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2-2.
