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#80
by
Chris Bergin
on 05 Nov, 2005 00:10
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NASA'S SPACE SHUTTLE PROCESSING STATUS REPORT: S05-031
Atlantis (OV-104)
Mission: STS-115: 19th International Space Station Flight
Payload: P3/P4 Solar Arrays
Location: Orbiter Processing Facility Bay 1
Launch Date: TBD
Launch Pad: 39B
Crew: Jett, Ferguson, Tanner, Burbank, MacLean, Stefanyshyn-Piper
S-band antenna installation complete. Thermal protection system gap
filler inspections and rework continue in the forward and mid-body
areas. All zones are identified and mapping is complete in three of
the 10 zones. Mapping will be complete in all zones by Thanksgiving
and pull tests will begin. This work is being performed due to two
gap fillers protruding from the underside of Discovery on the first
return to flight mission, STS-114.
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#81
by
STS Tony
on 05 Nov, 2005 03:15
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S-Band, is that the one we saw pointing out of the side of Discovery doing STS-114's RBAR role? There's a really good picture of Discovery facing forward with this poiting out of the cargo bay if I can find it.
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#82
by
DaveS
on 05 Nov, 2005 09:15
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STS Tony - 5/11/2005 5:15 AM
S-Band, is that the one we saw pointing out of the side of Discovery doing STS-114's RBAR role? There's a really good picture of Discovery facing forward with this poiting out of the cargo bay if I can find it.
No, that one is the hi-speed KU band antenna. The S-Band antennas are arranged in a square around the aft crew module bulkhead. They're covered by TPS blankets.
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#83
by
Chris Bergin
on 05 Nov, 2005 10:08
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STS Tony - 5/11/2005 4:15 AM
S-Band, is that the one we saw pointing out of the side of Discovery doing STS-114's RBAR role? There's a really good picture of Discovery facing forward with this poiting out of the cargo bay if I can find it.
As Dave noted...
Here's the picture of what you were thinking of all the same (as it's a great picture!)
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#84
by
anik
on 09 Nov, 2005 09:05
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In the Orbiter Processing Facility Bay 1 at NASA Kennedy Space Center, a crane is attached to the remote manipulator system boom in Atlantis’ payload bay. The boom is being removed from Atlantis and will be temporarily stored. The RMS includes the electromechanical arm that maneuvers a payload from the payload bay of the orbiter to its deployment position and then releases it. It can also grapple a free-flying payload, maneuver it to the payload bay of the orbiter and berth it in the orbiter
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#85
by
Flightstar
on 10 Nov, 2005 23:01
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NASA's Space Shuttle Processing Status Report: S05-032
Mission: STS-115 -- 19th ISS Flight (12A) -- P3/P4 Solar Arrays
Vehicle: Atlantis (OV-104)
Location: Orbiter Processing Facility Bay 1
Launch Date: TBD
Launch Pad: 39B
Crew: Jett, Ferguson, Tanner, Burbank, MacLean and Stefanyshyn-Piper
Inclination/Orbit Altitude: 51.6 degrees/122 nautical miles
Atlantis processing continues on schedule in Orbiter Processing Facility Bay 1 for its mission to the International Space Station. Technicians are continuing wire inspections and adding chafe protection to the reaction jet driver. The remote manipulator system was removed from the vehicle on Tuesday.
Thermal protection system gap filler inspections and measurements continue in the forward and mid-body areas of the vehicle. Currently, all zones are identified and mapping is complete in nine of the 10 zones. This work is being performed due to two gap fillers that were protruding from the underside of Discovery on the first return to flight mission, STS-114.
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#86
by
Avron
on 11 Nov, 2005 04:13
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anik - 9/11/2005 5:05 AM
In the Orbiter Processing Facility Bay 1 at NASA Kennedy Space Center, a crane is attached to the remote manipulator system boom in Atlantis’ payload bay. The boom is being removed from Atlantis and will be temporarily stored. The RMS includes the electromechanical arm that maneuvers a payload from the payload bay of the orbiter to its deployment position and then releases it. It can also grapple a free-flying payload, maneuver it to the payload bay of the orbiter and berth it in the orbiter
Great PR in that image...amazing product placement..
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#87
by
Chris Bergin
on 12 Nov, 2005 07:08
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From the Shuttle Standup 10th November report, kindly posted by SG on SDC....
OV-104
• Gap filler pull test 10-20% complete
• RMS removed; will be installed on OV-103 today; expect to remove boom next week
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#88
by
Mark Max Q
on 12 Nov, 2005 17:01
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RMS removed from Atlantis and to be installed in Discovery? What is the RMS and why the swapping to another Orbiter?
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#89
by
anik
on 12 Nov, 2005 17:41
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Mark Max Q - 12/11/2005 9:01 PM
RMS removed from Atlantis and to be installed in Discovery?
Yeah!...
Mark Max Q - 12/11/2005 9:01 PM
What is the RMS and why the swapping to another Orbiter?
RMS = Remote Manipulator System or Space Shuttle Arm...
From NASA Space Shuttle Processing Status Report 11 November 2005:
"The arms were switched because the arm that was installed on Atlantis has special instrumentation to gather loads data from the STS-121 mission"
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#90
by
Avron
on 12 Nov, 2005 23:59
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#91
by
Rocket Ronnie
on 13 Nov, 2005 10:52
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I'm to echo some posts already made, but I'm amazed to how new and clean the TPS looks!
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#92
by
tommy
on 15 Nov, 2005 09:47
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#93
by
Chris Bergin
on 16 Nov, 2005 10:28
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Actually, that was a better picture than I used. Damn. Anik's brilliant with getting superb images off NASA.gov's sites.
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#94
by
Avron
on 17 Nov, 2005 05:09
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Chris Bergin - 16/11/2005 6:28 AM
Actually, that was a better picture than I used. Damn. Anik's brilliant with getting superb images off NASA.gov's sites.
EH... (#9149 ) was from Nasa TV
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#95
by
Chris Bergin
on 17 Nov, 2005 11:12
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I was very tired when I posted that
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#96
by
Chris Bergin
on 22 Nov, 2005 21:58
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STATUS REPORT: S05-033
NASA'S SPACE SHUTTLE PROCESSING STATUS REPORT: S05-033
Mission: STS-115 - 19th ISS Flight (12A) - P3/P4 Solar Arrays
Vehicle: Atlantis (OV-104)
Location: Orbiter Processing Facility Bay 1
Launch Date: TBD
Launch Pad: 39B
Crew: Jett, Ferguson, Tanner, Burbank, MacLean and Stefanyshyn-Piper
Inclination/Orbit Altitude: 51.6 degrees/122 nautical miles
Atlantis processing continues on schedule in Orbiter Processing
Facility Bay 1 for its mission to the International Space Station.
Reaction jet driver wire inspections and chafe protection work
continue in the forward and aft areas of the vehicle.
Thermal protection system gap filler inspections and measurements
continue in the shuttle's forward and midbody areas. Currently, all
zones are identified and mapping is complete in nine of the 10 zones.
This work is being performed after two gap fillers were found
protruding from the underside of Discovery on this summer's Return to
Flight mission, STS-114. New installation procedures are being
developed to ensure the gap fillers stay in place and do not pose any
hazard on re-entry to the atmosphere.
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#97
by
anik
on 01 Dec, 2005 17:03
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The Forward Reaction Control System (FRCS) of space shuttle Atlantis sits in the transfer aisle of Orbiter Processing Facility Bay 1 in anticipation of being installed. The FRCS provides the thrust for attitude (rotational) maneuvers (pitch, yaw and roll) and for small velocity changes along the orbiter axis (translation maneuvers)
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#98
by
Terry Rocket
on 01 Dec, 2005 17:34
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Wow, never seen such a good picture of that before!
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#99
by
anik
on 02 Dec, 2005 13:05
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In Orbiter Processing Facility Bay 1, technicians work on the Forward Reaction Control System (FRCS) of space shuttle Atlantis as it sits in the transfer aisle prior to installation
