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#180
by
mkirk
on 31 Mar, 2006 23:54
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Here is the Space Shuttle Status Report from KSC PAO for this week:
Mission: STS-115 - 19th International Space Station Flight (12A) -
P3/P4 Solar Arrays
Vehicle: Atlantis (OV-104)
Location: Orbiter Processing Facility Bay 1
Launch Date: No earlier than Aug. 28, 2006
Launch Pad: 39B
Crew: Jett, Ferguson, Tanner, Burbank, MacLean and Stefanyshyn-Piper
Inclination/Orbit Altitude: 51.6 degrees/122 nautical miles
Technicians continue performing powered-up system testing on Atlantis
for its mission to the International Space Station. Water coolant
loop servicing continues following the removal and replacement of the
water coolant loop No. 2 pump package.
Preparations began today for the orbiter boom sensor system's
installation into Atlantis' payload bay on Monday. The 50-foot-long
boom attaches to the shuttle arm and is one of the new safety
measures added prior to Return to Flight last year. It equips the
orbiter with cameras and laser systems to inspect the shuttle's heat
shield while in space.
Mark Kirkman
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#181
by
mainengine
on 03 Apr, 2006 00:04
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As I followed the processing flow the engines were not removed after not flying STS-300 last July. The only one that has been removed is engine No. 3 for installation in Discovery now. For Atlantis it seems the processing has not reached the point for engine no. 3 installation.
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#182
by
anik
on 05 Apr, 2006 14:37
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Preparations began today for the orbiter boom sensor system's installation into Atlantis' payload bay on Monday. The 50-foot-long boom attaches to the shuttle arm and is one of the new safety measures added prior to Return to Flight last year. It equips the orbiter with cameras and laser systems to inspect the shuttle's heat shield while in space
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#183
by
SimonShuttle
on 06 Apr, 2006 07:48
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Don't bang this one!
Any reason why the other arm is covered in a red material?
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#184
by
Tahii
on 06 Apr, 2006 10:21
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Extra protection after what happened to the last arm
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#185
by
mkirk
on 07 Apr, 2006 21:18
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Bump
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#186
by
mkirk
on 07 Apr, 2006 21:26
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Here is the Space Shuttle Update for this week from PAO:
Mission: STS-115 - 19th ISS Flight (12A) - P3/P4 Solar Arrays
Vehicle: Atlantis (OV-104)
Location: Orbiter Processing Facility Bay 1
Launch Date: No earlier than Aug. 28, 2006
Launch Pad: 39B
Crew: Jett, Ferguson, Tanner, Burbank, MacLean and Stefanyshyn-Piper
Inclination/Orbit Altitude: 51.6 degrees/122 nautical miles
Technicians continue performing powered-up system testing on Atlantis for its mission to the International Space Station. Water coolant loop servicing is complete following the replacement of the water coolant loop No. 2 pump package. Technicians also successfully performed compression testing on the water coolant pump.
The orbiter boom sensor system was installed in the payload bay of Atlantis on Monday. The 50-foot-long boom attaches to the remote manipulator system, or shuttle arm, and is one of the new safety measures added prior to the Return to Flight. It equips the orbiter with cameras and laser systems to inspect the space shuttle’s heat shield while in space.
Mark Kirkman
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#187
by
mainengine
on 09 Apr, 2006 10:58
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According to a nasa video of August 24 2004 (KSC-04-S-00305) you are right. There should be 15 engines available at any given time.
But after destruction of three engines during the columbia accident there are now 12 engines flight ready. The newest one is No. 2058, the first engine assembled entirely at KSC. There are 4 more engines to be build.
The next engine hot fire test will be on April 21 at Stennis Space Center. I will be there and I'm tensed what engine it would be.
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#188
by
Chris Bergin
on 09 Apr, 2006 13:00
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You are going to Stennis?
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#189
by
mainengine
on 10 Apr, 2006 20:33
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Yes I do. And I'm very happy about the trip. I'm looking forward to the hot fire test really.
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#190
by
Orbiter Obvious
on 10 Apr, 2006 21:43
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mainengine - 10/4/2006 3:33 PM
Yes I do. And I'm very happy about the trip. I'm looking forward to the hot fire test really.
That's great! Maybe you could take some pictures?
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#191
by
anik
on 13 Apr, 2006 17:33
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SHUTTLE PROCESSING MILESTONESBy William Harwoodhttp://www.cbsnews.com/network/news/space/currentglance.html07/24/06...STS-115: Orbiter/external tank mating in VAB
07/27/06...STS-115: Payload to launch pad
07/31/06...STS-115: Rollout to launch pad
08/08/06...STS-115: TCDT
08/28/06...STS-115: Launch (current estimate: 04:07 p.m. EDT;
...............must launch by Sept. 5 to permit on-time Soyuz TMA-9 launch)
08/30/06...STS-115: Docking with space station
09/06/06...STS-115: Undocking
09/08/06...STS-115: Landing
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#192
by
mkirk
on 14 Apr, 2006 20:55
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Here is the Space Shuttle Status for this week from Jessica at KSC PAO:
Mission: STS-115 - 19th ISS Flight (12A) - P3/P4 Solar Arrays
Vehicle: Atlantis (OV-104)
Location: Orbiter Processing Facility Bay 1
Launch Date: No earlier than Aug. 28, 2006
Launch Pad: 39B
Crew: Jett, Ferguson, Tanner, Burbank, MacLean and Stefanyshyn-Piper
Inclination/Orbit Altitude: 51.6 degrees/122 nautical miles
Technicians continue performing powered-up system testing on Atlantis for its mission to the International Space Station. The external tank door functional test is scheduled for early next week.
Crane operations removed and reinstalled the orbiter boom sensor system in the payload bay of Atlantis on Wednesday for additional work on the manipulator positioning mechanisms. The positioning mechanisms are the pedestals that hold the boom in place in the payload bay while the boom is not in use. The 50-foot-long boom attaches to the shuttle arm and is one of the new safety measures added prior to the Return to Flight mission that launched in July 2005.
Mark Kirkman
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#193
by
psloss
on 15 Apr, 2006 15:40
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Anybody know what the status is of the gap-filler replacement on Atlantis?
Thanks,
Philip Sloss
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#194
by
shuttlefan
on 21 Apr, 2006 18:25
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I'm wondering if they now have two fully-stacked SRB sets in the VAB ( for STS-121 and STS-115/300.
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#195
by
Flightstar
on 21 Apr, 2006 19:40
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shuttlefan - 21/4/2006 1:25 PM
I'm wondering if they now have two fully-stacked SRB sets in the VAB ( for STS-121 and STS-115/300.
No. We have Discovery rolling over to the VAB in about three weeks.
She'll be out at the pad and probably launched by the time Atlantis goes to the VAB.
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#196
by
DaveS
on 21 Apr, 2006 19:59
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New page bump 1
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#197
by
mkirk
on 25 Apr, 2006 15:56
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Just FYI:
Just as a reminder that STS-115 will be flying sometime soon.
The STS-115 crew has a relatively big simulation scheduled for tomorrow 5am to 3pm. It is a simulation of Flight Day 4 EVA (extra vehicular activity) number 1 tasks and ISS P3/P4 integrated truss segment (solor arrays) installation procedures. The simulation will be conducted with the spacewalking crew members suited up and in the NBL pool (the 6.2 million gallon neutral buoyancy lab pool). It also involves the Space Shuttle and Space Station Flight Control teams.
Mark Kirkman
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#198
by
anik
on 25 Apr, 2006 20:26
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Mark, how much spacewalks (three?) are planned in STS-115 mission and what pairs of astronauts (Tanner/Stefanyshyn-Piper or Burbank/MacLean, or Tanner/Burbank) will conduct their?...
Beforehand thanks for the answer!...
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#199
by
HKS
on 25 Apr, 2006 21:04
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They were training for STS-115 at NBL when I visited JSC this easter (12th April)
Here is a one of my pictures of the tuss (P3 & P4), that Atlantis will carry uphill
