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#340
by
anik
on 04 Jul, 2006 22:29
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Spirit - 5/7/2006 1:25 AM
Who will be the 7th astronaut on board Atlantis on STS-115?
Nobody will be...
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#341
by
psloss
on 05 Jul, 2006 00:40
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Rapoc - 3/7/2006 5:55 AM
Is the ET/SRB mating still on track for this week?
The update from Wayne Hale at tonight's post-launch briefing is that the ET/SRB mate review is scheduled for tomorrow and the mate itself is set for Thursday.
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#342
by
noname_77065
on 05 Jul, 2006 07:03
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Well with Discovery's successful launch, hopefully Atlantis is go for launch next month!
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#343
by
Spirit
on 05 Jul, 2006 07:31
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That is strange. Isn't the whole point of human space flight to launch humans in space, not empty seats?
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#344
by
rdale
on 05 Jul, 2006 09:07
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I don't think the goal of the shuttle program is to increase the number of man-hours in space. People take weight, lots of it...
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#345
by
spfrss
on 05 Jul, 2006 10:39
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Spirit - 5/7/2006 2:18 AM
That is strange. Isn't the whole point of human space flight to launch humans in space, not empty seats?
AFAIK cargo for the mission
* Second port truss segment (ITS P3/P4)
* Second set of solar arrays and batteries
is very heavy, so saving a couple hundreds of kilograms of crewmember and his equipment could have a sense.
Mauro
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#346
by
Wisi
on 05 Jul, 2006 10:46
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spfrss - 5/7/2006 12:26 PM
AFAIK cargo for the mission
* Second port truss segment (ITS P3/P4)
* Second set of solar arrays and batteries
is very heavy, so saving a couple hundreds of kilograms of crewmember and his equipment could have a sense.
Mauro
right, the whole thing is nearly 16 tons (35000 pounds).
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#347
by
Spirit
on 05 Jul, 2006 11:19
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Are they going to load the payload in Orbiter Processing Facility or they will do it on the launch pad?
Yesterday I checked STS-115 mission web page on
www.nasa.gov and there was no info regarding the mission, except for the six crew members
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#348
by
psloss
on 05 Jul, 2006 11:42
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Spirit - 5/7/2006 7:06 AM
Are they going to load the payload in Orbiter Processing Facility or they will do it on the launch pad?
Yesterday I checked STS-115 mission web page on www.nasa.gov and there was no info regarding the mission, except for the six crew members
The main payloads will be loaded at the pad. The last schedule I saw shows the payloads going out to the pad at the end of the month ahead of Atlantis.
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#349
by
Jim
on 05 Jul, 2006 11:54
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Spirit - 5/7/2006 3:18 AM
That is strange. Isn't the whole point of human space flight to launch humans in space, not empty seats?
Seats can be added and removed
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#350
by
shuttlefan
on 06 Jul, 2006 01:52
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Has anyone heard if SRB/ET mating is still on for tomorrow?
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#351
by
jewillia
on 06 Jul, 2006 02:13
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I believe John Shannon said in the briefing tonight that Wayne Hale chaired a meeting for go/no go for SRB/ET mating today. Wayne gave the go to proceed.
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#352
by
shuttlefan
on 06 Jul, 2006 02:32
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Thanks for the heads-up!!
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#353
by
HKS
on 06 Jul, 2006 21:12
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Hpoefully we'll get some pictures og ET/SRB mate?
When is Atlantis suposed to rollover to the VAB?
And, what is the procedure to ready pad 39-B for a new launch? If I remember correctly Atlantis is suposed to roll out to the pad in the beginning of August.
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#354
by
Jim
on 06 Jul, 2006 21:24
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Clean it up and reverify systems
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#355
by
Chris Bergin
on 06 Jul, 2006 22:13
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jewillia - 6/7/2006 3:00 AM
I believe John Shannon said in the briefing tonight that Wayne Hale chaired a meeting for go/no go for SRB/ET mating today. Wayne gave the go to proceed.
Hats off to the 93 MAF/Lockheed guys that have turned around the ECO R&R in lightning quick time.
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#356
by
shuttlefan
on 07 Jul, 2006 00:41
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Anyone know if SRB/ET mating did in fact ocurr today?
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#357
by
DaveS
on 07 Jul, 2006 19:17
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NASA TV is now showing a video file of ET-118 being mated to the SRBs that will be used on STS-115.
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#358
by
psloss
on 07 Jul, 2006 19:37
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DaveS - 7/7/2006 3:04 PM
NASA TV is now showing a video file of ET-118 being mated to the SRBs that will be used on STS-115.
I take it that's a yes?
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#359
by
jacqmans
on 07 Jul, 2006 19:47
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From Today's Shuttle processing status report:
In Orbiter Processing Facility bay 1, workers are busy preparing
Atlantis for rollover to the Vehicle Assembly Building, currently
scheduled for the last week of July. Final gap filler and tile work
is under way, and final inspections of the radiator are complete.
The payload bay doors are scheduled to be closed for flight late
today. Workers have configured the shuttle main engines for rollover
and are finishing final closeouts in the forward and aft sections.
In high bay 3 of the Vehicle Assembly Building, ET-118, the external
fuel tank for STS-115, has been lifted from the checkout cell, and
operations to mate it to the solid rocket boosters are under way.
