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#200
by
Ford Mustang
on 20 Jan, 2012 13:34
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Where is this bay area in relation to the bay where her sister is sitting in?
Endeavour is stored in VAB High Bay 4 at the moment, while Atlantis will be parked in the Transfer Aisle. Below is a rough diagram of the VAB, found
here. Pretty much right next to each other, but with a barrier in between.
PS: Here's some pretty neat information about the VAB on a KSC site:
http://kscpartnerships.ksc.nasa.gov/VAB.htm
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#201
by
Ford Mustang
on 20 Jan, 2012 13:36
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Welcome "home", Atlantis:
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#202
by
brettreds2k
on 20 Jan, 2012 13:37
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Where is this bay area in relation to the bay where her sister is sitting in?
Endeavour is stored in VAB High Bay 4 at the moment, while Atlantis will be parked in the Transfer Aisle. Below is a rough diagram of the VAB, found here. Pretty much right next to each other, but with a barrier in between.
Thank you so much, good to see that they will be parked next to one another in a sense, The last time the sisters will be together
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#203
by
Ford Mustang
on 20 Jan, 2012 13:38
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Looks like they've parked her. Tug pulling away.
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#204
by
brettreds2k
on 20 Jan, 2012 13:53
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Does anyone know when Endeavour will move to the OPF and why they are waiting several days before they bring her into the OPF
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#205
by
Ford Mustang
on 20 Jan, 2012 14:10
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#206
by
Ford Mustang
on 20 Jan, 2012 14:14
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Fun fact, courteous of Nathan Moeller, this is the first time that an orbiter has been reversed into the VAB.
Looks like some lucky media are getting some good shots of her.
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#207
by
Ford Mustang
on 20 Jan, 2012 14:29
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Not sure what's up, but they're playing with a purging/cooling vehicle:
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#208
by
Chris Bergin
on 20 Jan, 2012 14:40
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Interesting. Maybe they don't have two portable purge units, so Atlantis is going on the truck's purge.
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#209
by
brettreds2k
on 20 Jan, 2012 14:54
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What is the reason they need to hook her up to the purge unit when she will not be using power ever again? I only ask because once on displlay none of them will be hooked to purge lines, etc.
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#210
by
Ford Mustang
on 20 Jan, 2012 15:01
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Looks like she's all hooked up:
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#211
by
Space Pete
on 20 Jan, 2012 15:10
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Atlantis! What have they done to you?
Hate seeing them like this.
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#212
by
Ford Mustang
on 20 Jan, 2012 15:13
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Two pictures from @NASAKennedy on Twitter:
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#213
by
ramius17
on 20 Jan, 2012 15:19
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Hmm, already got my tickets for the guided tour for tomorrow and this has me wondering how the tour will work now, with Atlantis basically sitting where you'd be standing at to look at Endeavour next to it in HB4. You can actually see the barrier and posters for the tour to the left of Atlantis. (camera right)
The lady at KSC insists the tour will still be going into the VAB.
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#214
by
psloss
on 20 Jan, 2012 15:23
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Two pictures from @NASAKennedy on Twitter:
Guessing KSC MMedia will have something up later in the afternoon, but I'll post what I can when my camera battery has some juice in it.
The word in the crowd was that backing her into the Transfer Aisle was a first. (As opposed to towing out forward, which has been done several times after destacks.)
Edit: ah, Nate already relayed that.
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#215
by
psloss
on 20 Jan, 2012 15:27
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Does anyone know when Endeavour will move to the OPF and why they are waiting several days before they bring her into the OPF
Open bay maintenance in OPF-2. Schedule still sounds a little fluid, but Endeavour would roll in somewhere around end of this month, early next.
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#216
by
brettreds2k
on 20 Jan, 2012 15:32
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Thank you sir, that makes sense to get any work needed in the OPF completed before the next lady rolls in to have the life drained out of her
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#217
by
Ronsmytheiii
on 20 Jan, 2012 16:57
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can't believe I missed that, anyhow here is work being done on her APAS in the SSPF:
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#218
by
psloss
on 20 Jan, 2012 17:40
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A couple or three. Everything up (in full size)on L2 eventually:
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#219
by
psloss
on 20 Jan, 2012 17:41
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Hmm, already got my tickets for the guided tour for tomorrow and this has me wondering how the tour will work now, with Atlantis basically sitting where you'd be standing at to look at Endeavour next to it in HB4. You can actually see the barrier and posters for the tour to the left of Atlantis. (camera right)
The lady at KSC insists the tour will still be going into the VAB.
It will probably look about like today...
