STS-117: Rollback and ET-124 VAB Repair Latest

• #520 by Felix on 28 Apr, 2007 00:43
• Rollout delayed to NET May 15.  "The three-day slip is needed to give engineers and technicians time to finish repairs to the shuttle's hail-damged external tank and perform inspections of the orbiter's main propulsion system propellant lines."  http://www.floridatoday.com/floridatoday/blogs/spaceteam/2007/04/atlantis-return-to-pad-slips-to-net-may.html
• #521 by Flightstar on 28 Apr, 2007 00:47
• Old news Felix. That was decided earlier in the week, as per L2 status reports.
• #522 by Chris Bergin on 28 Apr, 2007 01:36
• That's my fault for forgetting to copy it across into here on Thursday from L2.
• #523 by uko on 28 Apr, 2007 11:17
• Maybe someone can comment on how tight the June 8. option is if rollout occurs on May 15th?
  
• #524 by DaveS on 28 Apr, 2007 11:45
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  uko - 28/4/2007  1:17 PM
  
  Maybe someone can comment on how tight the June 8. option is if rollout occurs on May 15th?
  

  3 days of contigency time in the schedule.
• #525 by shuttlefan on 28 Apr, 2007 20:13
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  DaveS - 28/4/2007  6:45 AM
  
  

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  uko - 28/4/2007  1:17 PM
  
  Maybe someone can comment on how tight the June 8. option is if rollout occurs on May 15th?
  

  3 days of contigency time in the schedule.

  
  Whoo-that's tight!
• #526 by DaveS on 28 Apr, 2007 20:42
• Here's some stats about the present STS-117/13A flow:
  
  Atlantis has been in HB1 for 58 days. With rollout planned for May 15, that will lead to a total VAB stay-time of 75 days. And for a June 8 launch, the pad time will be 24 days.
• #527 by shuttlefan on 29 Apr, 2007 01:37
• Is there a certain " shelf-life " during which the orbiter can be vertical, or must it be demated and put horizontal after a long period of time?
• #528 by Jim on 29 Apr, 2007 01:51
• no
• #529 by Lee Jay on 29 Apr, 2007 02:03
• What do they do about tire pressure?  Can they check and adjust it with it stacked?
• #530 by shuttlefan on 29 Apr, 2007 13:51
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  Lee Jay - 28/4/2007  9:03 PM
  
  What do they do about tire pressure?  Can they check and adjust it with it stacked?

  
  They can't adjust it when stacked because the landing gear can't be lowered when the orbiter is mated to the tank. I'm not sure about how they moniter it though.
• #531 by eeergo on 29 Apr, 2007 14:28
• Do they plan to tear down all the scaffolding today or just the part that makes difficult to access the SSMEs?
• #532 by shuttlefan on 29 Apr, 2007 16:04
• To the best of everyone's knowledge, is SSME removal still set to start Monday? :cool:
• #533 by ShuttleDiscovery on 29 Apr, 2007 16:18
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  shuttlefan - 29/4/2007  5:04 PM
  
  To the best of everyone's knowledge, is SSME removal still set to start Monday? :cool:

  
  Yep, I think so (at last!   )
• #534 by DaveS on 30 Apr, 2007 01:11
• Scaffolding removal is in progress at last! Watch it here: http://webcams.ksc.nasa.gov/ImgCap/camera1/Camera1Java.htm

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• #535 by Lee Jay on 30 Apr, 2007 01:36
• This is gonna be the funniest looking tank...
• #536 by Radioheaded on 30 Apr, 2007 02:13
• Hopefully one of the webcams can/will be repositioned for a view of SSME removal.....
• #537 by ADC9 on 30 Apr, 2007 04:59
• It is going to look like an orange Dalmation!
• #538 by Chris Bergin on 30 Apr, 2007 15:27

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• #539 by shuttlefan on 30 Apr, 2007 15:35
• Any word yet on engine removal today?