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#300
by
Chris Bergin
on 28 Sep, 2007 20:59
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Lee Jay - 28/9/2007 9:39 PM
nathan.moeller - 28/9/2007 2:29 PM
Great to see the stacking finally begin. How many days of contingency time to they have in the 122 processing schedule, assuming a December 6 launch target?
IIRC, one of Chris' articles used the word "just" to describe the time for that mission. I assumed that meant "zero".
"Just" denoted they had to start 122 processing ahead of 120 rollout to make December 6 with Atlantis. It's a couple of days....and they'll know better during orbiter mate milestones.
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#301
by
marsguy
on 29 Sep, 2007 01:26
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Segment now being lowered onto the MLP:
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#302
by
Ford Mustang
on 29 Sep, 2007 02:29
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marsguy - 28/9/2007 9:26 PM
Segment now being lowered onto the MLP:
Now lowered:
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#303
by
Lee Jay
on 29 Sep, 2007 02:38
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Chris Bergin - 28/9/2007 2:59 PM
Lee Jay - 28/9/2007 9:39 PM
nathan.moeller - 28/9/2007 2:29 PM
Great to see the stacking finally begin. How many days of contingency time to they have in the 122 processing schedule, assuming a December 6 launch target?
IIRC, one of Chris' articles used the word "just" to describe the time for that mission. I assumed that meant "zero".
"Just" denoted they had to start 122 processing ahead of 120 rollout to make December 6 with Atlantis. It's a couple of days....and they'll know better during orbiter mate milestones.
Thanks for clarifying, Chris. That's why I said "IIRC" (in case I didn't "RC")!
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#304
by
ChrisGebhardt
on 29 Sep, 2007 03:48
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Launch Fan - 28/9/2007 3:16 PM
Trekkie07 - 28/9/2007 2:11 PM
OK. Thanks... I was just wondering because I hadn't seen anything here or on L2 about this.
It is on L2. Check the ATK Daily Quick Look section.
Yes... but that information was not posted until this morning. My post was from last night.
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#305
by
Far Reach
on 29 Sep, 2007 05:36
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Trekkie07 - 28/9/2007 10:48 PM
Launch Fan - 28/9/2007 3:16 PM
Trekkie07 - 28/9/2007 2:11 PM
OK. Thanks... I was just wondering because I hadn't seen anything here or on L2 about this.
It is on L2. Check the ATK Daily Quick Look section.
Yes... but that information was not posted until this morning. My post was from last night.
The first sign of stacking wasn't on the ATK reports until the 28th of September report (today). Not sure about time machines on L2. It's got everything else
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#306
by
jacqmans
on 29 Sep, 2007 06:22
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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, workers have completed
interface verification on the left orbital maneuvering system pod.
Pyro mates of the orbiter docking system are complete. Technicians
continue checking out the water spray boiler system. Discovery's
three main engines were installed this week. The auxiliary power unit
leak test and functional electrical checkout are finished.
Friday and Saturday, the STS-122 crew will be at Kennedy Space Center
for the crew equipment interface test, during which the astronauts
will review the configuration of equipment in the crew cabin and
payload bay.
In the Vehicle Assembly Building, processing continues on ET-125, the
external fuel tank for the STS-122 mission. Stacking of the solid
rocket boosters began on Thursday, with the transfer of the left aft
booster to the mobile launch platform high bay No. 3.
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#307
by
Chris Bergin
on 01 Oct, 2007 13:04
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As per a bit of the ATK report for Monday on L2, 122 stacking status has the left hand booster half way stacked and the right hand aft in the transfer aisle ready to go on the MLP.
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#308
by
shuttlefan
on 01 Oct, 2007 13:49
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Chris Bergin - 1/10/2007 8:04 AM
As per a bit of the ATK report for Monday on L2, 122 stacking status has the left hand booster half way stacked and the right hand aft in the transfer aisle ready to go on the MLP.
When do they plan to move the stack over to the other highbay now that STS-120 is out of the VAB?
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#309
by
DaveS
on 01 Oct, 2007 14:15
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shuttlefan - 1/10/2007 3:49 PM
When do they plan to move the stack over to the other highbay now that STS-120 is out of the VAB?
That never was the plan. It was one of many ideas that floated around when work on ET-120's feedline brackets looked like it might draw long and hinder ET/SRB mate ops for a prolonged period of time.
High Bay 3 is fully ready to support a full stack and subsequent tollout.
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#310
by
psloss
on 01 Oct, 2007 14:46
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shuttlefan - 1/10/2007 9:49 AM
When do they plan to move the stack over to the other highbay now that STS-120 is out of the VAB?
Small add to Dave's post: the idea of shuffling MLPs had to do with VAB High Bay
Two, which is not an integration cell. High Bay 2 is only used for storage and as Dave noted it was only considered for storage in a long delay for STS-120.
The work on High Bay 3 that was completed ahead of schedule essentially brought it back fully "online" as a shuttle integration cell and both integration cells will be used for the next several missions.
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#311
by
Real Madrid
on 01 Oct, 2007 15:11
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the rollout van the space shuttle atlantis is planned for 6th november can Somebody confirms this?
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#312
by
Chris Bergin
on 01 Oct, 2007 15:20
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Real Madrid - 1/10/2007 4:11 PM
the rollout van the space shuttle atlantis is planned for 6th november can Somebody confirms this?
Not sure what you mean, but Rollover of Atlantis to the VAB is November 6, yes. Rollout to the pad is November 13.
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#313
by
Real Madrid
on 01 Oct, 2007 15:32
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Okay the Rollover is planned for november,7 and november ,14 the roll-out.
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#314
by
psloss
on 01 Oct, 2007 15:33
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Real Madrid - 1/10/2007 11:27 AM
but than have the NASA two tasks The landing of the space Shuttle Discovery and the rollover van the space shuttle atlantis.
If you're talking about towing the orbiters, post-landing or post-ferry they are towed on their landing gear. The transporter is mainly used in pre-launch rollovers.
If not, can you clarify?
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#315
by
Real Madrid
on 01 Oct, 2007 15:36
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psloss - 1/10/2007 5:33 PM
Real Madrid - 1/10/2007 11:27 AM
but than have the NASA two tasks The landing of the space Shuttle Discovery and the rollover van the space shuttle atlantis.
If you're talking about towing the orbiters, post-landing or post-ferry they are towed on their landing gear. The transporter is mainly used in pre-launch rollovers.
If not, can you clarify?
No I mean that the NASA had two Jobs to clear the Landing of the space shuttle Discovery on november,6th. and the Roll-over van the Space shuttle Atlantis from the OPF to the VAB.
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#316
by
psloss
on 01 Oct, 2007 15:46
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Real Madrid - 1/10/2007 11:36 AM
No I mean that the NASA had two Jobs to clear the Landing of the space shuttle Discovery on november,6th. and the Roll-over van the Space shuttle Atlantis from the OPF to the VAB.
Those are independent "jobs" and there's no guarantee they will coincide.
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#317
by
jacqmans
on 01 Oct, 2007 16:02
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#318
by
shuttlefan
on 01 Oct, 2007 17:52
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psloss - 1/10/2007 9:46 AM
shuttlefan - 1/10/2007 9:49 AM
When do they plan to move the stack over to the other highbay now that STS-120 is out of the VAB?
Small add to Dave's post: the idea of shuffling MLPs had to do with VAB High Bay Two, which is not an integration cell. High Bay 2 is only used for storage and as Dave noted it was only considered for storage in a long delay for STS-120.
The work on High Bay 3 that was completed ahead of schedule essentially brought it back fully "online" as a shuttle integration cell and both integration cells will be used for the next several missions.
Thanks for clearing that up for me, guys!!
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#319
by
psloss
on 03 Oct, 2007 00:05
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From this morning (local time), I believe this was the right aft center segment being transferred over from the RPSF to the VAB transfer aisle. (And then later for lifting into HB 3):
