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LIVE: STS-115 Flight Day 6
by
jacqmans
on 14 Sep, 2006 03:26
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#1
by
MKremer
on 14 Sep, 2006 03:54
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No wakeup yet. I'm still back at 5.
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#2
by
daveglo
on 14 Sep, 2006 04:36
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PAO reports "some problems" still with SARJ. Guess that's why they call it "checkout".
Crew wakeup delayed due to comms, expected shortly.
- Wakeup in progress, to "Wipeout". Groovy, man!
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#3
by
TFGQ
on 14 Sep, 2006 04:40
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Good Morning Atlantis
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#4
by
daveglo
on 14 Sep, 2006 04:43
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Plan for today is in the trash. The only item going according to plan is post-sleep.
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#5
by
Zachstar
on 14 Sep, 2006 04:48
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So what do the crews do now? The transfers and help 13 get packed to come home?
This sucks but they have to work the bugs out of the truss.
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#6
by
MKremer
on 14 Sep, 2006 04:54
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Lots of transfer/PAO/EVA-3 stuff for today. Not much they can do about P4, that's up to ISS MCC.
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#7
by
leclaire
on 14 Sep, 2006 05:28
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SARJ movement fellas!
The joint rotated about 360 degrees awhile ago. No word from NASA about it though.
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#8
by
noname_77065
on 14 Sep, 2006 06:43
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More SARJ movement...
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#9
by
soldeed
on 14 Sep, 2006 06:53
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Does anybody know exactly what is this... tooth crash?
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#10
by
MKremer
on 14 Sep, 2006 06:54
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If true, lots of anxiety for nothing.
I do hope either NASA (or Chris, with his sources) can explain in some way why they started off pretty sure that it was a hardware problem (not a 'failure'), then progressed to what seems now to be merely a software command&control problem.
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#11
by
DaveS
on 14 Sep, 2006 07:54
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SARJ checkout complete. Initial SAW deploy coming up shortly.
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#12
by
chksix
on 14 Sep, 2006 07:56
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Seems like Jeff has problems with his laptops?
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#13
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Chris Bergin
on 14 Sep, 2006 08:06
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MKremer - 14/9/2006 7:41 AM
If true, lots of anxiety for nothing.
I do hope either NASA (or Chris, with his sources) can explain in some way why they started off pretty sure that it was a hardware problem (not a 'failure'), then progressed to what seems now to be merely a software command&control problem.
Waiting for the MER list as per flight day on L2 to get the official word from MCC.
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#14
by
rosbif73
on 14 Sep, 2006 08:11
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#15
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Chris Bergin
on 14 Sep, 2006 08:18
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#16
by
Chris Bergin
on 14 Sep, 2006 08:22
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#17
by
dutch courage
on 14 Sep, 2006 09:01
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Shouldn't the solar arrays be extended at least by a foot or so?
Wait a minute! They are extending now
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#18
by
Celebrimbor
on 14 Sep, 2006 09:21
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Superb
I'm having to watch all this intermittently and without sound, This forum is my only link to whats being said. Thanks!
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#19
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Chris Bergin
on 14 Sep, 2006 09:23
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One bay deployment success.
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#20
by
Oli4
on 14 Sep, 2006 09:24
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Are they gonna unfold all 4 solar arrays at once? Or by pairs?
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#21
by
STS-Chris
on 14 Sep, 2006 09:25
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Great!
Do we know when they will continue the deployment?
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#22
by
Oli4
on 14 Sep, 2006 09:27
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I heard something about 0950GMT or 0915GMT but i don't know if that concerned the deployment of the arrays.
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#23
by
Chris Bergin
on 14 Sep, 2006 09:28
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The idea is to deploy everything by one bay, then latch it again. This will reduce the stresses and allow the array to lose some tension from being packed up all this time.
Full deploy in about an hour.
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#24
by
Chris Bergin
on 14 Sep, 2006 09:30
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So this is Port:
Next is Starboard - same idea, one bay.
40 minutes to Shuttle/Station atitude change to prepare for full deploy.
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#25
by
DaveS
on 14 Sep, 2006 09:30
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Next up is the 2A SAW 1 bay deploy.
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#26
by
Chris Bergin
on 14 Sep, 2006 09:34
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Five mins to unlatch.
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#27
by
Oli4
on 14 Sep, 2006 09:37
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So if i comprehend correctly. They open the solar array 'box' by a foot or so. So that the solar panels can 'destress'. Then they will close the 'box' again, reattach the solar arrays and start to unfold the panels?
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#28
by
Chris Bergin
on 14 Sep, 2006 09:38
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Think of it this way....
[+++++++++++++++] <---Full
[+] <---One Bay
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#29
by
DaveS
on 14 Sep, 2006 09:40
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Oli4 - 14/9/2006 11:24 AM
So if i comprehend correctly. They open the solar array 'box' by a foot or so. So that the solar panels can 'destress'. Then they will close the 'box' again, reattach the solar arrays and start to unfold the panels?
No.
They'll continue the deployment from the 1 bay initial deployment after the SAW has been conditioned to minimize the chance of "stiction".
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#30
by
FransonUK
on 14 Sep, 2006 09:44
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Chris Bergin - 14/9/2006 4:25 AM
Think of it this way....
[+++++++++++++++] <---Full
[+] <---One Bay
How long will it take from start of full deploy to completition?
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#31
by
Chris Bergin
on 14 Sep, 2006 09:45
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More software issues on stage 2.2?
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#32
by
Chris Bergin
on 14 Sep, 2006 09:47
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One bay deployment delayed on Starboard, due to communications.
Jeff says they are re-cycling 2.2 and pressing on to 2.3.
New time for deploy not know at this time.
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#33
by
Oli4
on 14 Sep, 2006 09:49
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O NOW i understand! Thanks guys!
I thought 1 bay was one side (2 panels). But 1 bay is just a segment of the arrays. Cool. Thanks for the lesson!
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#34
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Chris Bergin
on 14 Sep, 2006 09:49
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15 minutes to Starboard one bay deploy now.
Nice picture of Port:
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#35
by
kneecaps
on 14 Sep, 2006 09:51
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I have visions of the SAW deploying ...the blanket getting stuck...the deployment continuing and the blanket getting torn. No doubt this is impossible as I'm sure there must be strain gauges or somesuch to prevent such events!
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#36
by
DaveS
on 14 Sep, 2006 09:53
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0945 UTC is now the new targeted 2A 1 bay deploy time.
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#37
by
Chris Bergin
on 14 Sep, 2006 09:58
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kneecaps - 14/9/2006 10:38 AM
I have visions of.....
Moral: Don't eat cheese before going to bed.
Standing by for one bay deploy.
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#38
by
Celebrimbor
on 14 Sep, 2006 10:03
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He he. sequential images...
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#39
by
DaveS
on 14 Sep, 2006 10:03
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And we have 2A 1 bay deploy.
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#40
by
Chris Bergin
on 14 Sep, 2006 10:04
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#41
by
psloss
on 14 Sep, 2006 10:07
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kneecaps - 14/9/2006 5:38 AM
I have visions of the SAW deploying ...the blanket getting stuck...the deployment continuing and the blanket getting torn. No doubt this is impossible as I'm sure there must be strain gauges or somesuch to prevent such events!
They go slow, too...both the STS-99 mast demo and the first STS-97 deploy took a while even doing a full deploy.
Stack maneuver coming up...latching in progress...
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#42
by
Spirit
on 14 Sep, 2006 10:08
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How long does it take for the attitude to be changed and why is that needed?
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#43
by
DaveS
on 14 Sep, 2006 10:12
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1025 UTC is the targeted time for the 4A full deployment to 49%.
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#44
by
psloss
on 14 Sep, 2006 10:16
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Spirit - 14/9/2006 5:55 AM
How long does it take for the attitude to be changed and why is that needed?
Not sure about how long it takes to get to a solar inertial attitude from the current one, but the reason is to warm up the back of the arrays -- to prevent the "stiction" issues that were discussed at length; there's a good quote in Bill Harwood's story from station flight director John McCullough:
http://www.cbsnews.com/network/news/space/current.html(They can only stay in that attitude for three orbits.)
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#45
by
psloss
on 14 Sep, 2006 10:18
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FransonUK - 14/9/2006 5:31 AM
How long will it take from start of full deploy to completition?
Looking farther into Bill Harwood's article, 90 minutes.
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#46
by
Celebrimbor
on 14 Sep, 2006 10:22
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Wow, that looks like a pretty big motion! What engines are being used? Shuttle, progress or a combination. Or gyros? I wonder if they can feel it inside...
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#47
by
psloss
on 14 Sep, 2006 10:24
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Celebrimbor - 14/9/2006 6:09 AM
Wow, that looks like a pretty big motion! What engines are being used? Shuttle, progress or a combination. Or gyros?
The station CMGs.
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#48
by
DaveS
on 14 Sep, 2006 10:25
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Celebrimbor - 14/9/2006 12:09 PM
Wow, that looks like a pretty big motion! What engines are being used? Shuttle, progress or a combination. Or gyros? I wonder if they can feel it inside...
Using the ISS Control Moment Gyros(CMGs).
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#49
by
chksix
on 14 Sep, 2006 10:29
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Lots of girls in mission control today
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#50
by
psloss
on 14 Sep, 2006 10:43
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Back in free-drift, go for deploy...there it goes...
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#51
by
DaveS
on 14 Sep, 2006 10:44
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The "go" has been given to start the full deployment of the 4A SAW.
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#52
by
rosbif73
on 14 Sep, 2006 10:45
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#53
by
Chris Bergin
on 14 Sep, 2006 10:45
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#54
by
rosbif73
on 14 Sep, 2006 10:48
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Approaching 49% stopping point
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#55
by
psloss
on 14 Sep, 2006 10:50
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Stopped at 49%, as planned.
Station going back to attitude control.
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#56
by
rosbif73
on 14 Sep, 2006 10:53
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Edit: Sorry for the double post. Why can't I delete this one?
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#57
by
rosbif73
on 14 Sep, 2006 10:54
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Deployment went "perfectly" so far. Some sticking can be observed from the position of the arrays (bottom right), but this was apparently expected.
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#58
by
DaveS
on 14 Sep, 2006 10:55
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Actually, the stuck panels is those that appears as dark bands on the blankets.
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#59
by
psloss
on 14 Sep, 2006 10:58
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Couple of notes from PAO: after stopping at 49%, nominally they wait 30 minutes before full deploy. They are supposed to pick up at 11:02 GMT/UTC. I believe Kyle Herring also said that they won't have TV downlink at the time...
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#60
by
Spirit
on 14 Sep, 2006 11:05
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From the graphics that I have it seems that when the P4 truss rotate, its solar arrays will hit the P6 solar arrays. Is that true and what will be done in order to prevent any conflicts - lock the alfa rotary joint until P6 solar arrays partial retraction on STS-116?
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#61
by
nacnud
on 14 Sep, 2006 11:06
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Yep and yep, (I think)
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#62
by
psloss
on 14 Sep, 2006 11:08
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Spirit - 14/9/2006 6:52 AM
From the graphics that I have it seems that when the P4 truss rotate, its solar arrays will hit the P6 solar arrays. Is that true and what will be done in order to prevent any conflicts - lock the alfa rotary joint until P6 solar arrays partially retraction on STS-116?
Yes -- and the power that the P4 arrays generate won't be distributed to the station until after work on 12A.1/STS-116, so the SARJ won't move much (or at all) until after both the port side P6 wing is retracted and the power redistribution on the next flight.
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#63
by
Stardust9906
on 14 Sep, 2006 11:10
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#64
by
psloss
on 14 Sep, 2006 11:19
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Station back in free-drift, go to continue with deploy...
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#65
by
DaveS
on 14 Sep, 2006 11:20
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ISS in freedrift. 4A full deployment is resuming.
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#66
by
rosbif73
on 14 Sep, 2006 11:20
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Back in free drift. Go to resume deploy.
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#67
by
daveglo
on 14 Sep, 2006 11:23
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Deploy resumed. What a view! Shame I had to sleep.
- Dang, lost picture for 8.5 minutes . . . . during the best part, too!
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#68
by
rosbif73
on 14 Sep, 2006 11:23
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Is it me or is it extending much slower than the first half?
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#69
by
DaveS
on 14 Sep, 2006 11:23
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And there the ISS entered the TDRS ZOE.
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#70
by
Spirit
on 14 Sep, 2006 11:25
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What is TDRS ZOE?
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#71
by
psloss
on 14 Sep, 2006 11:26
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Telemetry says full deploy; waiting for confirmation from crew.
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#72
by
DaveS
on 14 Sep, 2006 11:26
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Zone of Exclusion.
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#73
by
rosbif73
on 14 Sep, 2006 11:26
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Telemetry indicates that the array is fully deployed.
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#74
by
psloss
on 14 Sep, 2006 11:28
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There's the confirmation from Brent Jett. Station going back to attitude control.
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#75
by
Stardust9906
on 14 Sep, 2006 11:34
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#76
by
psloss
on 14 Sep, 2006 11:55
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Looks like the deployed 4A array is being flipped over via the BGA...
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#77
by
avitek
on 14 Sep, 2006 11:59
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TDRS ZOE = Tracking and Data Relay Setallite - Zone of Exclusion. It means gap in communication above Indian Ocean, part of which is note covered by any TDRS satellite now.
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#78
by
Jim
on 14 Sep, 2006 12:06
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avitek - 14/9/2006 7:46 AM
TDRS ZOE = Tracking and Data Relay Setallite - Zone of Exclusion. It means gap in communication above Indian Ocean, part of which is note covered by any TDRS satellite now.
Actually, there is a TDRS there called TDRS-Z.
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#79
by
Chris Bergin
on 14 Sep, 2006 12:14
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This is going to be good. Orbital sunrise at the same time as first half deployment.
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#80
by
jacqmans
on 14 Sep, 2006 12:14
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about 35 min of live TV...
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#81
by
rosbif73
on 14 Sep, 2006 12:16
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#82
by
jacqmans
on 14 Sep, 2006 12:18
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a little delay, due to a camera...
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#83
by
psloss
on 14 Sep, 2006 12:20
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The 2A array is being deployed now.
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#84
by
jacqmans
on 14 Sep, 2006 12:21
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#85
by
rosbif73
on 14 Sep, 2006 12:21
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#86
by
jacqmans
on 14 Sep, 2006 12:23
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#87
by
jacqmans
on 14 Sep, 2006 12:25
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#88
by
rosbif73
on 14 Sep, 2006 12:25
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I'm lost for words. With the earth in the background that was even more spectacular than the first array.
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#89
by
jacqmans
on 14 Sep, 2006 12:26
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#90
by
jacqmans
on 14 Sep, 2006 12:29
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Atlantis has control now, 30 min. wait for final deploy...
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#91
by
Jonesy STS
on 14 Sep, 2006 12:31
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It's all gone solar array barmy in here!
Great views.
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#92
by
Rapoc
on 14 Sep, 2006 12:32
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Final deploy will begin at 12:38 GMT
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#93
by
Oli4
on 14 Sep, 2006 12:42
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This is going so smoothly.... it surprises me really.
Remember those arrays on Hubble? Man man were those a pain in the ... Shows that those NASA engineers learned lots about solar array deployment.
Good job so far guys! Lets hope for the best.
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#94
by
nacnud
on 14 Sep, 2006 12:44
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Does anyone know how the central boxwork strut is folded? I can see how the cloth mounted z folded cells are stowed and deployed but I can't figure out how the box strut is unfolding.
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#95
by
Oli4
on 14 Sep, 2006 12:45
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Yeah Nacnud, I was wondering myself. This central struth keeps flowing out...
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#96
by
Chris Bergin
on 14 Sep, 2006 12:46
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heh, they didn't realise they were on TV did they!
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#97
by
kneecaps
on 14 Sep, 2006 12:46
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Anybody know how much brighter (in magnitude) the station will appear from Earth with this new array?
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#98
by
tgrundke
on 14 Sep, 2006 12:47
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Add me to the list of those wondering how that works. It's magic!! ;-)
Oli4 - 14/9/2006 7:32 AM
Yeah Nacnud, I was wondering myself. This central struth keeps flowing out...
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#99
by
nathan.moeller
on 14 Sep, 2006 12:51
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Wow that is just gorgeous. Can't wait for the final deploy!
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#100
by
Celebrimbor
on 14 Sep, 2006 12:52
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I imagine this question has been posed before now but: Why is it that we have to wait until the next shuttle mission to retract the P6 array and engage the P4? Is it just a case of not rushing unnecessary things or is there a real engineering issue?
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#101
by
Jim
on 14 Sep, 2006 12:53
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Oli4 - 14/9/2006 8:29 AM
This is going so smoothly.... it surprises me really.
Remember those arrays on Hubble? Man man were those a pain in the ... Shows that those NASA engineers learned lots about solar array deployment.
Good job so far guys! Lets hope for the best.
Totally different design, not comparable. ESA supplied the HST arrays
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#102
by
nathan.moeller
on 14 Sep, 2006 12:55
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Go for deploy! Atlantis in free drift. Deploy beginning!
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#103
by
Oli4
on 14 Sep, 2006 12:55
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Hi JIM.... Blame the Europeans!
hahaha
But sure it's a different design. But since Hubble, I don't think they will use that design ever again... This one looks much more rigid
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#104
by
rosbif73
on 14 Sep, 2006 12:56
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Jonesy STS - 14/9/2006 2:18 PM
It's all gone solar array barmy in here!
Great views.
I'll leave the captures to Jacques this time - I'm trying to record the stream instead...
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#105
by
Jim
on 14 Sep, 2006 12:56
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nacnud - 14/9/2006 8:31 AM
Does anyone know how the central boxwork strut is folded? I can see how the cloth mounted z folded cells are stowed and deployed but I can't figure out how the box strut is unfolding.
The mast is wound up (twisted) in the cylinder. The deployment mechanism unwinds and it unfurls.
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#106
by
jacqmans
on 14 Sep, 2006 12:57
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#107
by
Oli4
on 14 Sep, 2006 12:57
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This is so awesome....
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#108
by
Oli4
on 14 Sep, 2006 12:58
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Like a big spring?
Jim - 14/9/2006 2:43 PM
nacnud - 14/9/2006 8:31 AM
Does anyone know how the central boxwork strut is folded? I can see how the cloth mounted z folded cells are stowed and deployed but I can't figure out how the box strut is unfolding.
The mast is wound up (twisted) in the cylinder. The deployment mechanism unwinds and it unfurls.
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#109
by
CentEur
on 14 Sep, 2006 12:59
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nacnud - 14/9/2006 2:31 PM
Does anyone know how the central boxwork strut is folded? I can see how the cloth mounted z folded cells are stowed and deployed but I can't figure out how the box strut is unfolding.
See for yourself (last picture, to the right):
http://www.aec-able.com/Booms/coilboom.htmlThe longerons are (un)folded along the slides when container's lower part is rotated by electric motor.
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#110
by
nathan.moeller
on 14 Sep, 2006 12:59
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Notice how they've changed the station graphic on the MCC tracker.
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#111
by
jacqmans
on 14 Sep, 2006 12:59
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#112
by
Oli4
on 14 Sep, 2006 13:00
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Nice catch!
nathan.moeller - 14/9/2006 2:46 PM
Notice how they've changed the station graphic on the MCC tracker.
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#113
by
Celebrimbor
on 14 Sep, 2006 13:02
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But is the radiator truly deployed yet?
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#114
by
jacqmans
on 14 Sep, 2006 13:03
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#115
by
Oli4
on 14 Sep, 2006 13:03
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Are those arrays now 100% deployed or 98%?
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#116
by
Spirit
on 14 Sep, 2006 13:07
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I also wonder when will the radiator be deployed.
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#117
by
RedSky
on 14 Sep, 2006 13:09
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Opening the array was amazing. What I really would be interested in seeing is how it all folds back up! Next mission they will fold up the P6 array on the Z1 truss to make way for these new ones to rotate.
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#118
by
DaveS
on 14 Sep, 2006 13:18
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Spirit - 14/9/2006 2:54 PM
I also wonder when will the radiator be deployed.
Tommorow.
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#119
by
Celebrimbor
on 14 Sep, 2006 13:23
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Has the SSRMS walk on to the Destiny happened yet? Will it be televised?
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#120
by
nacnud
on 14 Sep, 2006 13:32
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CentEur - 14/9/2006 1:46 PM
See for yourself (last picture, to the right):
http://www.aec-able.com/Booms/coilboom.html
Great link, thanks for that. I didn't think the longerons would be composite and was scratching my head trying to figure out some form of self assembling metal pole structure.
They are a lot more flexable than I thought!
![]("<a)
http://www.aec-able.com/Booms/Resources/coilterm.jpg" />http://www.aec-able.com/Booms/Resources/coilopen.jpg" />
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#121
by
jacqmans
on 14 Sep, 2006 13:54
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#122
by
eeergo
on 14 Sep, 2006 14:03
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Celebrimbor - 14/9/2006 3:10 PM
Has the SSRMS walk on to the Destiny happened yet? Will it be televised?
It's starting to be televised right now... anyhow, I think the operations may be cut when the interviews with the astronauts take place.
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#123
by
nitin52
on 14 Sep, 2006 14:07
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Does deployed solar array started generating power?
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#124
by
Chris Bergin
on 14 Sep, 2006 14:08
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nitin52 - 14/9/2006 2:54 PM
Does deployed solar array started generating power?
There's another EVA tomorrow to hook it up and then STS-116 in December to reconfig the power to the station.
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#125
by
nitin52
on 14 Sep, 2006 14:13
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Thanks. But till Dec. will they be in active state and charging battiers or some thing like that.
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#126
by
dutch courage
on 14 Sep, 2006 14:14
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I've been away for a while, any word on sticktion or is the deploy working fine?
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#127
by
eeergo
on 14 Sep, 2006 14:21
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dutch courage - 14/9/2006 4:01 PM
I've been away for a while, any word on sticktion or is the deploy working fine?
The deploy has already successfully finished, and there's been a bit of stincktion, but it wasn't a big issue... the article in the home page is really good!
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#128
by
eeergo
on 14 Sep, 2006 14:36
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Canadarm2 is being grappled to the required work site (Destiny lab):
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#129
by
Mark Nguyen
on 14 Sep, 2006 14:43
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Hmm... Why are we walking off the SSRMS? With it on Destiny, P3/P4 is mostly out of reach, no? How is the arm to support EVA 3 from Destiny?
Mark
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#130
by
DaveS
on 14 Sep, 2006 14:58
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Mark Nguyen - 14/9/2006 4:30 PM
Hmm... Why are we walking off the SSRMS? With it on Destiny, P3/P4 is mostly out of reach, no? How is the arm to support EVA 3 from Destiny?
Mark
There's no need for the SSRMS to support EVA-3. Also, it wasn't used in either of EVA-1 or EVA-2.
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#131
by
eeergo
on 14 Sep, 2006 14:58
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I suppose it's being positioned there to allow for assistance in Z1 for tomorrow spacewalk...
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#132
by
nathan.moeller
on 14 Sep, 2006 15:14
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Arm on the move.
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#133
by
nathan.moeller
on 14 Sep, 2006 15:21
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SRB camera replays from liftoff to splashdown coming up in a few minutes.
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#134
by
dutch courage
on 14 Sep, 2006 15:22
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SRB video comming up (duration 8 minutes)
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#135
by
DaveS
on 14 Sep, 2006 15:42
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dutch courage - 14/9/2006 5:09 PM
SRB video comming up (duration 8 minutes)
Has it been shown yet?
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#136
by
nathan.moeller
on 14 Sep, 2006 15:43
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Yes it played right after Kylie (Nicole?) announced it. Pretty spectacular.
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#137
by
dutch courage
on 14 Sep, 2006 15:44
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Yes, but I got the feeling it wasn't 8 minutes.
Only one SRB video (viewing aft).
Kylie Clem!
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#138
by
nathan.moeller
on 14 Sep, 2006 15:44
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Crew interviews coming up shortly. View on the flight deck with an unidentified crewmember working at the forward control station.
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#139
by
nathan.moeller
on 14 Sep, 2006 15:45
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Jett and MacLean beginning interviews.
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#140
by
DaveS
on 14 Sep, 2006 15:47
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nathan.moeller - 14/9/2006 5:30 PM
Yes it played right after Kylie (Nicole?) announced it. Pretty spectacular.
Crap, missed it then!
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#141
by
Carl G
on 14 Sep, 2006 15:48
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Looked just like STS-121. No difference.
Why are there French people in Canada asking questions??
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#142
by
Mark Nguyen
on 14 Sep, 2006 15:48
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They're speaking with a french-language institution in Quebec. We've got two official languages here, and a very large percentage of the population has french as their first language. No surprise at all that we're doing a French language interview.
As a francophone, I will say that Maclean's french accent is... Alright.
. Still, it's the first time I've heard a french-language interview from a shuttle flight deck - cool!
Mark
PS - Our Prime Minister is also online. His accent training has been pretty effective since the election, I must say.
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#143
by
jacqmans
on 14 Sep, 2006 15:50
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#144
by
nathan.moeller
on 14 Sep, 2006 15:51
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Carl G - 14/9/2006 10:35 AM
Looked just like STS-121. No difference.
Why are there French people in Canada asking questions??
Confirm on the video similarity to STS-121. Just different lighting. The main languages in Canada are English and French so it's not uncommon to hear Canadians speaking French to one another. Whoa Prime Minister's callin'!!
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#145
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nathan.moeller
on 14 Sep, 2006 15:53
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That's unbelievable. The SRMS can't move it's own weight on Earth but in Zero G it can move 18 tons. The station arm can move the shuttle itself in orbit.
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#146
by
UK Shuttle Clan
on 14 Sep, 2006 15:53
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I thought it was just a quarter of Quebec? Seems 50/50 on this conference.
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#147
by
nathan.moeller
on 14 Sep, 2006 15:54
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UK Shuttle Clan - 14/9/2006 10:40 AM
I thought it was just a quarter of Quebec? Seems 50/50 on this conference.
Not too sure honestly. But I do recall that many Canadians speak French.
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#148
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Mark Nguyen
on 14 Sep, 2006 15:55
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It is, probably for political reasons. However, almost everyone in Quebec speaks French as their primary language, and Quebec represents about a quarter of the overall population, which is probably what you're thinking about.
Mark (A francophone in Alberta, out West)
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#149
by
jacqmans
on 14 Sep, 2006 15:56
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no stars counted yet !! :-) at the end of the mission they are going to count the stars....
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#150
by
gocamels
on 14 Sep, 2006 16:03
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Funny thing is, the questions from the kids and teachers are usually better and more insightful than the talking head interviews from the TV folks (this from a radio news guy myself)...NPR next, could be a little better, or could not
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#151
by
jacqmans
on 14 Sep, 2006 16:09
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#152
by
eeergo
on 14 Sep, 2006 16:15
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Is CNN's interview being broadcast live now?
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#153
by
jacqmans
on 14 Sep, 2006 16:16
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No, not in the Netherlands...
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#154
by
jacqmans
on 14 Sep, 2006 16:21
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#155
by
jacqmans
on 14 Sep, 2006 16:30
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Brent Jett tells MCC that feedback is welcome trough e-mail...well give us the shuttle's e-mail address then :-)
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#156
by
jacqmans
on 14 Sep, 2006 16:32
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Who wants to work here
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#157
by
jacqmans
on 14 Sep, 2006 16:38
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briefing comming up next in a few minutes
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#158
by
dutch courage
on 14 Sep, 2006 16:39
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MISSION STATUS BRIEFING comming up in 10 minutes with Mike Suffredini and John McCullough.
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#159
by
jacqmans
on 14 Sep, 2006 16:53
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#160
by
dutch courage
on 14 Sep, 2006 17:36
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SRB video will be shown again during the Video File in 10 minutes.
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#161
by
dutch courage
on 14 Sep, 2006 17:43
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Wow! Great video of the solar array deploy!
Fantastic video and SOUND of the SRB!
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#162
by
RedSky
on 14 Sep, 2006 18:14
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Everyone... try to catch today's Videofile showing all the SRB tape. On the second one they showed.... after the parachute deploy, you can catch a glimpse of the nose-cap coming down on its chute too... then just after SRB splashdown, you see it splashdown just a bit away in the distance.
Also, I don't recall the downward-looking camera views last time... looking straight at the leading edge of the wings, and the pad on launch. Incredible.
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#163
by
chksix
on 14 Sep, 2006 18:25
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Very nice views! Too bad that the WB-57 tracking wasn't very good. They should develop an IR tracking system that locks the scope to the hottest part of the flame and then allow the operator to insert an offset to slew the camera slightly forwards to cover the whole vehicle. There are military tracking devices that can lock on to IR sources with extreme accuracy.
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#164
by
Chris Bergin
on 14 Sep, 2006 18:27
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RedSky - 14/9/2006 7:01 PM
Also, I don't recall the downward-looking camera views last time... looking straight at the leading edge of the wings, and the pad on launch. Incredible.
They did have that for STS-121.
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#165
by
lucspace
on 14 Sep, 2006 18:31
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Don't know about you guys... but this is what spaceflight is all about to a large extent... breathtaking pictures! Not before the WB-57 images did I really get a sense of just how fast a Shuttle accelerates. Amazing stuff that's a pretty good PR tool ass well, I imagine...
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#166
by
Mark Dave
on 14 Sep, 2006 20:25
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My favorite images are from the SRB cameras.
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#167
by
astrobrian
on 14 Sep, 2006 21:26
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My first day back to work and now they show the SRB tapes
waaaaaaaaa looking forward to the posting here soon
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#168
by
psloss
on 15 Sep, 2006 00:43
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The SRB video was largely the same, though edited differently from last launch; they did show the "side" cameras, which were used to collect data on popcorning in the mid/late 90s...one thing I hadn't seen before was the frustum landing on its chute after the booster was in the water:
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#169
by
MKremer
on 15 Sep, 2006 02:16
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I don't recall on the older videos being able to watch the nozzles fall and hit the water after they're sheared, either.
