STS-122 (LON-322) Processing Latest

• #180 by Bret on 05 Sep, 2007 14:32
• Thanks for the updates.  I agree that Dec 6 looks to be aggressive on a number of processing fronts.
• #181 by ShuttleDiscovery on 06 Sep, 2007 15:54
• I've made a mission poster similar to my STS-120 one including the ISS as it will look after the 1E stage. PM (Private Message) me with any comments as i'd hate to clog up this thread with unecessary posts!
  
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  EDIT: Have been experiencing some problems with the link, so here's the main page:
  
  http://shuttlediscovery.blogspot.com/
  
  
• #182 by Chandonn on 06 Sep, 2007 16:08
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  ShuttleDiscovery - 6/9/2007  11:54 AM
  
  I've made a mission poster similar to my STS-120 one including the ISS as it will look after the 1E stage. PM (Private Message) me with any comments as i'd hate to clog up this thread with unecessary posts!
  
  http://bp1.blogger.com/_9LYc2Zpf5t8/RuAhYs6pjPI/AAAAAAAAAE8/gq3ck6v2dIc/s1600/122.jpg
  
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  That's interesting. Site says something about "ACESS FORBIDDEN"...
• #183 by STS Tony on 06 Sep, 2007 22:46
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  ShuttleDiscovery - 6/9/2007  10:54 AM
  
  I've made a mission poster similar to my STS-120 one including the ISS...
  
  

  
  Not a processing update!
• #184 by STS Tony on 06 Sep, 2007 22:46
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  Bret - 5/9/2007  9:32 AM
  
  Thanks for the updates.  I agree that Dec 6 looks to be aggressive on a number of processing fronts.

  
  Yep, it's tight.
• #185 by Chandonn on 06 Sep, 2007 22:53
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  ShuttleDiscovery - 6/9/2007  11:54 AM
  
  I've made a mission poster similar to my STS-120 one including the ISS as it will look after the 1E stage. PM (Private Message) me with any comments as i'd hate to clog up this thread with unecessary posts!
  
  Thanks
   
  
  EDIT: Have been experiencing some problems with the link, so here's the main page:
  
  http://shuttlediscovery.blogspot.com/
  
  

  
  COOL!  Awesome poster!  Might even be better than the one you did for STS-120!
• #186 by Chandonn on 06 Sep, 2007 22:54
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  STS Tony - 6/9/2007  6:46 PM
  
  

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  ShuttleDiscovery - 6/9/2007  10:54 AM
  
  I've made a mission poster similar to my STS-120 one including the ISS...
  
  

  
  Not a processing update!

  
  Chill!  This guy's done some great work on the other pre-processing threads.  We don't start biting people's heads off around here until processing gets tight.
• #187 by eeergo on 07 Sep, 2007 16:21

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  Chandonn - 7/9/2007 12:53 AM

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  ShuttleDiscovery - 6/9/2007 11:54 AM I've made a mission poster similar to my STS-120 one including the ISS as it will look after the 1E stage.

  COOL! Awesome poster! Might even be better than the one you did for STS-120!

  Absolutely, those are really nice posters! However, they're so realistic that it spoils the mistery of the future look of the station

• #188 by nathan.moeller on 07 Sep, 2007 16:24
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  eeergo - 7/9/2007  11:21 AM
  
  

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  Chandonn - 7/9/2007 12:53 AM

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  ShuttleDiscovery - 6/9/2007 11:54 AM I've made a mission poster similar to my STS-120 one including the ISS as it will look after the 1E stage.

  COOL! Awesome poster! Might even be better than the one you did for STS-120!

  Absolutely, those are really nice posters! However, they're so realistic that it spoils the mistery of the future look of the station

  
  Agree to a certain point, but nothing ever beats the real thing.  The pictures are neat, but the images we'll get in October and December will completely show these up (no offense on the Photoshop jobs!).  Great posters!
• #189 by nathan.moeller on 07 Sep, 2007 16:30
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  Bret - 5/9/2007  9:32 AM
  
  Thanks for the updates.  I agree that Dec 6 looks to be aggressive on a number of processing fronts.

  
  I'm not too worried about it.  They turned Atlantis around and had her back on the pad for STS-117 about four and a half months after STS-115 ended.  We're looking at about the same amount of time between STS-117 landing and STS-122 being on the pad.  My only concern is about them tarrying on the launch pad so darn close to the beta cutout.  The launch window is only one week.  What are the options for January, should they miss the December window?
• #190 by Chris Bergin on 07 Sep, 2007 16:38
• Writing an article on how NASA have a plan to mitigate timeline concerns for 122
• #191 by Bret on 07 Sep, 2007 16:39
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  nathan.moeller - 7/9/2007  11:30 AM
  
  

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  Bret - 5/9/2007  9:32 AM
  
  Thanks for the updates.  I agree that Dec 6 looks to be aggressive on a number of processing fronts.

  
  I'm not too worried about it.  They turned Atlantis around and had her back on the pad for STS-117 about four and a half months after STS-115 ended.

  
  Orbiter processing is not the constraint here -- they are in great shape there.  Problem is how to acheive an Oct 8 ET/SRB mate when they can't even begin SRB stacking until STS-120 vacates the VAB?
• #192 by Bret on 07 Sep, 2007 16:42
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  Chris Bergin - 7/9/2007  11:38 AM
  
  Writing an article on how NASA have a plan to mitigate timeline concerns for 122

  
  Thanks Chris! I knew they were working on it ... guess we just like to get ahead of ourselves sometimes.  Chalk it up to enthusiasm!
• #193 by Analyst on 07 Sep, 2007 16:55
• How long has been the time between SRB/ET mate and orbiter rollover/mate in the past, e.g. before Columbia? I am not sure, but hasn't it been much less than the 3 weeks today? If so, what additional work is done now?
  
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• #194 by psloss on 07 Sep, 2007 17:02
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  Analyst - 7/9/2007  12:55 PM
  
  How long has been the time between SRB/ET mate and orbiter rollover/mate in the past, e.g. before Columbia? I am not sure, but hasn't it been much less than the 3 weeks today? If so, what additional work is done now?

  IIRC, there was more time between ET/SRB mate and orbiter rollover in the past...I believe orbiter processing used to be more in the critical path than ET deliveries (as has been the case more since the post Columbia disaster).
  
• #195 by nathan.moeller on 07 Sep, 2007 17:46
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  Bret - 7/9/2007  11:39 AM
  
  

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  nathan.moeller - 7/9/2007  11:30 AM
  
  

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  Bret - 5/9/2007  9:32 AM
  
  Thanks for the updates.  I agree that Dec 6 looks to be aggressive on a number of processing fronts.

  
  I'm not too worried about it.  They turned Atlantis around and had her back on the pad for STS-117 about four and a half months after STS-115 ended.

  
  Orbiter processing is not the constraint here -- they are in great shape there.  Problem is how to acheive an Oct 8 ET/SRB mate when they can't even begin SRB stacking until STS-120 vacates the VAB?

  
  Totally missed the point.  My bad Looking forward to that article Chris.
• #196 by Chris Bergin on 07 Sep, 2007 20:10
• STS-122: Atlantis mission timeline protected in new plan
  http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/content/?cid=5223
  
  
• #197 by nathan.moeller on 07 Sep, 2007 20:20
• Great article.  So, they're going to finish up work on HB3, roll the MLP in there and start stacking?  Or is that out of order?  Either way, great to hear they're saving the December opportunitie(s).
• #198 by jacqmans on 07 Sep, 2007 21:39
• Mission: STS-122 - 24th International Space Station Flight -
  Columbus Module
  Vehicle: Atlantis (OV-104)
  Location: Orbiter Processing Facility Bay 1
  Launch Date: Targeted for Dec. 6, 2007
  Launch Pad: 39A
  Crew: Frick, Poindexter, Schlegel, Eyharts, Love, Melvin and Walheim
  Inclination/Orbit Altitude: 51.6 degrees/122 nautical miles
  
  In Orbiter Processing Facility bay No. 1, modifications are finished
  on the orbiter's engine cutoff sensor wiring. This involved rerouting
  new wires and installing new resistors. Orbiter power system
  validation is complete. Technicians finished waterproofing the
  orbiter's thermal protection system last weekend. Checkout and
  verification of the orbiter's remote manipulator system, also known
  as the shuttle arm, is under way.
  
• #199 by shuttlefan on 11 Sep, 2007 18:06
• Any word on ET shipping?