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Old 10-02-2007, 19:17   #1
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[Space] NASA - STS-117 - ISS-13A (Atlantis)

NASA STS-117 - International Space Station Assembly Mission 13A



STS Program Mission: STS-117 (118th flight, 28th OV-104 flight)

ISS Program Assembly Flight: 13A

Orbiter: Discovery (OV-104)

Launch Pad: 39A

Mission duration: 11 days

Landing site: KSC

Inclination/Altitude: 51.6 degrees/125 nautical miles


Primary payload:
  • S3/S4 Truss


Crew:

  • Commander Frederick W. Sturckow
  • Pilot Lee Joseph Archambault
  • Mission Specialist James F. Reilly II
  • Mission Specialist Steven R. Swanson
  • Mission Specialist Patrick G. Forrester
  • Mission Specialist John D. Olivas


Assembly Mission 13A View:



Before and after:




STS-117 Press Kit:

http://www.nasa.gov/pdf/169479main_PressKit_117.pdf

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Live Coverage:

NASA TV - Real Media: http://www.nasa.gov/ram/35037main_portal.ram

NASA TV - Windows Media: http://www.nasa.gov/55644main_NASATV_Windows.asx

NASA TV - Real Audio: http://www.nasa.gov/ram/55643main_NASATV_Audio_Only.ram
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Photo gallery: Atlantis travels from hangar to VAB


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Ottimo!
Questa volta voglio seguire tutto il 3d da subito

Come mai hanno pensionato il PAD 38b? Leggevo che STS-116 è stata l'ultima ad utilizzarlo
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Questa volta voglio seguire tutto il 3d da subito

Come mai hanno pensionato il PAD 38b? Leggevo che STS-116 è stata l'ultima ad utilizzarlo
No, l'ultimo lancio sulla 39B (penso tu intenda questa) sarà quello della missione per Hubble nel 2008 (STS-125) fino ad allora non si potrà mandare in pensione perchè in quella missione ci sarà la necessità di avere due shuttle contemporaneamente in rampa, il secondo servirà da soccorso (STS-325) per eventuali problemi della missione che non potrà utilizzare la ISS come base di emergenza. Dopo quel lancio inizieranno i grossi lavori per convertire la rampa ai lanci del vettore Ares-I che porterà in orbita il CEV, con i primi voli (test) previsti nel 2009. I lavori comunque inizieranno prima di allora, si dovrenno intanto costruire i 4 enormi piloni-parafulmine intorno alla rampa alti 300metri ciascuno. I lavori invece che dovranno per forza aspettare la fine dell'utilizzazione per il programma Shuttle saranno lo smantellamento della parte mobile della rampa (quella che avvolge lo Shuttle prima del lancio per intenderci), la costruzione del sistema di fuga per gli astronauti (una specie di montagna russa) e la modifica dei sistemi d'accesso al vettore.
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Solo una correzione alla spiegazione corretta di Alberto, l'ultima missione dal pad B del LC39 (Launch Complex 39) è effettivamente stata l'STS-116, ma non verrà decommisionata prima del settembre 2008 (Atlantis) perchè il Discovery dovrà essere pronto per l'eventuale missione di salvataggio, STS-325 (tutte le missioni di salvataggio post-Columbia sono numerate 3XX con le ultime due cifre rimanenti indicanti il volo).

Quindi l'Atlantis decollerà dal pad A (come tutte le rimanenti missioni), mentre Discovery dovrà essere pronto sul pad B, e questa sarà anche la seconda ed ultima volta che due Shuttle o, in gergo NASA, due "stack" (il complesso orbiter+ET+SRB) saranno presenti contemporaneamente sui due pad.
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Quindi l'Atlantis decollerà dal pad A (come tutte le rimanenti missioni), mentre Discovery dovrà essere pronto sul pad B, e questa sarà anche la seconda ed ultima volta che due Shuttle o, in gergo NASA, due "stack" (il complesso orbiter+ET+SRB) saranno presenti contemporaneamente sui due pad.
Ringrazio per la correzione e ricambio facendo notare che non sarà la seconda volta di due Shuttle in rampa contemporaneamente ma ben si la... 17° :

STS-61-C (Columbia) and STS-51-L (Challenger) Dec. 22, 1985 (rollout of 51-L to Pad B)
to Jan. 12, 1986 (launch of 61-C from Pad B)

STS-31 (Discovery) and STS-35 (Columbia) April 22, 1990 (rollout of STS-35 to Pad A)
to April 24, 1990 (launch of STS-31 from Pad B)

STS-38 (Atlantis) and STS-35 (Columbia) Oct. 14, 1990 (rollout of STS-39 to Pad B)
to Nov. 15, 1990 (launch of STS-38 from Pad A)

STS-37 (Atlantis) and STS-39 (Discovery) April 1, 1991 (rollout of STS-39 to Pad A)
to April 5, 1991 (launch of STS-37 from Pad B)

STS-45 (Atlantis) and STS-49 (Endeavour) March 12, 1992 (rollout of STS-49 to Pad B)
to March 24, 1992 (launch of STS-45 from Pad A)

STS-50 (Columbia) and STS-46 (Atlantis) June 11, 1992 (rollout of STS-46 to Pad B)
to June 25, 1992 (launch of STS-50 from Pad A)

STS-56 (Discovery) and STS-55 (Columbia) Feb. 7, 1993 (rollout of STS-55 to Pad A)
to April 8, 1993 (launch of STS-56 from Pad B)

STS-64 (Discovery) and STS-68 (Endeavour) Aug. 19, 1994 (rollout of STS-64 to Pad B)
to Aug. 24, 1994 (rollback to VAB of STS-68 from Pad A)

STS-71 (Atlantis) and STS-70 (Discovery) May 11, 1995 (rollout of STS-70 to Pad B)
to June 8, 1995 (rollback to VAB of STS-70 from Pad B)

STS-71 (Atlantis) and STS-70 (Discovery) June 15, 1995 (rollout of STS-70 to Pad B)
to June 27, 1995 (launch of STS-71 from Pad A)

STS-70 (Discovery) and STS-69 (Endeavour) July 6, 1995 (rollout of STS-69 to Pad A)
to July 13, 1995 (launch of STS-70 from Pad B)

STS-69 (Endeavour) and STS-73 (Columbia) Aug. 28, 1995 (rollout of STS-73 to Pad B)
to Sept. 7, 1995 (launch of STS-69 to Pad A)

STS-73 (Columbia) and STS-74 (Atlantis) Oct. 12, 1995 (rollout of STS-74 to Pad A)
to Oct. 20, 1995 (launch of STS-73 from Pad B)

STS-95 (Discovery) and STS-88 (Endeavour) Oct. 21, 1998 (rollout of STS-88 to Pad A)
to Oct. 29, 1998 (launch of STS-95 from Pad B)

STS-103 (Discovery) and STS-99 (Endeavour) Dec. 13, 1999 (rollout of STS-99 to Pad A)
to Dec. 19, 1999 (launch of STS-103 from Pad B)

STS-104 (Atlantis) and STS-105 (Discovery) July 2, 2001 (rollout of STS-105 to Pad A)
to July 12, 2001 (launch of STS-104 from Pad B)
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edit: un momento, ho fatto confusione io... parlavo dei due shuttle al LC39 ma pensavo al doppio rollout a distanza ravvicinata, con lanci separati...
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Questa notizia ha quasi piu' a che fare con la missione STS-116 ma la riporto lo stesso:

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Modification implemented on SRBs following debris concern
By Chris Bergin, 2/9/2007 6:40:52 AM



NASA's Program Requirements Control Board (PRCB) have ordered a modification - within existing certification - to the Solid Rocket Boosters (SRB), following a debris strike during STS-116's launch last December.
The debris, which was insulation flying off the aft of the left SRB, impacting on Discovery, was "greater than defined allowable (0.0002 lbm)" - and work is being carried out in the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) to trim the area which shed the material on Atlantis' boosters ahead of STS-117.[...]
http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/content/?cid=5017

Non ho pero' capito se riusciranno ad apportare misure correttive per questa missione (STS-117)

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Questa notizia ha quasi piu' a che fare con la missione STS-116 ma la riporto lo stesso:

http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/content/?cid=5017

Non ho pero' capito se riusciranno ad apportare misure correttive per questa missione (STS-117)
l'hanno già fatto a quanto so...
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Atlantis' booster requires troubleshooting

By Chris Bergin, 2/13/2007 10:26:10 AM

United Space Alliance (USA) engineers are working on a troubleshooting plan, following 'erratic' chamber pressure readings on the right hand SRB (Solid Rocket Booster).

The issue - which was noted last night without specifics - is still expected to delay rollout by 24 hours, although engineers are looking at possibly continuing their evaluations on the launch pad. However, two of the IPRs (In Process Reviews) are officially classed as constraints to rollout.

The issues have stopped the retraction of all the platforms that surround Atlantis and the STS-117 stack inside High Bay 1 of the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB), with troubleshooting re-starting on Tuesday morning.

'Rollout of STS-117 to the Pad may be delayed 24 hrs due to IPR?s 0062 and 0063 on the RH SRB (see IPR status directly below) - the schedule is under review,' noted the expansive Launch Operations report for Tuesday.

'C Platform retraction was completed yesterday. E Platform retraction is on hold for IPR troubleshooting access requirements in the SRB forward skirt area.

The list of IPRs were listed after the Integrated Space Shuttle Vehicle interface test was conducted on Atlantis and the STS-117 stack.

'IPR-0061: RH (Right Hand) aft separation motor 'no-go' should be 'go' - will close as GSE cable not mated properly,' listed the Launch Ops report.

'IPR-0062: Pitch and yaw indicator went from 'on' to 'off' to 'on'. The constraint is to S0007 (Launch Countdown). This IPR may be related to IPR-0063. This IPR is a constraint to rollout.

'IPR-0063, The RH SRM (Solid Rocket Motor) chamber pressure went erratic - could be related to IPR-0062. This IPR is a constraint to stray voltage testing, platform retraction, and rollout. Power up troubleshooting was performed last evening to try to isolate the problem to the chamber pressure OPT (Operational Pressure Transducer) in the RH forward skirt area.

'Initial indications are that the transducer is faulty, however further troubleshooting will have to be performed to ascertain the condition of the cabling between the Monoball and the aft IEA, and the cabling between the aft IEA and the OPT in the forward skirt.'

Troubleshooting the chamber pressure issue was ceased last night due to lack of manpower and a lack of adapter cables required for testing. This has resumed on Tuesday morning.

'IPR-0064, RH SRB camera recorder #2 was 'off' and should've been 'on'. Troubleshooting is complete to date; this may be a camera recorder card issue, and a camera/recorder R&R is possible. This IPR is not a constraint to roll out to the pad.

Another issue was also noted via an electrical bus error, which is also a constraint to rollout. However, this issue is not fully understood as to the culprit of the fault, which could lie anywhere between the RH SRB and the aft of Atlantis herself.

ATK's Tuesday update confirmed the issues with the RH SRB, but noted that plans are in work to carrying out evaluations at the launch pad.

'S0008, Shuttle Interface Test, is worked as far as possible. Stray voltage tests will follow IPR 117V-0063 resolution. SSV Rollout to Pad A call-to-stations are scheduled for 0300 hours on Wednesday to Thursday at the same time,' noted the ATK Quick Look report for Tuesday.

'IPR 0063 was written against the RH SRB electrical measurement that had an erratic reading. Troubleshooting points toward a bad OPT. Plans to R&R the OPT at the pad are in work.'

Atlantis' processing has enjoyed a smooth flow until thes issues with one of her boosters, and such hiccups can be expected in any pre-launch work. There remains plenty of contingency time in the flow towards a March 15 launch date, regardless of a delay with rollout.

In other pre-launch news, a bent bracket has caused a slight delay in the preparations of Atlantis' S3/S4 integrated truss payload at the launch pad.

'The S3/S4 integrated truss payload transfer from the canister to the PGHM (Payload Ground Handling Mechanism) was delayed yesterday due to a bent bracket on one of the payload support beam drive motors,' added the expansive Launch Operations report for Tuesday. 'The Z drive motor was removed last night and the PGHM moved aft to close the canister doors in anticipation of poor weather.

'An engineering review of a proposed solution will need to be performed along with the repair on 1st shift today. It is estimated that everything could be ready to support a payload transfer around mid 1st shift today. Canister lowering and transfer to the Canister Rotation Facility (CRF) will follow.'
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Posted: February 15, 2007


Editor's note: Rollout was successfully completed at 3:09 p.m. with the platform's lowered onto the pad pedestals.

Lumbering along with a top speed of one-mile-per-hour, space shuttle Atlantis emerged from Kennedy Space Center's mammoth Vehicle Assembly Building this morning for the trek to the newly refurbished launch pad 39A.

The trip, which should take about six hours, began at 8:19 a.m. EST.



Atlantis spent eight days inside the 52-story VAB being attached to its external fuel tank and twin solid rocket boosters atop a mobile launching platform. The stay was extended a day while technicians examined erratic readings from a pressure sensor inside the right-hand booster. A new sensor will be installed at the launch pad.

Today's rollout to the pad travels along a three-and-a-half-mile route known as the crawlerway. The space-age road is 130 feet wide -- almost as broad as an eight-lane highway. Two 40-foot-wide lanes are separated by a 50-foot-wide median strip. The average depth is seven feet.

The Apollo-era crawler-transporter carrying Atlantis is powered by 16 traction motors that feed from two 2,750 horsepower diesel engines. Two 1,065 horsepower diesel engines are used for jacking, steering, lighting and ventilating. The transporter consumes 126 gallons of diesel fuel in each mile it travels from the VAB to the pad.

The overall weight of the transporter, mobile launch platform and shuttle is 12 million pounds.

About 30 workers are needed to operate the crawler, including three drivers -- a prime and backup in the front cabin and one in the rear -- a jacking and leveling operator, a control room operator to run crawler systems and talk with the Launch Control Center, two electricians, two electronic technicians and four diesel mechanics for starting, monitoring and shutting down the transporter's engines. The other team members are mechanics watching over the roll and helping with the platform's docking to the launch pad.

NASA anticipates the platform will be lowered onto the pad pedestals around 3 p.m. today. That will commence the methodical process of hooking up the crew module access and hydrogen vent arms extending from the launch tower, as well as electrical, propellant, communications and other lines between the ground systems and mobile platform.

The gantry-like Rotating Service Structure will be moved around Atlantis, allowing the payload bay doors to be opened this weekend in preparation for loading the mission cargo aboard the shuttle.

The payload is the Starboard 3/Starboard 4 combined truss structure for the International Space Station. The power-generating module will be attached to the station and its giant solar wings unfurled during the upcoming mission. The truss will provide a fourth of the station's power and allow the continued expansion of the outpost.

Liftoff remains targeted for March 15 at about 6:42 a.m. EDT. This 28th flight of Atlantis begins a busy year for the shuttle program in which five missions are planned, all dedicated to station assembly.

Atlantis will be pad 39A's first launch in over four years. The complex underwent a major refurbishment, enabling it to support all remaining shuttle flights planned through 2010.
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Tempo inclemente in Florida..

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Posted: February 27, 2007


A sudden, explosive thunderstorm Monday battered the shuttle Atlantis' external fuel tank with wind-driven, golf ball-sized hail, causing extensive damage to the tank's protective foam insulation. NASA managers said today engineers will have to move the shuttle back to the Vehicle Assembly Building for repairs, delaying launch on a space station assembly mission from March 15 to late April.



With wind gusts as high as 62 mph at launch complex 39A Monday, early estimates indicated some 7,000 visible hail dings or blemishes in the orange insulation, mostly around the top of the external tank. John Chapman, external tank program manager at the Marshall Space Flight Center, said today not all of those dings will require repairs. But initial estimates have identified "hundreds" of sites that will require sanding to smooth over or foam "pours" to fill in deeper pits.

In addition, at least three so-called ice-frost ramps on the upper part of the tank were damaged and two dozen or so shuttle tiles showed signs of minor surface damage.

"This constitutes, in our evaluation, the worst damage that we have ever seen from hail on the external tank foam," shuttle Program Manager Wayne Hale told reporters today. "We have had hail a number of times in the past, hail is not unusual in Florida. ... But usually the hail is quite small and rarely causes damage.

"This was large, wind-driven, damaging hail. It is very clear a number of these areas need to be repaired. There is not access on the launch pad so we will be required to move the space shuttle back from the launch pad to the Vehicle Assembly Building."

Launch director Mike Leinbach said today the 3.2-mile trip from pad 39A to the VAB likely will get underway Sunday morning. Once the shuttle is back in the cavernous VAB, where engineers can position access platforms around the tank, Hale said a more accurate assessment of the damage will be made.

In the meantime, "we do not believe we can make the launch window for the March launch of Atlantis," Hale said. "We have a fairly high degree of confidence we can repair this at the Kennedy Space Center. Most likely that would lead us to a launch of Atlantis and her crew ... after the Russian Soyuz changeout."


March 25 marked the end of the March launch window to give Atlantis' crew time to carry out a space station assembly mission and to undock in time for the planned April 7 launch of a Russian Soyuz spacecraft carrying the station's next full-time crew and American space tourist Charles Simonyi.

Outgoing station commander Mike Lopez-Alegria, Mikhail Tyurin and Simonyi are scheduled to return to Earth on April 19 or 20, depending on how much daylight the Russians want for landing. Current agreements between NASA and the Russian space agency require a few days of separation between shuttle and Soyuz missions because of crew rest and other issues.

Assuming a Soyuz landing on April 19 or 20, the next shuttle launch window would open around April 21 or 22 and extend a full month. The next shuttle launch window after that opens June 9.

If a detailed assessment of Atlantis' tank shows the hail damage can, in fact, be repaired inside the Vehicle Assembly Building, Hale said he was optimistic about a late April launch attempt.

"The bottom line here is we will have to roll back to the VAB for repairs," Hale said. "We believe ... it will probably be about a month before we can talk about being back in a launch posture, sometime in late April."

But Chapman said that assumes the damage can be fixed by "sand-and-blend" techniques or by pouring foam into damaged areas and then sanding and smoothing it over. If foam has to be sprayed across wider areas, engineers likely would have to carry out tests to verify the technique can be accomplished with the tank in a vertical orientation in the VAB. And that could take additional time.

But based on the preliminary assessment, "we don't see anything that looks irreparable," he said.

If it turns out the tank cannot be safely repaired in Florida, NASA has the option of switching Atlantis to a tank slated for use in June by the shuttle Endeavour. But that tank is not scheduled to arrive at the Kennedy Space Center until April 10 and it typically takes two months to complete preparations and checkout. In that case, the flight likely would slip into the June launch window.

But Hale said he was optimistic it won't come to that. He also believes the long-term effects of the slip from March 15 to late April will be minimal when all is said and done. While the next few flights would face delays of up to several weeks, "I still believe we have a very strong probability of flying five flights this calendar year."
http://www.spaceflightnow.com/shuttl...7/070227delay/
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http://www.spaceflightnow.com/shuttl...070227hailpix/
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Da NasaSpaceFlight.com:

Hail damage to Atlantis and ET - ROLLBACK

By Chris Bergin, 2/27/2007 8:49:18 AM

Engineers are evaluating observed damage to the top of the External Tank (ET-124) - which is set to fly with Atlantis on STS-117 - caused by a hail storm late on Monday.
The damage is visible to the SOFI foam on the top of the LOX tank and an Ice Frost Ramp (IFR), and with up to 7000 areas of damage, rollback of the STS-117 stack into the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) for repairs has now been confirmed.

Atlantis herself also suffered 27 dings on her left wing. New launch date is NET April 22.
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Ancora, sul danno all'ET:

Atlantis launch date slips to end of April due to damage

...

Earlier, it was hoped that the March launch window could be saved, although that was based on the damage to the tank being classed as 'minor'.

'Minor ET repairs in VAB - Possibly make the end of the March 25th window. Major ET repairs in VAB - Might be able to make the April 23rd - May 24th window. R&R (Remove and Replace) ET with the 118 tank - STS-117 will launch in July and STS-118 will move to August 26th,' added a pre-Lockheed Martin (MAF) assessment memo.

However, the possibility of keeping to the March timeline was removed following a lunch time meeting with ET engineers and managers, which noted an updated three pronged plan.

'The March launch window is no longer an option. Currently KSC is looking at three options. The first is a 21 day VAB repair period without tank removal. This option allows the first launch attempt at the beginning of the April/May window (22 April),' added a NASA memo at 1pm Houston time.

'The second option has the tank demated and transferred to the VAB storage cell for repair. This options extends the VAB period but allows a first attempt at the end of the April/May window(20 May). The last option is a tank R&R. ET-117 is expected here mid April. This option has the first attempt 15 June.


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Shuttle Atlantis rolls off launch pad for repairs

BY JUSTIN RAY
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Posted: March 4, 2007

Battered by an intense hail storm six days earlier, space shuttle Atlantis retreated off launch pad 39A and returned to the cavernous Vehicle Assembly Building on Sunday to undergo thorough inspections and repairs.


Atlantis rolls back from pad 39A. Photo credit: Justin Ray/Spaceflight Now

Perched atop a mobile launching platform, the shuttle was hauled three-and-a-half miles back to the 52-story building by an Apollo-era transporter. The trip began at 8:47 a.m. and was considered complete at 5:49 p.m. EST when the platform was placed on pedestals in the VAB.

Crews immediately began work to place access platforms around the shuttle for an upclose examination of the hail strikes. The methods for fixing the pitted insulating foam on the external fuel tank and the time needed to carry out such work will be determined in the coming days.

A severe storm swept over pad 39A around 5 p.m. Monday and dropped hail the size of golf balls, causing thousands of chips and divots in the orange foam covering the tank.

The heatshield on the orbiter's left wing also experienced wind-blown hail impacts. Initial examinations at the pad revealed more than two dozen of the ship's black tiles sustained surface damage.

"This constitutes, in our evaluation, the worst damage that we have ever seen from hail on the external tank foam," said Wayne Hale, the shuttle program manager. "We have had hail a number of times in the past, hail is not unusual in Florida. ... But usually the hail is quite small and rarely causes damage.

"This was large, wind-driven, damaging hail. It is very clear a number of these areas need to be repaired."

The lack of adequate access to the widespread damage at the launch pad meant NASA had no choice but return the shuttle to the Vehicle Assembly Building.


Atlantis heads into the VAB. Photo credit: Justin Ray/Spaceflight Now

Atlantis had been slated for launch just before sunrise March 15 to deliver and install a 17.5-ton power truss module at the International Space Station. But the trip back to the VAB will cause the shuttle to miss its window to fly before previously-scheduled Russian Soyuz spacecraft traffic at the station.

A Russian Soyuz capsule with the Expedition 15 long-duration resident crew is scheduled for blastoff from Kazakhstan on April 7. The outgoing Expedition 14 crew returns to Earth aboard its Soyuz on April 19.

Since station controllers require at least a few days between the departure of one craft and the arrival of the next, Atlantis won't launch before late April. An official target launch date has not been established.

Rollbacks have been relatively rare occurrences over the life of the shuttle program. NASA said that Sunday's move was the 18th since 1983, with the majority caused by technical problems. A handful were prompted due to the threat of tropical weather and hurricanes.

Two previous rollbacks were required to repair external tank foam. Woodpeckers drilled nearly 200 holes on the tank for shuttle Discovery's STS-70 mission in 1995 and hail caused damage before Discovery's STS-96 flight in 1999.
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Ehi Gio, lo segui Top Gear?

(non è proprio OT, si capirà dopo )
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ma esiste un'immagine di questo danno dell'ET?
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ma esiste un'immagine di questo danno dell'ET?
C'erano poco sopra, mi pare.
Aehm, non è che potresti mettere qualche a capo nella tua sign? Sballa tutta la pagina
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Originariamente inviato da gpc Guarda i messaggi
C'erano poco sopra, mi pare.
Aehm, non è che potresti mettere qualche a capo nella tua sign? Sballa tutta la pagina
esatto, sei pregato di editare la signature in modo da farla rientrare nel layout a 1024, come da regolamento

nel frattempo te la ho mandata a capo altrimenti in ogni discussione dove posti si diventa matti
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ma esiste un'immagine di questo danno dell'ET?
eccone alcune qui:
http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/content/?cid=5036
http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/content/?cid=5040

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