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#340
by
DaveS
on 12 Oct, 2007 09:50
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Real Madrid - 12/10/2007 11:37 AM
what is the LON Orbiter for STS-122?
Endeavour as she is next in line after STS-122/1E.
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#341
by
pnrobinson
on 12 Oct, 2007 19:58
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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, midbody closeout and inspection work is complete and the payload bay doors were closed for rollover. Workers continue to close out and inspect the forward and aft sections. The landing gear functional test was successfully performed.
In the Vehicle Assembly Building, processing continues on ET-125, the external fuel tank for mission STS-122. Repairs to the liquid oxygen feedline support bracket foam are complete and access platforms are being removed. In high bay No. 3, stacking of the solid rocket boosters is finished.
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#342
by
ShuttleDiscovery
on 13 Oct, 2007 09:59
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#343
by
Chris Bergin
on 15 Oct, 2007 18:31
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#344
by
Chandonn
on 15 Oct, 2007 21:53
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Chris Bergin - 15/10/2007 2:31 PM
Boosters are stacked:
AWESOME! I believe we are now looking at ET mating on Wednesday 10/17?
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#345
by
psloss
on 15 Oct, 2007 21:55
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Chandonn - 15/10/2007 5:53 PM
I believe we are now looking at ET mating on Wednesday 10/17?
Yes.
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#346
by
ChrisGebhardt
on 17 Oct, 2007 17:13
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Looks like the crane is heading toward the checkout cell to get the ET.
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#347
by
nathan.moeller
on 18 Oct, 2007 04:20
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Any updates on the tank mating?
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#348
by
shuttlefan
on 18 Oct, 2007 13:49
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nathan.moeller - 17/10/2007 11:20 PM
Any updates on the tank mating?
FT reports the tank mating took place last night...
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#349
by
Ford Mustang
on 19 Oct, 2007 00:34
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#350
by
ShuttleDiscovery
on 20 Oct, 2007 09:30
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Thanks for the picture. I can't seem to get on to the KSC Media gallery at all at the moment!
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#351
by
Andy
on 24 Oct, 2007 23:57
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Here are some pictures from VAB yesterday. Some are blurry- no flash allowed.
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#352
by
Andy
on 25 Oct, 2007 00:12
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#353
by
joncz
on 25 Oct, 2007 00:19
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What's that say on the side of the engine bell in picture 145? "CAUTION: Point this end away from you."
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#354
by
MKremer
on 25 Oct, 2007 00:20
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Thanks for sharing those!
How much space did that engine shop take up? Also, how many engines could you estimate were in there at the time?
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#355
by
MKremer
on 25 Oct, 2007 00:23
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joncz - 24/10/2007 7:19 PM
What's that say on the side of the engine bell in picture 145? "CAUTION: Point this end away from you."
Heh. No, it says "CAUTION: Do Not Crush Insulation", which is stencilled several times around the outer insulation over every engine bell.
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#356
by
Andy
on 25 Oct, 2007 00:24
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Here is good shot of all the cells.
I think you could fit maybe 5 or 6 in the deck area (there were three or four) and I think there were two in horizontal stands around the corner.
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#357
by
MKremer
on 25 Oct, 2007 00:26
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Were you able to see or get a picture of any engines almost completely torn down?
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#358
by
Andy
on 25 Oct, 2007 00:29
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In the last picture behind the blue box on the right you can see a nozzle with no powerhead. Pretty sure they were assembling it.
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#359
by
joncz
on 25 Oct, 2007 00:29
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Those engines are just amazing.
Such fragility in those insulating tubes in such an extremely hostile environment. And to think that after 8-1/2 minutes of those things firing, sheets of ice have fallen off the outside at MECO.
That engine shop looks like something Rick Hendrick would be at home in. If you squint, you can just make out the 24 on the side of Discovery...
:bleh:
