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DaveS · « **Reply #40 on:** 09/23/2007 11:00 pm »

Bipod yoke freed from the OTS struts:

DaveS · « **Reply #41 on:** 09/24/2007 12:00 am »

Lifting has started:

shuttlefan · « **Reply #42 on:** 09/24/2007 12:33 am »

So will they lift it all the way over the transom and onto the MLP tonite or do they plan to leave it dangling overnight?

Chris Bergin · « **Reply #43 on:** 09/24/2007 12:38 am »

OTS taken away..

Chris Bergin · « **Reply #44 on:** 09/24/2007 12:39 am »

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shuttlefan - 24/9/2007 1:33 AM

So will they lift it all the way over the transom and onto the MLP tonite or do they plan to leave it dangling overnight?

She's not an it, and they will move her across shortly.

Chris Bergin · « **Reply #45 on:** 09/24/2007 12:43 am »

Being rotated into the vertical

shuttlefan · « **Reply #46 on:** 09/24/2007 12:57 am »

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Chris Bergin - 23/9/2007 7:39 PM

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shuttlefan - 24/9/2007 1:33 AM

So will they lift it all the way over the transom and onto the MLP tonite or do they plan to leave it dangling overnight?

She's not an it, and they will move her across shortly.

Sorry, I knew a shuttle was a her, but just forgot.

Ford Mustang · « **Reply #47 on:** 09/24/2007 01:00 am »

DaveS · « **Reply #48 on:** 09/24/2007 01:04 am »

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Ford Mustang - 24/9/2007 3:00 AM
And now she goes up!

Not yet. First the aft sling must be disconnected and moved clear. Then Discovery will be rotated 45°s. First then can she be lifted into the high bay.

Lee Jay · « **Reply #49 on:** 09/24/2007 01:11 am »

Speaking of which, how do they control the roll angle once it's on the single crane? Can they apply and control torque with the crane or is this done some other way?