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#220
by
mainengine
on 18 May, 2006 09:46
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I know ! But for europeans status reports often arrive very late in the day, sometimes right on saturdays. I'm sorry.
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#221
by
Chris Bergin
on 26 May, 2006 17:47
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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
In Orbiter Processing Facility bay 1, technicians are carrying out
powered-up system testing on Atlantis for its mission to the
International Space Station. Gaseous nitrogen leak checks are
finished in the orbiter's mid-body.
The remote manipulator system, or "shuttle arm," was installed and
functional testing has been completed. Workers also finished testing
the manipulator positioning mechanisms, which are the pedestals that
hold the arm in place in the payload bay during launch and landing.
On Wednesday, the crawler transporter moved mobile launcher platform
No. 2 into high bay 3 of the Vehicle Assembly Building in preparation
for stacking operations to begin for the STS-115 mission. The first
solid rocket booster segment is scheduled to be lifted into the high
bay next week.
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#222
by
Spirit
on 28 May, 2006 14:33
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#223
by
shuttlefan
on 28 May, 2006 20:38
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Is the ET for STS-115 still set to ship to KSC this coming week?
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#224
by
shuttlefan
on 28 May, 2006 20:40
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I forgot to mention--Is the ET schedule for STS-116/301 looking better to be able to support rescue for 115?
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#225
by
Spirit
on 28 May, 2006 22:10
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#226
by
galileo
on 01 Jun, 2006 01:27
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STS-115 ET/SRB update
BI-127 (RSRM 94) stacking is scheduled to begin tomorrow 6/1 with the RAB followed by the LAB on Friday 6/2.
ET-118 is behind schedule. Should have been loaded onto the barge at MAF yesterday however there is a significant amount of work that has yet to be completed and MAF is looking to KSC to assess whether they could ship the tank and transfer the work to the VAB. Otherwise it will be a week before the tank will be complete at MAF. Program management is expected to make a decision tomorrow on whether to ship the tank to KSC as is or whether they should delay delivery and finish the tank at MAF. Either way the ECO's are still going to come out of ET-118 just like we did to 119.
Stacking STS-115 in time for its window is going to be a major challenge but i think everyone at KSC is ready for it
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#227
by
psloss
on 01 Jun, 2006 01:33
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galileo - 31/5/2006 9:14 PM
Either way the ECO's are still going to come out of ET-118 just like we did to 119.
Is that the decision that needs to be made -- changing out the LH2 ECOs at MAF or KSC? Or is it something else?
Thanks,
Philip Sloss
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#228
by
shuttlefan
on 01 Jun, 2006 01:52
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"...stacking is scheduled to begin tomorrow 6/1 with the RAB followed by the LAB on Friday 6/2.
Do you mean that the Right Aft-Booster Segment will be stacked onto the Mobile Launcher Platform tomorrow and the left one onto the MLP Friday?
Just wanted to make sure I translated that correctly!
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#229
by
Rapoc
on 01 Jun, 2006 15:07
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#230
by
shuttlefan
on 01 Jun, 2006 18:29
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So the aft-booster segment is on the MLP and being bolted down now?
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#231
by
psloss
on 01 Jun, 2006 18:32
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shuttlefan - 1/6/2006 2:16 PM
So the aft-booster segment is on the MLP and being bolted down now?
Not according to the screen capture from the camera: it's still in the transfer aisle.
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#232
by
psloss
on 02 Jun, 2006 01:06
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#233
by
shuttlefan
on 02 Jun, 2006 01:18
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Thanks for the post!!
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#234
by
shuttlefan
on 02 Jun, 2006 03:35
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I would love it if there were a video feed of the aft-booster-segment actually being hoisted onto the MLP, which must be ocurring as we speak because it is gone from the VAB transfer aisle.
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#235
by
psloss
on 02 Jun, 2006 14:38
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As Jim already noted, the other aft segment (left-hand) has arrived in the transfer aisle...
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#236
by
Chris Bergin
on 02 Jun, 2006 20:29
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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
In Orbiter Processing Facility bay 1, Atlantis was powered up this
week to support payload testing. Early in the week, the auxiliary
power controller unit verification testing was successfully
completed. Preparations for installing engine No. 3 are finished,
with installation scheduled for Monday. Engines No. 1 and No. 2
already are in place on the orbiter.
On Thursday, stacking for STS-115 began with the transfer of the right
aft booster segment from the Rotation Processing and Surge Facility
to the Vehicle Assembly Building, where it was lifted into high bay 3
and placed on mobile launcher platform No. 2. The left aft booster
was transported to the Vehicle Assembly Building and lifted into high
bay 3 on Friday.
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#237
by
galileo
on 03 Jun, 2006 00:22
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BI-127 (RSRM 94) Stacking Update
The RAB has been secured to the MLP and all four studs have been tensioned. The LAB is in HB-3 and should be hard down on the hold down posts on the MLP by midnight tonight. The LAC segment will be transferred to the VAB on Monday and lifted and mated on 2nd shift Monday and/or 3rd shift tuesday.
ET-118
LM told program at PRCB on thursday that the tank will be complete and ready to ship Monday 6/5. However, late today MAF contacted KSC to arrange a very cryptic telecon for 9am tomorrow (sat) morning with very high level ET folks (NASA, USA, & LM) at KSC. Rumor has it they will in fact be unable to complete all the work they promised by 6/5 and a significant amount of work as well as MAF tech will be coming to the cape. As of right now, all open MAF work is expected to be completed in parallel with normal KSC ET processing activities in the HB-4 checkout cell. Also, a special SICB is being held tomorrow to discuss whether R&R'ing the ET-118 ECO's is necessary (among other topics). If flight rationale can be developed that gets us out of having to swap out the ECO's then a substantial amount of contingency days can be gained in the schedule.
As of today, only 1 day of contingency exists in the STS-115 flow. Basically what that means is every thing has to go perfectly right in order to have the vehicle completely ready for the aug 28th launch date.
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#238
by
shuttlefan
on 03 Jun, 2006 01:13
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What's an SICB?
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#239
by
Chris Bergin
on 03 Jun, 2006 02:49
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shuttlefan - 3/6/2006 2:00 AM
What's an SICB?
System Integration Control Board
