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#20
by
Fred Clausen
on 27 Jun, 2007 05:05
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DesertCop - 26/6/2007 9:34 PM
Why must everyone refer to Dryden Flight Research Center as just "Edwards"? We have an identity. The Air Force is not doing the post flight processing, NASA IS. We are proud of our support of the Shuttle Program with over 50 landings at Dryden. Recognize us for who we are.
Because everybody, including NASA, calls it "Edwards."
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#21
by
DesertCop
on 27 Jun, 2007 13:17
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I know about 1100 people that would disagee with your statement.
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#22
by
Jim
on 27 Jun, 2007 13:47
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DesertCop - 26/6/2007 11:34 PM
Why must everyone refer to Dryden Flight Research Center as just "Edwards"? We have an identity. The Air Force is not doing the post flight processing, NASA IS. We are proud of our support of the Shuttle Program with over 50 landings at Dryden. Recognize us for who we are.
Live with it. The same thing happens with KSC and Cape. The locale is Edwards.
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#23
by
Chris Bergin
on 27 Jun, 2007 13:49
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I'll personally reference Dryden Flight Research Center at Edwards AFB in my upcoming articles.
Welcome to the site.
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#24
by
mkirk
on 27 Jun, 2007 14:21
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mkirk - 26/6/2007 3:50 PM
Just FYI-
Current plan and schedule is to mate to SCA on Friday (i.e. be ready to leave late Friday). SCA will leave Dryden on Saturday morning.
Doesn't mean it will happen that way...
Mark Kirkman
Well it looks like the timeline has moved up - more in line with what Chris reported yesterday - with mate scheduled for late Thursday and flyout scheduled for Friday.
The weather pathfinder airplane will be the C-9 zero g training aircraft.
This is backed up by the processing notes posted in L2 as well as the NASA PAO pages.
Mark Kirkman
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#25
by
Namechange User
on 27 Jun, 2007 15:31
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Tailcone is supposed to be installed today, but there are some potential issues with winds, but still tracking to leave on Friday. I saw some reference to OMS pod TPS reference in this thread somewhere. The blanket is actually going to be removed for ferry. I did lift up some on decent so it will just be removed as an extra precaution.
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#26
by
James (Lockheed)
on 27 Jun, 2007 16:01
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That blanket's already removed. There's a presentation on L2 showing it and what the shell looks like underneath.
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#27
by
johng
on 27 Jun, 2007 20:02
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Where? I looked.
Didn't see anything where the blanket had been pulled off.
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#28
by
Chris Bergin
on 27 Jun, 2007 20:08
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johng - 27/6/2007 9:02 PM
Where? I looked.
Didn't see anything where the blanket had been pulled off.
The blanket has been removed, he's a smaller image from the L2 STS-117: Atlantis Post Flight Debris/Impacts Report.
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#29
by
Chris Bergin
on 27 Jun, 2007 20:09
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STS 117 / OV 104 / Edwards AFB
OV 104 turnaround activities continue
Estimate mate to SCA on Friday
Depart the FRC on Saturday pending weather
SCAPE operations complete on orbiter
Hydraulic ops on 2nd shift tonight
Tail cone installation on 1st shift Thursday
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#30
by
Chris Bergin
on 27 Jun, 2007 22:01
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#31
by
johng
on 28 Jun, 2007 01:40
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The Friday flight would really be cool but right now T-storms are predicted 60-80% for Friday afternoon. Cieling 3000 feet or below. Not much better for Saturday.
If weather was any good I'd be looking to stay out at the SLF and take some pics. I don't know if I'll have the same access, but I had a pretty good angle to take pics of approaches before the mission:
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#32
by
DesertCop
on 28 Jun, 2007 02:43
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Hi Chris. Thanks for the welcome. I'd be interested if most of the info posted here is via PAO releases. I saw mention of the SCAPE being finished and did not hear that from the Orbiter control room at Dryden. Anyway......great blog.
Bill
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#33
by
Avron
on 28 Jun, 2007 02:55
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DesertCop - 27/6/2007 10:43 PM
Hi Chris. Thanks for the welcome. I'd be interested if most of the info posted here is via PAO releases. I saw mention of the SCAPE being finished and did not hear that from the Orbiter control room at Dryden. Anyway......great blog.
Bill
Blog?
"A blog (a portmanteau of web log) is a website where entries are written in chronological order and displayed in reverse chronological order. "Blog" can also be used as a verb, meaning to maintain or add content to a blog."
ref:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blog"displayed in reverse chronological order" --- no there is an order
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#34
by
Launch Fan
on 28 Jun, 2007 03:03
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DesertCop - 27/6/2007 9:43 PM
Hi Chris. Thanks for the welcome. I'd be interested if most of the info posted here is via PAO releases. I saw mention of the SCAPE being finished and did not hear that from the Orbiter control room at Dryden. Anyway......great blog.
Bill
This is not a blog site. It's a major news media site that has a forum attached to it. And PAO releases are totally boring and uninterested, so thank god this is not a site that takes that route.
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#35
by
hardware1197
on 28 Jun, 2007 04:36
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I'm new, not even a lurker, so my apologies if this is covered. I'm going to try to check out the ferry flight out, and drive out Thursday night and stay in Lancaster. What's it the best place to be to see it leave if we are talking about a 22 or 04 departure?
I have the following resources:
Laptop with EDVO wireless.
Scanner with all the Edwards and Dryden Freqs I could find.
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#36
by
pippin
on 28 Jun, 2007 08:03
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Avron - 28/6/2007 4:55 AM
"displayed in reverse chronological order" --- no there is an order
reverse chronological order is an order, pretty strict one, indeed (LIFO)
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#37
by
johng
on 28 Jun, 2007 11:19
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They (TV WX) are calling it a 'tropical wave' now. It's gonna be soggy here for a few days. We'll just have to see when it clears.
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#38
by
haywoodfloyd
on 28 Jun, 2007 12:03
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Where can I find pictures of the post processing of STS-117?
Thanks.
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#39
by
DaveS
on 28 Jun, 2007 12:17
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