jacqmans - 11/8/2006 9:12 AM
STS-116 can fly into the new year (launch December, landing January) if need be...Hale just said...
Yes, but he also said the plan is "not to do so".
Mark Kirkman
mkirk - 12/8/2006 12:05 AM
jacqmans - 11/8/2006 9:12 AM
STS-116 can fly into the new year (launch December, landing January) if need be...Hale just said...
Yes, but he also said the plan is "not to do so".
Mark Kirkman
Yes, but it is good to know that they can do it, gives them more room to launch....
jacqmans - 12/8/2006 4:51 AM
Yes, but it is good to know that they can do it, gives them more room to launch....
A little more room: the latest manifest I saw shows a launch cutout for beta angle between Dec. 25 and Jan. 13...
psloss - 10/8/2006 11:31 PM
Heh...looking through the screen grabs, I don't recall seeing this before...
Color picture at the same spot.
Does NASA now have a current plan to have a rescue shuttle on standby for all 16 remaining flights?
LON = Launch On Need
1 - August 27, 2006 - STS-115 - 12A - Atlantis - P3/P4
(November 11, 2006 - STS-301 - LON for STS-115 - Discovery)
2 - December 14, 2006 - STS-116 - 12A.1 - Discovery - P5, Spacehab-SM, ICC
(February 9, 2007 - STS-317 - LON for STS-116 - Atlantis)
3 - February 22, 2007 - STS-117 - 13A - Atlantis - S3/S4
(May 8, 2007 - STS-318 - LON for STS-117 - Endeavour)
4 - June 11, 2007 - STS-118 - 13A.1 - Endeavour - S5, Spacehab-SM, ESP3
(July 26, 2007 - STS-320 - LON for STS-118 - Atlantis)
5 - August 9, 2007 - STS-120 - 10A - Atlantis - Node 2, PDGF
6 - September 27, 2007 - STS-122 - 1E - Discovery - Columbus, MPESS
7 - November 29, 2007 - STS-123 - 1J/A - Endeavour - JEM ELM-PS, SLP-D1 with SPDM Dextre
8 - February 7, 2008 - STS-124 - 1J - Atlantis - JEM PM, JEM RMS
9 - April 11, 2008 - STS-125 - HST SM-04 - Discovery
(LON STS-325 or STS-199 - Single Pad - Discovery/Endeavour Lifeboat and Rescue - under consideration)
10 - June 19, 2008 - STS-119 - 15A - Endeavour - S6
11 - August 21, 2008 - STS-126 - ULF2 - Atlantis - MPLM Leonardo (last flight of OV-104)
12 - October 30, 2008 - STS-127 - 2J/A - Discovery - JEM EF, JEM ELM-ES, SLP-D2
13 - January 22, 2009 - STS-128 - 17A - Endeavour - MPLM Donatello, LMC
14 - April 30, 2009 - STS-129 - ULF3 - Discovery - ELC1, ELC2 (last flight of OV-103)
15 - July 16, 2009 - STS-130 - 19A - Endeavour - MPLM Donatello, LMC
(October 22, 2009 - STS-131 - ULF4/CLF - Discovery - ELC3, ELC4)
16 - January 21, 2010 - STS-132 - 20A - Endeavour - Node 3 with Cupola (last flight of OV-105)
(July 15, 2010 - STS-133 - ULF5/CLF - Endeavour - ELC5, ELC1).
Thanks for the LON list, STS-Chris.
This image from OTV camera 124 was shown a couple of minutes ago: A pad technicans in SCAPE Suits:
Edit: make that *two pad technicans in SCAPE Suits*
this must be part of storable propellant loading.
I am not sure if this is from the same area or not, as the camera is different, but it *looks* similar - its a Citric Acid holding tank:
EDIT: bottom picture shows LRCS guages - RCS loading?
shuttlefan - 12/8/2006 9:07 AM
Does NASA now have a current plan to have a rescue shuttle on standby for all 16 remaining flights?
The list, posted by STS-Chris, is the one listed on the news site here, which publishes them everything they do a manifest article.
What number SSMEs are on Atlantis?
tommy - 13/8/2006 11:23 PM
What number SSMEs are on Atlantis?
ET-124
SRB Set: BI-128
SSMEs: 2050 (#1), 2054 (#2), 2058 (#3)
No. SSME #2058 was the first engine completely assembled at KSC (in 2004), though, after engine assembly was moved there starting in 2002.
No "new" engines have been built for some years now since existing engines are refurb'ed and upgraded. NASA keeps a 'pool' of 15 engines for Shuttle operations (engines in the pool are either in refurb, testing, ready, or installed).
That's been on L2 for about a week already.
