LIVE: STS-117 Flight Day 3 - RPM and Docking

• #220 by Zachstar on 10 Jun, 2007 20:19
• Hatch Coming Open on ISS Side!
  
  Hatch Open!

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• #221 by Zachstar on 10 Jun, 2007 20:21
• Hatch reported open on space station side.
• #222 by DaveS on 10 Jun, 2007 20:24
• All the 800 mm RPM photos have been downlinked. The 400 mm photos are in work.
• #223 by Zachstar on 10 Jun, 2007 20:24
• Quick Downlink of RPM Images. Hopefully we will see a few at the meeting today and then more on L2 later.
  
  Edit: Looks like they want to get started on the Arm Ops.
• #224 by Zachstar on 10 Jun, 2007 20:27
• GO for S3/S4 Grapple. Sounds Good!
• #225 by Chandonn on 10 Jun, 2007 20:27
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  kneecaps - 10/6/2007  4:05 PM
  
  Anybody know what gets powered off in the 'Group B' Powerdown?

  
  Should be in the Shuttle Q & A (2):
  
  http://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/forums/thread-view.asp?tid=2030&posts=748&mid=46758&highlight=Group+B+powerdown&highlightmode=1&action=search#M46758
• #226 by Zachstar on 10 Jun, 2007 20:27
• Camera View!

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• #227 by Ford Mustang on 10 Jun, 2007 20:27
• ISS Hatch OPEN, we see Atlantis hatch CLOSED.

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• #228 by Zachstar on 10 Jun, 2007 20:29
• What is that!?

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• #229 by DaveS on 10 Jun, 2007 20:31
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  Zachstar - 10/6/2007  10:29 PM
  
  What is that!?

  The S1 radiator tray.
• #230 by Zachstar on 10 Jun, 2007 20:32
• Free Drift
  
  Edit: ISS now in control of Attitude

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• #231 by Chris Bergin on 10 Jun, 2007 20:37
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  Zachstar - 10/6/2007  9:24 PM
  
  Quick Downlink of RPM Images. Hopefully we will see a few at the meeting today and then more on L2 later.
  
  

  
  Just been working on that. Well have super hi res images as soon as they are forwarded to us for L2.
• #232 by nathan.moeller on 10 Jun, 2007 20:38
• RMS in motion.  Moving in for grapple shortly.
• #233 by Ford Mustang on 10 Jun, 2007 20:39

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• #234 by Zachstar on 10 Jun, 2007 20:39
• Moving in to grapple S3/S4

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• #235 by kneecaps on 10 Jun, 2007 20:40
• Clearances between the Shuttle RMS and the Destiny lab will be as close as 29 inches during the S3/S4 grapple procedure.
• #236 by nathan.moeller on 10 Jun, 2007 20:42
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  kneecaps - 10/6/2007  3:40 PM
  
  Clearances between the Shuttle RMS and the Destiny lab will be as close as 29 inches during the S3/S4 grapple procedure.

  
  And remember what they said about clearances between the truss and the shuttle payload bay during STS-115.  They got down to tolerances of five inches on one side and one inch on the other.  It's a tight operation.
• #237 by Chris Bergin on 10 Jun, 2007 20:46
• Always is. 29 inches is apparently quite roomy in this case
• #238 by Chris Bergin on 10 Jun, 2007 20:53
• Update on the OMS Pod damage.
  
  One of the presentations we placed into L2 was a very lengthy document on the historical OMS damage since STS-1. Some of the images show that the damage we're seeing on this mission isn't anything, compared to previous flights. So all encouraging that Atlantis will be fine "as-is". We'll wait for the MMT decision though.
  
  He's a screenshot to show what I mean:

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• #239 by JJ.. on 10 Jun, 2007 20:53
• I note that Miles O'Brien keeps referring to the torn blanket as "the heat shield." Is he correct or just generalising ?
  And is NASA TV playing up at the moment ?