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#100 by shuttlefan on 08 Aug, 2006 15:33
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I totally agree with Chris...I know it catches a person's attention, but it hasn't even formed into a T.S. or hurricane yet.
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#101 by mkirk on 08 Aug, 2006 20:15
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Call to Stations for the TCDT (Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test) is at 7:30 am (eastern time) tomorrow. The countdown clock will pick up tomorrow at 8:00 am starting at the T-24 hour mark. The test is targeting a simulated T-0 at 11:00 am on Thursday morning. The test will culminate in a simulated cutoff and emergency egress from the crew module.
The countdown has 3 hours of built in hold time. The first hold is at T-3 hours for 2 hours 40 minutes, the second hold is at T-20 minutes for 10 minutes and the third hold is at T-9 minutes for a duration of 10 minutes.
The 115 crew will depart the O&C for the Launch Pad at 7:45 am and enter the orbiter at around 8:15 am on Thursday.
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#102 by jacqmans on 08 Aug, 2006 22:03
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Some photo's from today...
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#103 by John44 on 09 Aug, 2006 14:59
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Video STS-115 Crew Terminal Count Down Demonstration Test Pad Q & A
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#104 by punkboi on 09 Aug, 2006 17:20
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#105 by punkboi on 09 Aug, 2006 19:58
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Is the crawler transporter heading to the launch pad or it's parked there on standby?
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#106 by Jim on 09 Aug, 2006 20:06
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It is always parked at the base of the pad after delivering the SSV stack. It is later moved to the crawler parksite at a time closer to launch.
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#107 by punkboi on 09 Aug, 2006 20:12
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I see, thanks.
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#108 by Mark Dave on 09 Aug, 2006 23:28
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The parking spot is that extra road strip that extends off the route to 39B. I'm guessing on that, but i nthe old Apollo Saturn V photos, the giant service tower would sit in that spot.
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#109 by psloss on 09 Aug, 2006 23:36
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There's an area where the observation gantry is now, which is where I took this back in 1999; the bottom picture (a better NASA-KSC photo) shows the gantry relative to the pads:
The parking spot is that extra road strip that extends off the route to 39B. I'm guessing on that, but i nthe old Apollo Saturn V photos, the giant service tower would sit in that spot.
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#110 by Mark Dave on 10 Aug, 2006 01:22
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That's the spot.
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#111 by MKremer on 10 Aug, 2006 02:49
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Keeping it parked on the crawlerway just short of the ramp vs. the old gantry location doesn't really make much difference other than a shorter drive to pick up the MLP in case of a weather emergency before launch.
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#112 by Jim on 10 Aug, 2006 11:18
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that is the reason. Protect from the launch is other reason for moving it away
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#113 by DaveS on 10 Aug, 2006 12:12
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The AstroVan on it's way to Launch Complex 39B for the Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test:
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#114 by psloss on 10 Aug, 2006 12:21
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Looks like they've changed the video frame page a little for the LC39 grabs; Channel 4 is looping through several pad cams and they added a RealPlayer stream for LC39 activities...
http://science.ksc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/rrg2.pl?encoder/lc39.rm
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#115 by rosbif73 on 10 Aug, 2006 12:21
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#116 by psloss on 10 Aug, 2006 12:38
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Some recent grabs going through the loop:
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#117 by jacqmans on 10 Aug, 2006 12:42
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#118 by jacqmans on 10 Aug, 2006 12:51
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#119 by jacqmans on 10 Aug, 2006 12:52
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