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#340
by
Artyom.
on 17 Jun, 2013 11:04
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#341
by
Chris Bergin
on 17 Jun, 2013 11:15
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Ah ha!
Been looking to replace the image on the front of site. That'll work!
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#342
by
woods170
on 17 Jun, 2013 11:17
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The ISS program is going to miss the ATVs later this decade, I tell you.
Respectfully Pete, but I disagree. NASA and the ISS partners have known for at least six years now that ATV is going away after ATV-5. They have had plenty of time to get alternatives up-and-flying. And they have.
Fuel transfer capabilities, DAM capabilities and reboost capabilities with ATV are basically redundant to what has been done with Progress for ages.
I tell you, HTV will be much more sorely missed than ATV, once it stops flying.
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#343
by
anik
on 17 Jun, 2013 11:48
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#344
by
anik
on 17 Jun, 2013 12:21
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I was told that MCC-M does not give GO to open ATV-4 hatch. Reasons are unknown for now. There are not technical problems on ATV-4 side.
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#345
by
anik
on 17 Jun, 2013 12:36
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I was told that there is a meeting of specialists now at MCC-M due to this problem.
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#346
by
Artyom.
on 17 Jun, 2013 13:48
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ATV-4 Release in 3D
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#347
by
Satori
on 17 Jun, 2013 15:03
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I was told that there is a meeting of specialists now at MCC-M due to this problem.
Any news about this?
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#348
by
dsmillman
on 17 Jun, 2013 15:04
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On this morning's NASA TV ISS coverage, it was just stated that hatch opening was delayed due to the possible contamination of cargo bags with mold or bacteria.
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#349
by
Targeteer
on 17 Jun, 2013 15:18
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During the ISS daily program, PAO announced there was mold/other contamination of 3 cargo bags and ground teams are determining whether cleaning/decontamination of the bags in ATV-4 is required before the hatch can be opened.
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#350
by
dsmillman
on 17 Jun, 2013 15:23
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This contamination issue is discussed in item 7 "Bag Cleaning" of "ATV ground/crew discussion" which is on the ISS - ATV-4 L2 thread.
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#351
by
anik
on 17 Jun, 2013 15:25
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ATV hatch opening delayedhttp://blogs.esa.int/atv/2013/06/17/atv-hatch-opening-delayed/ Mission manager Alberto Novelli sent us this news on the hatch opening: ATV status is good. However this morning the hatch opening had to be postponed due to ongoing discussions between Russia and NASA on the exact content of the initial crew ingress operations. The re-planning of the hatch opening is ongoing and should be performed within few days.
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#352
by
Targeteer
on 17 Jun, 2013 16:08
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A few questions come to mind about this situation...
With the almost surgical ward/paranoid processing of space bound hardware, how did the bags get contaminated and why were they allowed to launched in that condition?
The "NASA and Russia" discussions raises the question, again, about Russian interaction/interference with USOS vehicles, payloads, and crew members. And yes I fully acknowledge that the ATV is docked to the Russian segment and ISS is a partnership with a shared decision making process...
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#353
by
Galactic Penguin SST
on 17 Jun, 2013 16:09
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Looks like there's a forward plan:
lionelferra @lionelferra
#ATV4 Hatch to be opened tomorrow 08:00 GMT (10:00 CEST)
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#354
by
pippin
on 17 Jun, 2013 16:22
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whether cleaning/decontamination of the bags in ATV-4 is required before the hatch can be opened.
Even if this seems to be unnecessary now: How would this be done in case it's required?
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#355
by
paycom
on 17 Jun, 2013 16:48
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The crew has just been informed by TSUPP that no decision has been made by now.
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#356
by
Space Pete
on 17 Jun, 2013 18:06
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A contamination event occurred on the previous ATV too - I wonder if there's some handling error by the ground teams at Kourou?
FYI, the full set of ATV docking photos are available on the Roscosmos website here:
http://www.roscosmos.ru/main.php?id=490
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#357
by
anik
on 17 Jun, 2013 22:27
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http://www.nasa.gov/directorates/heo/reports/iss_reports/2013/ISS_Daily_Summary_Report__061713.html"ATV4 Operations: ATV4 successfully docked to the ISS on Saturday, June 15. Russian management expressed concerns with suspected microbial growth on some of the cargo bags in the vehicle and therefore hatch opening scheduled for today was delayed while the coordination on microbial remediation was determined. The current plan is to open the ATV hatch early in the crew morning on Tuesday and have the crew wipe the suspected bags with Fungistat prior to transferring to ISS"
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#358
by
Ben the Space Brit
on 18 Jun, 2013 08:32
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How would they know of a potential contamination issue? Would there be clues in the ground handling reports from Kourou or do they have detectors in the ATV's cabin air filters that pick up high level of spores?
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#359
by
Paolo
on 18 Jun, 2013 08:39
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The hatch opened and the astronauts are into ATV.
