LIVE: STS-115 Flight Day 2

• LIVE: STS-115 Flight Day 2 by Chris Bergin on 10 Sep, 2006 02:55
• Live update thread for Flight Day 2 for STS-115.
  
  Attached are two overview screenshots of FD2 on the 207 page STS-115 Final Flight Plan on L2. The times are slightly off given the plan is based on the scheduled launch date, but the mission schedule is correct.

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• #1 by rdale on 10 Sep, 2006 03:31
• Updated times (EDT / GMT)
  
  ATLANTIS CREW WAKE UP (begins FD 2)         01:15 AM    05:15
  EMU CHECKOUT                05:45 AM    09:45
  RMS/OBSS SURVEY OF ATLANTIS WLE AND NOSE CAP BEGINS   06:05 AM    10:05
  OBSS BERTH               11:35 AM    15:35
  RMS SURVEY OF ATLANTIS UPPER SURFACES AND CREW CABIN   12:10 PM    16:10
  CENTERLINE CAMERA INSTALLATION         01:15 PM    17:15
  RENDEZVOUS TOOLS CHECKOUT BEGINS         01:20 PM    17:20
  ODS RING EXTENSION             01:45 PM    17:45
  ATLANTIS CREW SLEEP BEGINS             04:15 PM    20:15
  
  Full TV schedule at http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/mission_schedule.html
• #2 by tigereyez on 10 Sep, 2006 04:03
• Any idea when the FD2 Execute Packages will be up? I know it's early but I'm having problems finding them on the shuttle site. Link?
  
  Is it just me or do they wait until FD3 before they post them all?
  
  Thanks.
• #3 by nathan.moeller on 10 Sep, 2006 04:36
• It's going to be interesting seeing the SRMS and OBSS work together around the P3/4 truss.  I know it won't get in the way but the clearances are going be tight I'm sure at some points.
• #4 by rdale on 10 Sep, 2006 04:40
• tiger: They usually weren't up until well after crew wake-up if I recall correctly from 121..
• #5 by edkyle99 on 10 Sep, 2006 05:27
• Where are we with Fuel Cell 1?  Is it running with the pump motor only on two phases still?  
  
   - Ed Kyle
• #6 by jeffgibson on 10 Sep, 2006 05:38
• Time for the Wake Up Call...
  
  Moonriver???
  
  LOL!!  I think I would hit the snooze button if I had to wake up to that song!!
• #7 by MKremer on 10 Sep, 2006 05:57
• Quote

  edkyle99 - 10/9/2006  12:14 AM
  
  Where are we with Fuel Cell 1?  Is it running with the pump motor only on two phases still?  
  
   - Ed Kyle

  
  Yes, they've been running the pump on 2-phase (apparently it's qualified for 2-phase use as a contingency mode).
  
  I think I read that they were requested to re-enable the phase-1 breaker (from off to on) just before crew sleep. Probably a test, but even if phase-1 is still out, they have more than enough time to take the breaker off after wake-up before loss of the pump can cause problems.
  
• #8 by Zachstar on 10 Sep, 2006 06:57
• This is awesome! the crew has allowed us to come onboard and see. You can see the picture now.
  
  Too bad the signal blows. Hope they will keep the camera on for the next pass.
  
  Edit: It looks like its somthing with the camera or what its hooked up to as that camera in the bay looks just fine.
• #9 by MKremer on 10 Sep, 2006 07:09
• Short time/pass for on board video, apparently.
• #10 by MKremer on 10 Sep, 2006 07:15
• So, is NASA saying 115 is an early Christmas present?  
  

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• #11 by Zachstar on 10 Sep, 2006 07:26
• Good NC Burn!
• #12 by MKremer on 10 Sep, 2006 07:50
• Y'know, as long as I've been following Shuttle flights (many years), I've never been worried about OMS operations or burn successes. Probably because they've always been highly reliable and Mission Control knows what they're doing in planning the major burn attitudes and lengths, as well as the health of the OMS systems.
  
• #13 by anik on 10 Sep, 2006 08:31
• STS-115 Execute Packages
  http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/sts115/mission_docs/execute_packages.html
• #14 by MKremer on 10 Sep, 2006 08:42
• Cool, thx!
  
  Flt day 3 (approach, docking, unbearthing/handoff) looks like it's going to really be a bear, though. And 2 consecutive EVAs on top of that, in the following 2 days.
  (As much as I'd love to be where they are right now, I don't envy them the workload and "stuff" they have plans to get accomplished before undocking)
  
• #15 by chksix on 10 Sep, 2006 08:45
• Who is the CAPCOM lady on this orbit team?
  
  Megan ...something?
• #16 by Wisi on 10 Sep, 2006 08:49
• Yes Brent Jett used to call that an 'agressive timeline'. I very much like the expression ;-)
• #17 by DaveS on 10 Sep, 2006 08:54
• Quote

  chksix - 10/9/2006  10:32 AM
  
  Who is the CAPCOM lady on this orbit team?
  
  Megan ...something?

  Megan McArthur, CAPCOM for the Orbit 1 shift. Orbit 2 CAPCOM is Terry Virts.
• #18 by chksix on 10 Sep, 2006 08:54
• Thanks!
  
  http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/mcarthur-km.html
  http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/virts-tw.html
• #19 by dutch courage on 10 Sep, 2006 08:59
• All mission personnel are in the STS-115 press-kit: http://www.nasa.gov/pdf/154433main_sts115_press_kit2.pdf