STS-115: Atlantis Launch Day 1 - SCRUB

• #40 by NASA_Twix_JSC on 06 Sep, 2006 04:48
• Heard nothing here.
• #41 by Austin on 06 Sep, 2006 04:51
• Preparing to go into a hold at T - 06:00:00 (2 hour duration) in 6 minutes
  
  Count will resume at 2:34 am EDT
• #42 by Peter NASA on 06 Sep, 2006 05:13
• Weather continues to look favorable for T-0 time. Will make a few calls on the Fuel Cell.
• #43 by Davie OPF on 06 Sep, 2006 05:17
• "Problem" is a bit non specific and ambiguous. I wish such information was only made public when there are at least some specifics attached. I'm assuming one of the hundreds of guys on here from KSC will come up with such specifics.
• #44 by jcopella on 06 Sep, 2006 06:11
• Just heard from a very reliable source that there will be a new "voice" of GLS today -- Alex Pandelos.  Wishing him, and all the new guys/gals on station and all the vets too a smooth count, good weather and a safe flight for STS-115.  Go Atlantis!
  
• #45 by nathan.moeller on 06 Sep, 2006 06:44
• Any updates on what's up with the fuel cell?  Hope it doesn't delay the liftoff again.  We're exactly 10 hours from launch!  NASA Gameday T-Shirts: Check!
  
  *T-Shirt reads: Property of NASA*
• #46 by DaveS on 06 Sep, 2006 06:52
• Now we are at T-6 hours and counting. Still no word on whether tanking has commenced.
• #47 by nathan.moeller on 06 Sep, 2006 07:00
• Hey sorry if this violates the thread rules but I had to share this image.  One of SpaceflightNow's photographers snapped it at the KSC press site earlier tonight.  Basically it's Atlantis bathed in the light from the xenons with ISS soaring overhead in a time-lapse image.  Great shot...had to share!  Enjoy!  Any word on tanking operations?

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• #48 by DaveS on 06 Sep, 2006 07:08
• Spaceflightnow.com reports that tanking operations is on hold due a problem with FC#1: http://spaceflightnow.com/shuttle/sts115/status.html
• #49 by jcopella on 06 Sep, 2006 07:14
• Tell me the lightning glitch didn't happen on FC1, Phase A.
  
• #50 by dougb on 06 Sep, 2006 07:27
• I know we did not get to tanking last time, but did we get this far? Has these fuel cells been powered up recenltly?
  
• #51 by Svetoslav on 06 Sep, 2006 07:45
• It seems that the fuel cell is not working, if the problem is not solved till 4 AM this effectively scrubs today's launch attempt. And it seems that if the problem is serious, the shuttle may not launch till friday at all.
• #52 by Svetoslav on 06 Sep, 2006 08:08
• OK... no news is bad news. Any words on the fuel cell issue?
• #53 by DaveS on 06 Sep, 2006 08:11
• Here's FLA Today's write-up on the FC#1 problem: http://www.floridatoday.com/floridatoday/blogs/spaceteam/2006/09/no-decision-yet-more-details-on.html
• #54 by Svetoslav on 06 Sep, 2006 08:18
• Oh, well. It's 4:00 AM already and the problem is not resolved. They have to start tanking and troubleshoot or scrub the launch.
• #55 by DaveS on 06 Sep, 2006 08:22
• According to Bill Harwood, the launch has been scrubbed: http://www.cbsnews.com/network/news/space/current.html
• #56 by DaveS on 06 Sep, 2006 08:34
• And it's official: http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/main/index.html
• #57 by Svetoslav on 06 Sep, 2006 08:36
• I do not know how they're going to solve the problem in 24 hours.
• #58 by Spiff on 06 Sep, 2006 08:38
• In this case. Will they recycle the countdown to T-11h or to T-6h? Or another point in the countdown?
• #59 by Chris Bergin on 06 Sep, 2006 09:30
• Fuel Cell report internal:
  
  Ascension Island down - ETRO 1600 GMT, 7 September - They have a computer difficulty which requires some hardware. There was some word about trying to get up for the next couple of passes, but the official ETRO remains the same.
  "   Post Insertion Checklist - Shaded pictorials on pages 014, 015, A11 do not have panels for OV-104.  non-shaded, boxed switch configurations are correct.  Crew has been