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NASA STS-124 - ISS Assembly Mission 1J
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Benvenuti nella discussione ufficiale dell'STS-124, missione di costruzione ISS 1J.
La missione ha come obbiettivo primario l'installazione della sezione pressurizzata (il laboratorio Kibo) del Modulo Laboratorio Logistico Giapponese (Kibo/ELM) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_Experiment_Module) e del Japanese Remote Manipulator System. 26a missione Shuttle diretta all'ISS.
Dati Missione
Lancio previsto: 31 maggio 2008 - 5:02 PM EDT (23:02 ora italiana)
Missione Programma STS: STS-124 (123° volo Shuttle, 35° volo OV-103)
Missione Programma ISS: 1J
Orbiter: Discovery (OV-103)
Launch Pad: 39A
Durata: 13 giorni (SSPT)
Sito atterraggio previsto: KSC, 14 giugno 2008 ore 11:02 AM EDT (18:02 ora italiana)
Inclinazione/Altitudine: 51.6°/122 miglia nautiche
Payload principale:
Japanese Experiment Logistics Module (Kibo Laboratory)
Japanese Remote Manipulator System
Equipaggio
Commander Mark E. Kelly
Pilot Kenneth Ham
Mission specialist 1 Karen L. Nyberg
Mission specialist 2 Ronald J. Garan, Jr.
Mission specialist 3 Michael E. Fossum
Mission specialist 4 Akihiko Hoshide (JAXA)
Launching ISS Expedition 17 Crew Member: Gregory Chamitoff - Flight Engineer
Landing ISS Expedition 17 Crew Member: Garrett Reisman - Flight Engineer
http://www.nasa.gov/images/content/220456main_sts124_crew_420.jpg
Assembly Mission 1J
http://www.nasa.gov/images/content/160520main_jsc2006e43506_low.jpg (http://www.nasa.gov/images/content/160541main_jsc2006e43506_high.jpg)
(Cliccare sulla foto per vederla in alta risoluzione)
Altre informazioni
Mission Quicklook (SpaceFlightNow.com)
http://www.spaceflightnow.com/shuttle/sts124/fdf/images/124quicklook1.gif
http://www.spaceflightnow.com/shuttle/sts124/fdf/images/124quicklook2.gif
Master Flight Plan (SpaceFlightNow.com
http://www.spaceflightnow.com/shuttle/sts124/fdf/124flightplan.html
STS-124 Fact Sheet
http://www.nasa.gov/pdf/221164main_sts124_fact_sheet_v2.pdf (PDF)
STS-124 Press Kit
[non ancora disponibile]
Previsioni Meteo - Lancio (KSC)
http://www.patrick.af.mil/shared/media/document/AFD-070517-025.pdf
NASA TV
Programma
PDF: http://www.nasa.gov/tvschedule/pdf/tvsked_rev0.pdf
URL: http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/MM_NTV_Schedule.html
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
Eccomi, finalmente un orario decente per seguire tutte le fasi del prelancio.
Ricordo anche che il 25 la sonda Phoenix attera su marte.
ciao.
Eccomi, finalmente un orario decente per seguire tutte le fasi del prelancio.
Ricordo anche che il 25 la sonda Phoenix attera su marte.
ciao.
Già.
mi raccomando, aggiornate il thread che poi mi dimentico :D
Già.
mi raccomando, aggiornate il thread che poi mi dimentico :D
Faccio il possibile ;) :D
demonbl@ck
20-05-2008, 15:30
vedrò di esserci:)
Eccomi, finalmente un orario decente per seguire tutte le fasi del prelancio.
Ricordo anche che il 25 la sonda Phoenix attera su marte.
ciao.
che farà la sonda fenice su marte??? non ne ero a conoscenza...
razziadacqua
20-05-2008, 21:28
che farà la sonda fenice su marte??? non ne ero a conoscenza...
http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phoenix_Mars_Lander
Trovare acqua liquida e forme di vita nei pressi del artico marziano :) ...detto decisamente in breve :D
http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phoenix_Mars_Lander
Trovare acqua liquida e forme di vita nei pressi del artico marziano :) ...detto decisamente in breve :D
Anche troppo :D
Diciamo trovare acqua (non liquida) e capire se ci siano state le condizioni per la vita nei pressi dell'artico marziano, perchè se fosse come dici tu, potevano fare a meno di mandarla: le risposte erano no e no :D
grazie, capito!!! :)
4 ago 2007 ed è già su marte? fiiiigooo!
questo e' il link al thread aperto da gpc:
http://www.hwupgrade.it/forum/showthread.php?t=1509642
il tutto per restare off-topic :D
Quincy_it
21-05-2008, 07:33
Presente! :)
Discovery cleared for Launch
Discovery passes final review for May 31 launch
BY WILLIAM HARWOOD
STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS "SPACE PLACE" & USED WITH PERMISSION
Posted: May 19, 2008
http://www.spaceflightnow.com/shuttle/sts124/080503panos/pano5_598.jpg
Credit: Chris Miller/Spaceflight Now
NASA managers today cleared the shuttle Discovery for launch May 31, at 5:02:09 p.m. EDT, on a long-awaited three-spacewalk mission to deliver and attach Japan's huge Kibo laboratory module to the international space station. The decision to proceed came after a lengthy discussion on the health of the station's Soyuz lifeboat after back-to-back re-entry problems that led to rough, off-course landings.
http://www.spaceflightnow.com/shuttle/sts124/080519frr/discovery.jpg
Credit: Chris Miller/Spaceflight Now
Russian engineers are still assessing what went wrong during the descent of the Soyuz TMA-11 spacecraft April 19 when two of the three modules making up the vehicle failed to separate properly before atmospheric entry. The propulsion module ultimately broke free of the crew section, allowing Yuri Malenchenko, outgoing station commander Peggy Whitson and a South Korean space tourist to complete a steep but otherwise safe landing in Kazakhstan.
It was the second such entry mishap in a row and Russian engineers have launched a major investigation to determine what went wrong and whether the Soyuz TMA-12 spacecraft currently docked to the station is healthy. It is a critical issue because the three-seat Soyuz is the station crew's only way home in the absence of a space shuttle in the event of an emergency that might force an evacuation.
l'articolo intero:
http://www.spaceflightnow.com/shuttle/sts124/080519frr/
Per ulteriori informazioni riguardo la discesa della Soyuz TMA-11 segnalo questo link::read:
http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/content/?cid=5412
Da SpaceFlightNow.com:
Shuttle crew flies to the Cape for start of countdown
http://www.spaceflightnow.com/shuttle/sts124/080528crewarrival/
Raga, credo sarò via nel weekend del ponte... quindi è possibile che non riesca a seguire il lancio purtroppo (e quindi neanche a postare gli aggiornamenti).
Oct, in caso ci pensi tu? :D
Grazie!
presenteeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee:D :D :D
Da SpaceFlightNow.com:
Russian toilet parts delivered for launch on shuttle
http://www.spaceflightnow.com/shuttle/sts124/080529issparts/
Raga, credo sarò via nel weekend del ponte... quindi è possibile che non riesca a seguire il lancio purtroppo (e quindi neanche a postare gli aggiornamenti).
Oct, in caso ci pensi tu? :D
Grazie!
Urca! saro' in partenza (per lavoro, io! :muro: )
Vedro' di fare il possibile! ;)
Marilson
30-05-2008, 12:03
faranno meglio a sbrigarsi visto che lassù hanno rotto il cesso :sofico:
faranno meglio a sbrigarsi visto che lassù hanno rotto il cesso :sofico:
stanno usando quello della Soyuz..finche' non lo riempiono.. :ciapet:
Marilson
30-05-2008, 13:56
il fatto è che non è che possono uscire di casa e farla nel vialetto o nel giardino :D
Cico the SSJ
30-05-2008, 14:23
haha, ma come ? nn l'avevo sentitta questa.
al massimo possono attaccare un tubicino sulle tute per l' EVA e andare a farla dietro qualche antenna :D
Urca! saro' in partenza (per lavoro, io! :muro: )
Vedro' di fare il possibile! ;)
Grazie, se non riesci no problem... si spera che gli altri tengano a mente le risorse utili, in primis NASA TV!
;)
1230 GMT (8:30 a.m. EDT)
Space shuttle Discovery's electricity-producing fuel cells have been successfully loaded with liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen reactants as the countdown continues for Saturday's launch.
Today's planned activities include final tests of the three main engines, functional checks of the orbiter's star trackers, activating the inertial measurement units, thoroughly testing the communications network, loading the last items into the crew module, filling of the launch pad's sound suppression system water tank and installing film in pad cameras.
Countdown clocks will enter the lengthy T-minus 11 hour planned hold period at 11 a.m. EDT. The built-in hold will last 13 hours and 37 minutes.
The giant gantry-like rotating service structure is scheduled for retracting from around Discovery at 8:30 p.m., marking a key milestone to ready the shuttle and launch pad for Saturday morning's fueling of the external tank.
The weather predictions for Saturday continue to look favorable with just some scattered clouds, good visibility, southeasterly winds of 10 peaking to 17 knots and a temperature of 80 degrees F. There is an 80 percent chance of acceptable conditions at the 5:02 p.m. EDT launch time.
"A high pressure ridge is located north of Florida, and east-southeasterly flow is prevalent over Kennedy Space Center. Weather will be similar on launch day," today's weather update said.
"Isolated coastal showers may be in the area during the morning hours, but a sea breeze will develop in the afternoon, clearing the coast and causing showers to move inland. With this weather pattern, weather is favorable for launch, with only a slight concern for anvils returning toward the east coast from inland thunderstorms. Our primary concern for launch is anvils moving toward KSC from the northwest.
Should the launch be delayed for some reason, the odds of good weather worsen to 70 percent on Sunday and just 40 percent on Monday.
"Sunday, a trough moves into North Florida causing more potential for thunderstorms northwest of KSC, and an increased chance for anvils to threaten the area. Monday, the trough progresses closer to the Central Florida area. The ridge shifts to the south of KSC, and the sea breeze convergence and associated showers and thunderstorm will be lingering near the east coast of Central Florida."
Bene raga, io ora parto e tornerà lunedì sera. Non so se riuscirò a collegarmi da via... cmq seguite voi il lancio, magari postando anche qualche update (Oct, Maril, gp, anyone? :p).
Grazie e God Speed Discovery!
Ci Siamo :) :)
La diretta è iniziata e finalmente ad un orario decente.
error 404
31-05-2008, 18:20
È iniziata così presto?
Stanno facendo vedere le fasi pre-iniziali :D
Sono ancora sull'AstroVan, ma la diretta è iniziata alle 19 ore italiana.
Marilson
31-05-2008, 18:37
Bene raga, io ora parto e tornerà lunedì sera. Non so se riuscirò a collegarmi da via... cmq seguite voi il lancio, magari postando anche qualche update (Oct, Maril, gp, anyone? :p).
Grazie e God Speed Discovery!
il capitano chiama e i fedelissimi rispondono :ave:
Sono abile e arruolato per seguire il lancio :cool:
Marilson
31-05-2008, 18:42
1:30 p.m. - The astronauts have arrived at Launch Pad 39A, where space shuttle Discovery -- their ride to orbit and their home throughout their upcoming two-week mission -- stands ready to fly.
Discovery Launches In:
3 hrs 19 min
Marilson
31-05-2008, 19:16
stanno facendo accomodare gli astronauti ai propri posti. Dovranno stare altre 2 ore e mezzo in posizione sdraiata e con le cinture allacciate. Non certo una posizione comoda
1:40 p.m. EDT
Commander Mark Kelly crawled inside space shuttle Discovery and climbed up to his seat on the left side of the cockpit as the STS-124 crew began taking their places for launch. It will take a little while for the six men and one woman to get into place before the hatch is closed and locked for liftoff. Because Discovery is standing with its nose straight up, the astronauts and the technicians helping them have to be extra careful about where they step, though there are protective covers in place around critical systems
Discovery Launches In:
2 hrs 45 min
GUSTAV]<
31-05-2008, 19:25
c'è qualcosa in stream ? :D
<;22702089']c'è qualcosa in stream ? :D
Vedi i collegamenti nel primo post oppure qui:
http://www.space-multimedia.nl.eu.org/stream/nasa.php
Marilson
31-05-2008, 19:36
Per vedere il lancio in streaming su NASA TV
1) aprire Windows Media Player
2) Andare nel menù in alto:
-------File
------------Apri Url
3) Inserire il seguente indirizzo e confermare
http://playlist.yahoo.com/makeplaylist.dll?id=1369080&segment=149773
buona visione ;)
si vede meglio con quest'ultimo link.
davide87
31-05-2008, 19:51
si vede meglio con quest'ultimo link.Quoto!
Marilson
31-05-2008, 20:20
3:10 p.m. EDT
The final few workers still at Launch Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center are wrapping up their last chores after closing and locking the hatch that leads into space shuttle Discovery's crew compartment.
The seven astronauts who will perform the STS-124 mission are inside the orbiter and working through standard countdown checklists. They are divided between the upper level flight deck and the middeck.
Discovery is to launch at 5:02 p.m. EDT on a 14-day mission to the International Space Station. The crew will install Japan's major contribution to the station, a 36.7-foot-long laboratory cylinder called the Pressurized Module. It is the main part of Japan's Kibo scientific complex. Kibo is the Japanese word for "hope."
Discovery Launches In:
1 hrs 41 min 22 sec
Marilson
31-05-2008, 20:21
si vede meglio con quest'ultimo link.
ve l'ho passato per questo, si vede molto meglio che a vederlo dalle pagine web negli embedded players ;)
Inoltre la connessione con il server è più stabile e salta raramente ;)
buona visione :D
error 404
31-05-2008, 20:58
È partito ora il conto alla rovescia: 19 minuti... un pò in anticipo? :confused:
Marilson
31-05-2008, 21:00
1957 GMT (3:57 p.m. EDT)
T-minus 20 minutes and counting. The countdown has resumed after a 10-minute hold. Clocks will tick down for the next 11 minutes to T-minus 9 minutes where the final planned hold is scheduled to occur. The hold length will be adjusted to synch up with today's preferred launch time of 5:02 p.m.
Discovery's onboard computers are now transitioning to the Major Mode-101 program, the primary ascent software. Also, engineers are dumping the Primary Avionics Software System (PASS) onboard computers. The data that is dumped from each of PASS computers is compared to verify that the proper software is loaded aboard for launch.
Marilson
31-05-2008, 21:02
È partito ora il conto alla rovescia: 19 minuti... un pò in anticipo? :confused:
a T minus 9 minuti interrompono il conto alla rovescia che sarà sincronizzato per ripartire in modo tale da coincidere perfettamente con l'orario del lancio, ovvero 5:02 pm EDT, le 23.02 italiane ;)
Marilson
31-05-2008, 21:04
2002 GMT (4:02 p.m. EDT)
Now one hour away from launch of Discovery.
Marilson
31-05-2008, 21:09
2008 GMT (4:08 p.m. EDT)
T-minus 9 minutes and holding. Countdown clocks have gone into the planned 45-minute built-in hold. Today's launch remains set for 5:02 p.m. EDT.
2020 GMT (4:20 p.m. EDT)
At launch, the space station will be flying 210 miles above the Atlantic Ocean, southeast of Halifax, Nova Scotia. Liftoff at 5:02:12 p.m. EDT is timed to place Discovery on course to dock with the station shortly before 2 p.m. EDT on Monday.
GUSTAV]<
31-05-2008, 21:23
Vedi i collegamenti nel primo post oppure qui:
http://www.space-multimedia.nl.eu.org/stream/nasa.php
Per vedere il lancio in streaming su NASA TV
1) aprire Windows Media Player
2) Andare nel menù in alto:
-------File
------------Apri Url
3) Inserire il seguente indirizzo e confermare
http://playlist.yahoo.com/makeplaylist.dll?id=1369080&segment=149773
buona visione ;)
TankYou :D
with Mandriva + Totem Movie Player và alla grande.. :D
(per chi volesse vedere con il mandriva, sarebbe meglio
scaricare i driver video solo dal sito ufficiale Francese)
Gli altri server mancano di qualche file..
Marilson
31-05-2008, 21:26
Questo ritardo (volutissimo) si deve al fatto che è necessario sincronizzare il lancio con la posizione della ISS in questo momento, per consentire il docking alla data fissata, ovvero lunedi alle 2 pm EDT
2020 GMT (4:20 p.m. EDT)
At launch, the space station will be flying 210 miles above the Atlantic Ocean, southeast of Halifax, Nova Scotia. Liftoff at 5:02:12 p.m. EDT is timed to place Discovery on course to dock with the station shortly before 2 p.m. EDT on Monday.
<;22702089']c'è qualcosa in stream ? :D
per chi avesse connessione lenta o comunque limitata (come il sottoscritto) consiglio gli aggiornamenti in quasi-realtime di Justin Ray di Spaceflightnow:
http://www.spaceflightnow.com/shuttle/sts124/status.html
e fate spesso F5 ;)
Marilson
31-05-2008, 21:28
per chi avesse connessione lenta o comunque limitata (come il sottoscritto) consiglio gli aggiornamenti in quasi-realtime di Justin Ray di Spaceflightnow:
http://www.spaceflightnow.com/shuttle/sts124/status.html
e fate spesso F5 ;)
ovvio, effecinquare come modello di vita :O
riesco a seguire poco, ma su NASA TV stanno descrivendo le modifiche apportate agli External Tanks dopo l'incidente del Columbia
Marilson
31-05-2008, 21:35
2032 GMT (4:32 p.m. EDT)
Now 30 minutes from Discovery's launch on an eight-and-a-half minute trek to space. At main engine cutoff, Discovery will be flying on a suborbital trajectory with a high point of 135 statute miles and low point of 35 nautical miles. A half-hour later, the twin orbital maneuvering engines will be fired to place the shuttle into a 140 by 120 mile orbit.
EDIT: Marilson, lascio a te volentieri gli aggiornamenti anche visto che sei piu' veloce (e la mia connessione "sucks") ;)
mancano ora meno di 20 minuti al lancio
Super Vegetto
31-05-2008, 21:48
Ci sono!:cool:
error 404
31-05-2008, 21:48
DAI DAI!!!
Stavolta non me lo perdo :asd:
Marilson
31-05-2008, 21:52
2050 GMT (4:50 p.m. EDT)
NASA launch director Mike Leinbach has conducted his poll and given approval to resume the countdown for liftoff at 5:02 p.m.
"Stand by for the greatest show on Earth," commander Mark Kelly responded.
Marilson
31-05-2008, 21:53
EDIT: Marilson, lascio a te volentieri gli aggiornamenti anche visto che sei piu' veloce (e la mia connessione "sucks") ;)
loud and clear, Houston :cool:
il conto alla rovescia e' ripreso, mancano ora circa 8 minuti e mezzo al lancio
Marilson
31-05-2008, 21:54
NASA TV: resume in 1 minute
Marilson
31-05-2008, 21:54
il conto alla rovescia e' ripreso, mancano ora circa 8 minuti e mezzo al lancio
non ancora ma manca poco ;)
Marilson
31-05-2008, 21:55
T minus 9 minutes and counting
manca poco !! emozionante ogni attesa cosi come ogni lancio!
Marilson
31-05-2008, 21:56
siamo alle final checklists dai che ci siamo
Marilson
31-05-2008, 21:57
"Stand by for the greatest show on Earth" ha detto il Comandante Kelly. Per me è stato un onore aver visitato la fabbrica dei sogni, il Kennedy Space Center :ave:
Marilson
31-05-2008, 21:59
T minus 5 minutes and counting
dalle immagini in diretta si sente molto chiaramente il sibilo delle APU con componenti che ruotano a parecchie migliaia di giri al minuto
Marilson
31-05-2008, 22:00
T minus 3 minutes 30 seconds and counting
The external tank liquid oxygen vent valve has been closed and pressurization of the LOX tank has started.
Discovery's power-producing fuel cells are transfering to internal reactants. The units will begin providing all electricity for the mission beginning at T-50 seconds.
And pilot Ken Ham has been asked to clear the caution and warning memory system aboard Discovery. He will verify no unexpected errors in the system.
In the next few seconds, the gaseous oxygen vent hood will be removed from atop the external tank. Verification that the swing arm is fully retracted will be made by the ground launch sequencer at the T-minus 37 second mark.
Marilson
31-05-2008, 22:02
2101:12 GMT (5:01:12 p.m. EDT)
T-minus 1 minute. Computers are verifying that the main engines are ready for ignition. Sound suppression water system is armed. The system will activate at T-minus 16 seconds to suppress the sound produced at launch. And the residual hydrogen burn ignitors are armed. They will be fired at T-minus 10 seconds to burn off hydrogen gas from beneath the main engine nozzles.
Shortly, the external tank strut heaters will be turned off; Discovery will transition to internal power; the liquid oxygen and liquid hydrogen outboard fill and drain valves will be closed; the payload bay vent doors will be positioned for the launch; and the gaseous oxygen vent arm will be verified fully retracted.
Marilson
31-05-2008, 22:03
2102:12 GMT (5:02:12 p.m. EDT)
T-minus 10 seconds, go for main engine start, fuel valves are opening, engine ignition, 3, 2, 1 and LIFTOFF! Kibo takes flight as Discovery clears the tower!
Marilson
31-05-2008, 22:03
40 secondi di lag tra nasa tv e spaceflight now ;)
GO DISCOVERY:yeah: :yeah:
Marilson
31-05-2008, 22:04
2103 GMT (5:03 p.m. EDT)
T+plus 70 seconds. Discovery's three main engines have revved up to their 104 percent power setting. And Mission Control has given the "go at throttle up" call.
Marilson
31-05-2008, 22:05
2103 GMT (5:03 p.m. EDT)
T+plus 1 minute, 45 seconds. Standing by for burn out and separation of the twin solid rockets. Commander Mark Kelly and pilot Ken Ham are joined on the flight deck by mission specialists Ron Garan and Karen Nyberg. Mike Fossum, Japanese astronauts Akihiko Hoshide and station-bound Greg Chamitoff are seated down on the middeck.
Super Vegetto
31-05-2008, 22:06
Splendido, come al solito!:)
Marilson
31-05-2008, 22:06
2106 GMT (5:06 p.m. EDT)
T+plus 4 minutes. Negative return. The shuttle has passed the point where Discovery could turn around and make an emergency landing at Kennedy Space Center in the event of a main engine problem. Landing sites in France and Spain are now available to Discovery in the unlikely event an abort occurs during the remainder of today's launch.
error 404
31-05-2008, 22:07
YUHUUUU!!!
Fantastico il rombo del motore!
la tablella dettagliata degli eventi durante la salita:
http://www.spaceflightnow.com/shuttle/sts124/fdf/images/124ascentdata.gif
http://www.spaceflightnow.com/shuttle/sts124/fdf/124ascentdata.html
Marilson
31-05-2008, 22:09
2108 GMT (5:08 p.m. EDT)
T+plus 6 minutes, 30 seconds. Discovery is 397 miles northeast of the launch pad, traveling at nearlu 10,000 mph.
Marilson
31-05-2008, 22:11
notare dalla timelist di Octane come a 42 secondi dal lancio viene oltrepassata la barriera del suono, la transizione a supersonico crea quelle caratteristiche ciambelle di condensa che si formano attorno alla navicella ;)
Marilson
31-05-2008, 22:12
2111 GMT (5:11 p.m. EDT)
T+plus 8 minutes, 50 seconds. The emptied external tank has been jettisoned from the belly of space shuttle Discovery. The tank will fall back into the atmosphere where it will burn up harmlessly.
danny2005
31-05-2008, 22:13
Sbaglio o ho visto un detrito che si è staccato dall' external tank?
Sbaglio o ho visto un detrito che si è staccato dall' external tank?
confermo, ho visto anche io qualcosa...
Sbaglio o ho visto un detrito che si è staccato dall' external tank?
non l'ho notato; aspettiamo i replays
danny2005
31-05-2008, 22:15
confermo, ho visto anche io qualcosa...
Si anche a me sono sembrati 2 pezzi e hanno colpito lo shuttle vicino il timone di coda
Si anche a me sono sembrati 2 pezzi e hanno colpito lo shuttle vicino il timone di coda
esattamente.
2112 GMT (5:12 p.m. EDT)
T+plus 10 minutes. A very large piece of foam was seen breaking free from the external tank shortly after separation of the twin solid rocket boosters. Video from a camera on the tank showed the piece did not strike the orbiter's right wing.
meno male...
Marilson
31-05-2008, 22:20
confermo li ho visti anche io, dovrebbe essere la solita schiuma isolante. Speriamo sia nulla di grave, alla fine quasi sempre si stacca qualcosa dall'ET
danny2005
31-05-2008, 22:20
infatti non ha colpito l'ala; penso sia meno grave no?
macca4motion
31-05-2008, 22:20
Come non iscrivermi... ;)
Marilson
31-05-2008, 22:21
2116 GMT (5:16 p.m. EDT)
T+plus 14 minutes. The three Auxiliary Power Units are being shut down as planned.
infatti non ha colpito l'ala; penso sia meno grave no?
il timone non e' una zona particolarmente sollecitata nella fase della "entry interface" ; bisognera' comunque verificare che non ci siano danni che possano compromettere la manovrabilita' in regime supersonico e subsonico
questa volta il pezzo di isolante era bello grosso:
http://www.spaceflightnow.com/shuttle/sts124/080531launch/080531debris.jpg
GUSTAV]<
31-05-2008, 22:41
Potrebbero riservare un canale NASA su Hotbird 13 invece di piazzare 20 canali VOA :rolleyes:
Marilson
31-05-2008, 22:42
2139 GMT (5:39 p.m. EDT)
T+plus 37 minutes, 37 seconds. The maneuvering engines have ignited for the orbit raising burn that also refines the path to the space station. This firing should last 2 minutes and 44 seconds.
Marilson
31-05-2008, 22:56
2142 GMT (5:42 p.m. EDT)
T+plus 40 minutes, 20 seconds. The twin Orbital Maneuvering System engines on the tail of Discovery have been fired successfully to propel the shuttle the rest of the way to orbit.
azz...mi sono perso il lancio:cry: :cry:
perso :sob:
Vabbè, mi guarderò i replay :stordita:
confermo anche io quel detrito, ha sbattuto ed è rimbalzato via , era bello grosso, se pensiamo alle dimensioni dello shuttle!
guardando la tabella di salita lo shuttle fa 0-60 MPH in 5 secondi LOL
certo che 7km/s sono niente male :O
Codename47
01-06-2008, 11:48
Purtroppo anch'io ero fuori e non ho potuto seguire il lancio... :mc: Aspettiamo tutti i video in alta risoluzione da scaricare :D
macca4motion
01-06-2008, 12:12
Al centro controllo missione usano XP ;)
Marilson
01-06-2008, 12:48
confermo anche io quel detrito, ha sbattuto ed è rimbalzato via , era bello grosso, se pensiamo alle dimensioni dello shuttle!
guardando la tabella di salita lo shuttle fa 0-60 MPH in 5 secondi LOL
certo che 7km/s sono niente male :O
in realtà dovrebbero essere 8km/h, ovvero la velocità di fuga. Mentre sugli 0-100 kmh una F1 mi sa che è più performante :asd:, ma tenete conto che lo Space Shuttle muove migliaia di tonnellate dal basso verso l'alto ;)
Marilson
02-06-2008, 14:50
Discovery to arrive at the space station today
BY WILLIAM HARWOOD
STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS "SPACE PLACE" & USED WITH PERMISSION
Posted: June 2, 2008
The shuttle Discovery, carrying Japan's huge Kibo laboratory module, closed in on the international space station today, on course for docking around 1:54 p.m. EDT.
Commander Mark Kelly, pilot Kenneth Ham, flight engineer Ronald Garan, Karen Nyberg, Michael Fossum, Japanese astronaut Akihiko Hoshide and space station flight engineer Gregory Chamitoff were awakened at 6:32 a.m. to begin docking preparations.
Trailing the station by about 9.2 miles, Kelly and Ham plan to fire Discovery's maneuvering jets at 11:16 a.m. to begin the terminal phase of the two-day rendezvous, following a carefully choreographed approach that will put the shuttle at a point 600 feet directly below the station around 12:46 p.m.
At that point, Kelly will guide the shuttle through a slow back flip, allowing the station crew to photograph the orbiter's heat shield tiles in a now-standard post-Columbia inspection. After the rotational pitch maneuver is complete, Kelly will guide Discovery to a position directly in front of the lab complex and then move in for a docking at pressurized mating adapter No. 2 on the front of node 2, or the Harmony module.
"It's a pretty standard profile," said lead Flight Director Matt Abbott. "We come up from behind and below. Once we get to what we call the r-bar, kind of an imaginary line from the station straight down to the center of the Earth, we'll stop there about 600 feet below and do the R-bar pitch maneuver, the RPM. That's so the station crew can photograph the thermal protection system on the orbiter and we'll downlink those pictures and use that as part of our analysis to clear the thermal protection system for entry as we always do.
"Then we'll transition up to what we call the v-bar, the velocity vector, which is out in front of the space station. And then Mark Kelly will manually fly the vehicle in to docking on node 2. One of the things you'll notice, it's getting pretty crowded there around node 2 with the (Japanese) logistics module, the (European) Columbus module. Of course, Kibo will go on the port side of node 2, so there's a lot of construction that's been going on lately. So Mark will guide it in and dock with the station."
Here is an updated timeline of today's activity (in EDT and mission elapsed time; includes revision A of the NASA television schedule; NOTE: rev. B is the current version of the TV schedule, but it was not available in time for this posting):
EDT........DD...HH...MM...EVENT
06/02/08
06:32 AM...01...13...30...STS/ISS crew wakeup
07:57 AM...01...14...55...Group B computer powerup
08:17 AM...01...15...15...Rendezvous timeline begins
08:32 AM...01...15...30...ISS daily planning conference
08:58 AM...01...15...56...NH rendezvous rocket firing
09:44 AM...01...16...42...NC-4 rendezvous rocket firing
10:32 AM...01...17...30...Spacesuits removed from airlock
10:34 AM...01...17...32...ISS in docking orientation
10:34 AM...01...17...32...ATV solar arrays feathered
11:16 AM...01...18...14...TI burn
11:40 AM...01...18...38...U.S. solar arrays feathered
11:41 AM...01...18...39...ISS in prox ops mode
11:42 AM...01...18...40...ISS crew meal
11:52 AM...01...18...50...Sunset
12:14 PM...01...19...12...Range: 10,000 feet
12:23 PM...01...19...21...Range: 5,000 feet
12:27 PM...01...19...25...Sunrise
12:29 PM...01...19...27...Range: 3,000 feet
12:33 PM...01...19...31...MC-4 rendezvous burn
12:37 PM...01...19...35...Range: 1,500 feet
12:39 PM...01...19...37...RPM start window open
12:42 PM...01...19...40...Range: 1,000 feet
12:45 PM...01...19...43...KU antenna to low power
12:46 PM...01...19...44...+R bar arrival directly below ISS
12:51 PM...01...19...49...Range: 600 feet
12:52 PM...01...19...50...RPM photography
12:53 PM...01...19...51...Start pitch maneuver
12:55 PM...01...19...53...Noon
01:01 PM...01...19...59...End pitch maneuver
01:03 PM...01...20...01...RPM full photo window close
01:04 PM...01...20...02...Initiate pitch up maneuver (575 ft)
01:11 PM...01...20...09...RPM start window close
01:15 PM...01...20...13...+V bar arrival; range: 310 feet
01:16 PM...01...20...14...Range: 300 feet
01:20 PM...01...20...18...Range: 250 feet
01:23 PM...01...20...21...Sunset
01:24 PM...01...20...22...Range: 200 feet
01:27 PM...01...20...25...Range: 170 feet
01:28 PM...01...20...26...Range: 150 feet
01:33 PM...01...20...31...Range: 100 feet
01:36 PM...01...20...34...Range: 75 feet
01:40 PM...01...20...38...Range: 50 feet
01:43 PM...01...20...41...Range: 30 feet; start stationkeeping
01:48 PM...01...20...46...End stationkeeping; push to dock
01:52 PM...01...20...50...Range: 10 feet
01:54 PM...01...20...52...DOCKING
01:58 PM...01...20...56...Sunrise
02:12 PM...01...21...10...Leak checks
02:37 PM...01...21...35...Group B computer powerdown
02:42 PM...01...21...40...Post docking laptop reconfig
02:47 PM...01...21...45...Orbiter docking system prepped for ingress
03:07 PM...01...22...05...Hatch open
03:52 PM...01...22...50...Welcome aboard!
04:02 PM...01...23...00...Safety briefing
04:27 PM...01...23...25...Post-docking EVA transfer
04:27 PM...01...23...25...Soyuz seatliner transfer to ISS
04:30 PM...01...23...28...Mission status briefing on NASA TV
05:02 PM...02...00...00...Soyuz seatliner installation
05:07 PM...02...00...05...REBA checkout
05:37 PM...02...00...35...Airlock preps
06:27 PM...02...01...25...EVA-1: Procedures review
08:57 PM...02...03...55...EVA-1: Mask pre-breathe
09:42 PM...02...04...40...EVA-1: Airlock 10.2 psi depress
10:02 PM...02...05...00...ISS crew sleep begins
10:32 PM...02...05...30...STS crew sleep begins
11:00 PM...02...05...58...Flight day highlights on NTV
Marilson
02-06-2008, 20:05
ma dove siete finiti? la vogliamo onorare o no questa STS-124? :D
Un'ora fa è avvenuto il docking con la ISS e ora stanno disponendo le procedure per l'apertura del portello di comunicazione, cosa che avverrà a momenti.
1803 GMT (2:03 p.m. EDT)
CONTACT AND CAPTURE! Discovery has arrived at the space station carrying the Japanese science laboratory, the largest module for the complex.
The relative motions of the shuttle and station will be allowed to damp out over the next few minutes by the spring-loaded docking system. Later, the hooks and latches will be closed to firmly join the two craft and Discovery' Orbiter Docking System docking ring will be retracted to form a tight seal.
The opening of hatches between the station and shuttle is expected in about two hours. That will be followed by a welcoming ceremony and safety briefing.
Marilson
02-06-2008, 20:08
Intanto alle 18 ora italiana è stata effettuata la pitch maneuver per la consueta ispezione visiva delle piastrelle termiche, un minuto e mezzo durante il quale sono state scattate circa 700 fotografie ad alta risoluzione con particolare attenzione sulle ali, le porte dei carrelli e il muso
Marilson
02-06-2008, 20:08
GioFX dove sei? :cry:
Codename47
02-06-2008, 20:12
Intanto alle 18 ora italiana è stata effettuata la pitch maneuver per la consueta ispezione visiva delle piastrelle termiche, un minuto e mezzo durante il quale sono state scattate circa 700 fotografie ad alta risoluzione con particolare attenzione sulle ali, le porte dei carrelli e il muso
Io ho seguito su NasaTV, peccato che proprio nel momento più bello il collegamento con la telecamera sulla ISS si è interrotto :muro:
Marilson
02-06-2008, 20:17
Intanto io mi sono innamorato ufficialmente di Karen Nyberg, mission specialist alla sua prima esperienza nello spazio. E' semplicemente :sbav:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/Karen_nyberg_v2.jpg/450px-Karen_nyberg_v2.jpg
devo sposarla, e fare con lei tanti piccoli astronautini :O
postala nel thread top of the topa :asd:
Comunque mi sembra bruttina di viso :stordita:
Marilson
02-06-2008, 20:29
postala nel thread top of the topa :asd:
Comunque mi sembra bruttina di viso :stordita:
NO. E' presa male nella foto, tutto qui :O . E' comunque è bionda, non c'è altro da aggiungere :O
Marilson
02-06-2008, 21:39
1936 GMT (3:36 p.m. EDT)
HATCHES OPEN. The hatchway between Discovery and the space station has been opened and the shuttle crew is being welcomed aboard the outpost now.
Intanto io mi sono innamorato ufficialmente di Karen Nyberg, mission specialist alla sua prima esperienza nello spazio. E' semplicemente :sbav:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/Karen_nyberg_v2.jpg/450px-Karen_nyberg_v2.jpg
devo sposarla, e fare con lei tanti piccoli astronautini :O
AHI AHI AHI.
Con quei capelli lunghi, prevedo vita dura a bordo dell'ISS :)
Ricordo una precedente missione sempre sull'ISS con un membro di sesso feminile con capelli analoghi :
http://boingboing.net/images/news-121806a.jpg
AHI AHI AHI.
Con quei capelli lunghi, prevedo vita dura a bordo dell'ISS :)
Ricordo una precedente missione sempre sull'ISS con un membro di sesso feminile con capelli analoghi :
http://boingboing.net/images/news-121806a.jpg
ma lol :D
E una bella codona di cavallo no eh? Per forza sciolti :asd:
Non c'è niente da fare, astronauta o no, la donna sempre donna rimane :asd:
ma lol :D
E una bella codona di cavallo no eh? Per forza sciolti :asd:
Non c'è niente da fare, astronauta o no, la donna sempre donna rimane :asd:
Anche con la coda, gli effetti sono gli stessi :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HrdMuRkwgWE
Anche con la coda, gli effetti sono gli stessi :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HrdMuRkwgWE
Ma che pignolo che sei diventato :asd:
Allora una bella trecciona, ok? :D
ma dove siete finiti? la vogliamo onorare o no questa STS-124? :D
non appena torno con una connessione decente mi riguardo i replays del lancio e del montaggio (che mi perdero')
si sa piu' nulla dei detriti che si sono staccati dall'ET durante il lancio?
Marilson
03-06-2008, 16:52
si sa piu' nulla dei detriti che si sono staccati dall'ET durante il lancio?
la schima staccata dall'ET non ha danneggiato il thermal shield ;). Desta preoccupazione invece il danno causato dagli scarti di combustione dei SRB, ieri sera ho visto la conferenza stampa ma ero distratto perchè stavo facendo altro (doppio pc sulla scrivania, completavo le slides per la tesi :O ). In pratica sono caduti un sacco di detriti che hanno abbattuto delle recinzioni e danneggiato il pad 39-A :confused:
Marilson
03-06-2008, 16:54
NASA launches investigation into shuttle pad damage
BY WILLIAM HARWOOD
STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS "SPACE PLACE" & USED WITH PERMISSION
Posted: June 2, 2008
The shuttle Discovery's heat shield showed no obvious signs of damage during a slow back flip before docking today at the international space station. But it will take NASA managers several more days to complete their analysis and examination of high-resolution photos shot by the station crew.
Back at the Kennedy Space Center, meanwhile, an investigation has been launched to find out what caused extensive damage to launch pad 39A as it was pounded by Discovery's main engine and solid rocket booster exhaust plumes during liftoff Saturday.
Photos of the damage can be seen here.
LeRoy Cain, chairman of NASA's Mission Management Team, said heat-resistant fire bricks lining a 75- by 20-foot section of the "flame trench" that diverts the booster exhaust away from the pad was blown out like shrapnel as Discovery climbed skyward, littering the pad perimeter with concrete and mortar debris and seriously damaging a security fence some 1,500 feet away.
Built in the 1960s for the Apollo moon program, NASA's shuttle launch pads have been enduring the 5,000-degree booster exhaust and enormous pressures associate with shuttle launchings for decades, but Cain said this was the most severe post-launch damage ever seen.
"From the standpoint of the ongoing mission, it's not going to be a concern to us," he said. "The imagery and the analysis teams have pored over the liftoff imagery and all of the data that we have and they have assured us they have seen nothing in the way of any of this debris coming back at the vehicle, if you will. So we don't have ay concerns for the ongoing mission.
"However, as you can imagine we do have concerns because we're planning to go launch off this pad again, of course. So we have an investigation team that's already being assembled to go look at this damage ... to ascertain exactly what happened here. ... They'll put together some options and a forward plan of action to get the pad cleaned up and repaired so we can go launch of it again. Part of those discussions includes pad B and there are lots of options out there that need to be developed."
He said the flame trench and support structures at both of NASA's shuttle launch pads are routinely inspected and "obviously when you have an area (of damage) this large over the course of one event, something else is going on, or has gone on, to result in this kind of damage. We need to go understand what that is."
NASA plans to complete the space station and retire the shuttle fleet in 2010 to focus on developing a new spacecraft expected to debut around 2015. As part of the Constellation program, aimed at eventually building a base on the moon, NASA plans to launch the remaining shuttle flights from pad 39A while modifying pad 39B for use by the new Ares 1 rocket and its Orion crew capsule.
But pad 39B still has a role to play in the shuttle program. The shuttle Atlantis is scheduled for launch Oct. 8 on a mission to service the Hubble Space Telescope. Launched into a different orbit, the Hubble repair crew cannot reach the space station for "safe haven" if any major problems develop. As a result, NASA plans to have the shuttle Endeavour ready for launch on a rescue flight if needed.
The current plan calls for readying Endeavour for flight on pad 39B while Atlantis is processed and launched from pad 39A. If a rescue flight is needed, Endeavour would be moved to pad 39A and launched from there. But that plan assumes pad 39A can be repaired in time.
Cain said it was too early to speculate about the eventual impact of the pad damage seen after Discovery's launch, but he said he had no concern "with having to delay the HST mission. We just have to figure out what's the course we want to go. We need both launch pads. ... That's not a negotiable term at this point."
NASA can process Endeavour on pad 39B, but the complex has not been maintained as required for an actual countdown and launch. Any major change to the current plan for the Hubble mission and its rescue flight likely would cause downstream delays for the first test flight of the Ares 1 rocket next year.
"Our plan for the Hubble mission, the next mission in October, is that we will roll that flight vehicle out to pad A and we will launch from pad A. At the time of launch, we will have the launch-on-need vehicle rolled out to and on pad B. ... There are some issues associated with payload and the payload changeout room and the capabilities we have at pad A as opposed to pad B. We've started to do some work at pad B as it relates to the Constellation program that's coming on and so we would have to change some of our planning ... as it relates to work going on on pad B. That's both from a modification standpoint, but also from a routine maintenance standpoint."
To use pad B for a launch, "there are some things we would want to go do," Cain said. "Do we have time to still change the path we're on and go do that? We'd have to study that. My answer today would be yeah, I believe we could figure out how to go do that. Will there be impacts to both the shuttle, potentially the station and no doubt the Constellation program? I'm quite certain there would be. All of those things will be in the trade space.
"It's early for me to be talking about it in terms of really knowing what we have here at pad A because I don't know what we have. And it may not be an option we would want to pursue at all. But could we? I believe the answer is yes. But there would be some aches and pains with that probably for all three programs from a schedule standpoint."
While Cain was discussing the launch pad with reporters at the Johnson Space Center, astronaut Gregory Chamitoff's Soyuz seat liner was being moved from Discovery to the Soyuz TMA-12 spacecraft docked to the station. The transfer was completed at 6:35 p.m. and Chamitoff officially became a member of the Expedition 17 crew, replacing Garrett Reisman, who will return to Earth aboard Discovery.
Astronauts Michael Fossum and Ronald Garan, meanwhile, are preparing to spend the night in the station's Quest airlock module at a reduced air pressure to purge nitrogen from their bloodstreams prior to a spacewalk Tuesday. The goals of the excursion are to prepare the Kibo laboratory module for attachment to the station and to retrieve a space shuttle heat shield inspection boom left on the lab complex last March.
Marilson
03-06-2008, 16:57
Riassumendo per gli altri: in pratica detriti esausti e polveri provenienti dai SRB (solid rocket boosters) e dal main engine del Discovery sono ricaduti a terra con discreta violenza danneggiando strutture del pad 39-A e zone limitrofe, tra cui delle recinzioni:
http://www.spaceflightnow.com/shuttle/sts124/080601pad/damage7.jpg
http://www.spaceflightnow.com/shuttle/sts124/080601pad/damage6.jpg
http://www.spaceflightnow.com/shuttle/sts124/080601pad/damage2.jpg
http://www.spaceflightnow.com/shuttle/sts124/080601pad/damage5.jpg
In ogni caso nessun danno sull'orbiter, l'analisi visiva effettuata grazie alla manovra del backflip non ha evidenziato danni evidenti alla struttura termica ;)
macca4motion
03-06-2008, 18:57
Impressionante...
Ottimo lavoro come sempre, ragazzi!
Riguardo al danneggiamento del pad, secondo una prima analisi sembra che il danno sia riparabile senza problemi in tempo per la prossima missione.
E intanto... è iniziata la EVA-1!
Da SpaceFlightNow.com:
Discovery mission's first spacewalk is underway
BY WILLIAM HARWOOD
STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS "SPACE PLACE" & USED WITH PERMISSION
Posted: June 3, 2008
Floating in the space station's Quest airlock module, astronauts Michael Fossum and Ronald Garan switched their spacesuits to battery power at 12:22 p.m. to officially kick off a planned six-and-a-half-hour spacewalk. The spacewalk began 50 minutes behind schedule because of problems with a cable in Fossum's headset communications gear. After an equipment swap out, preparations continued normally.
"All right, boys, it's time to rock and roll," Discovery pilot Kenneth Ham radioed the spacewalkers as the excursion got under way.
This is the 110th spacewalk devoted to station assembly and maintenance since construction began in 1998, the 11th so far this year and the first of three planned by Fossum and Garan. Going into today's outing, astronauts from the United States, Russia, Japan, Canada, Germany, France and Sweden had logged 686 hours and four minutes of station spacewalk time.
The first item on the agenda today is to retrieve a shuttle heat shield inspection boom left on the station in March. The astronauts also will prepare the Japanese Kibo lab module for unberthing and then focus on the station's right-side solar alpha rotary joint, used to keep outboard solar panels pointed at the sun. Garan plans to re-install a bearing assembly while Fossum attempts to clean metallic contamination from a 10-foot-wide drive gear that has forced flight controllers to limit the joint's use.
http://www.spaceflightnow.com/shuttle/sts124/080603fd4/index2.html
Marilson
03-06-2008, 21:11
bentornato GioFX :ave: . Ripasso a te la leadership del thread :ave:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uC7xMhX_5jM
FANTASTICO...non avevo mai visto un lancio completo...la prossima volta lo voglio vedere in diretta...a quanto nuove missioni?la prossima?
Codename47
04-06-2008, 14:24
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uC7xMhX_5jM
FANTASTICO...non avevo mai visto un lancio completo...la prossima volta lo voglio vedere in diretta...a quanto nuove missioni?la prossima?
La prossima missione (STS-125) è prevista per l'8 ottobre di quest'anno, ora del lancio non ancora fissata ;)
La prossima missione (STS-125) è prevista per l'8 ottobre di quest'anno, ora del lancio non ancora fissata ;)
aaaaaaaaaaaazzzzzzzzz...tanto lontano???:cry: :cry:
Codename47
04-06-2008, 15:52
aaaaaaaaaaaazzzzzzzzz...tanto lontano???:cry: :cry:
E' stata rimandata a causa di ritardi nella costruzione del serbatoio :muro: Dalla STS-125 in poi comunque i lanci saranno abbastanza frequenti, 3-4 missioni di fila nel giro di pochi mesi ;)
la prossima missione è quella di servizio ad hubble??
Codename47
04-06-2008, 15:59
la prossima missione è quella di servizio ad hubble??
Si, sarà l'ultima missione riguardante il telescopio Hubble. Qui c'è la descrizione completa ;)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/STS-125
E' stata rimandata a causa di ritardi nella costruzione del serbatoio :muro: Dalla STS-125 in poi comunque i lanci saranno abbastanza frequenti, 3-4 missioni di fila nel giro di pochi mesi ;)
ho capito...eh allor aci tocca attendere pe run serbatotio:muro: :muro:
Si, sarà l'ultima missione riguardante il telescopio Hubble. Qui c'è la descrizione completa ;)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/STS-125
sono contento
speriamo che aggiustino tutti gli strumenti (acs e stis) e che i nuovi strumenti siano una bomba
allo stesso momento questa missione mi mette un pò d'ansia per le insidie che si potrebbero verificare (non c'è due senza 3, se qualcosa può succedere prima o poi accadrà, alla sfiga non c'è mai fine e via cosi)...
mi tocco i cosiddetti per loro
ps.
ma nicmos funziona ancora?? avevano messo un dissipatore passivo, fà ancora scienza..?? altrimenti avrebbero potuto aggiustare anche quello..
Da SpaceFlightNow.com:
Japan's science laboratory module added to station
BY WILLIAM HARWOOD
STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS "SPACE PLACE" & USED WITH PERMISSION
Posted: June 3, 2008
http://www.spaceflightnow.com/shuttle/sts124/080603fd4/kibo.jpg
The Kibo lab is lifted out of the shuttle payload bay for attachment to the space station. Credit: NASA TV
The Discovery astronauts staged a successful spacewalk today, retrieving a shuttle heat shield inspection boom and testing techniques for cleaning metallic contamination from a critical solar array drive gear. They also prepared Japan's Kibo lab module for installation and Japanese astronaut Akihiko Hoshide, operating the station's robot arm, pulled the 15-ton module from Discovery's cargo bay and attached it to the station. If all goes well, the astronauts will enter the new module Wednesday to begin activating its myriad systems.
"Today we were extremely happy to see the Kibo pressurized module attached at its permanent location," said Tetsuro Yokoyama, deputy manager of the Kibo project for the Japanese space agency.
Floating in the Quest airlock module, the astronauts began repressurizing at 7:10 p.m. to officially end the six-hour 48-minute spacewalk, the first of three planned for the shuttle Discovery's mission.
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http://www.spaceflightnow.com/shuttle/sts124/080603fd4/index7.html
Beeeeeeeenissimo!!!
E ora via alle operazioni:D :D
danny2005
05-06-2008, 09:21
Ma il bagno l'hanno aggiustato? :stordita:
O ancora se la tengono? :asd:
Il nuovo modulo è immenso.
Marilson
05-06-2008, 14:18
Ma il bagno l'hanno aggiustato? :stordita:
O ancora se la tengono? :asd:
Si, i russi hanno mandato con tutta urgenza i pezzi di ricambio alla Nasa che non ha fatto altro che consegnarli al cosmonauta russo a bordo della ISS, che ha provveduto a riparare il bagno :D . Non ho capito perchè sti lavori "di merda" debbano farli fare ai russi :asd:
Russian toilet pump replaced in space station
BY WILLIAM HARWOOD
STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS "SPACE PLACE" & USED WITH PERMISSION
Posted: June 4, 2008
Cosmonaut-turned-plumber Oleg Kononenko replaced a pump in the space station's balky Russian toilet today and initial tests indicated the potty's urine collection system was working normally again. While engineers will monitor the toilet's operation to make sure the repair was, in fact, successful, they were hopeful a potentially difficult problem had been resolved.
"This is the end of our testing," a Russian flight controller radioed after the initial tests were complete. "We'll keep watching it. And you can start using (the toilet). ... Thank you, Oleg, thank you for your work."
Located in the Zvezda command module, the toilet began acting up about a week-and-a-half before Discovery's launch. The toilet uses a pump to pull in a mixture of air and urine, which is then diverted to holding tanks after separation. Troubleshooting indicated the problem involved the pump in that system, but two spares on the station failed to work longer than about a day. All three pumps came from the same manufacturing lot and the Russians rushed a new pump with a different pedigree to the Kennedy Space Center for launch aboard Discovery.
Kononenko, assisted by Expedition 17 commander Sergei Volkov, installed the new pump in about an hour today and then followed detailed instructions from specialists in Moscow for flushing the system and testing the new pump. Kononenko reported the pump sounded normal and appeared to be operating as expected. The pump that was replaced will be returned to Earth aboard Discovery for detailed troubleshooting.
If the repair had failed, or if any other problem shuts down the toilet, the station has enough urine collection bags on board to last the three-man crew until a Russian Progress supply ship arrives in September. The Russian toilet's solid waste collection system is working normally.
While Kononenko was working on the toilet, the Discovery astronauts were servicing a U.S. carbon dioxide removal system, preparing spacesuits and tools for a second spacewalk Thursday and outfitting the vestibule between the Harmony module and the newly installed Kibo laboratory.
Part of that pre-ingress outfitting calls for powering up one of Kibo's two electrical buses to provide electricity for temperature control and telemetry. If all goes well, the astronauts will open the hatch and enter the new module shortly before 5 p.m.
Da SpaceFlightNow.com:
Astronauts enter roomy Kibo laboratory module
BY WILLIAM HARWOOD
STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS "SPACE PLACE" & USED WITH PERMISSION
Posted: June 4, 2008
http://www.spaceflightnow.com/shuttle/sts124/080604fd5/kiboingress.jpg
The shuttle and station crewmembers float into the newly-opened Kibo lab. Credit: NASA TV
The 10 astronauts aboard the shuttle-space station complex opened up the newly installed Japanese Kibo module today at 5:05 p.m., floated inside and literally bounced off the walls, enjoying a chance for some impromptu zero gravity acrobatics in the roomy new addition.
Floating in the middle of the brightly lighted module, Japanese astronaut Akihiko Hoshide held up a sign written in Japanese that, roughly translated, said "aerospace experiments - astronauts wanted."
Measuring 37 feet long and 14 feet wide, Kibo - "Hope" in Japanese - is so large it had to be launched with only a handful of experiment and control system racks in place. As such, the module was virtually empty when the crew floated inside, giving the astronauts and cosmonauts more than enough room to bounce and tumble about.
"This is a great moment for the Japanese folks," Hoshide said before floating inside. "We have the JPM (Japanese pressurized module), the Kibo module, installed yesterday. And now we have the hatch to be opened. I just want to thank all of the Japanese folks that have been working very, very hard. I know it's been like 20-plus years to get this module up in space. It's a beautiful module. We have a new 'hope' on the space station.
"It looks pretty empty because we don't have a lot of racks inside (yet)," he added before opening the main hatch. "But one engineer said down on Earth 'it looks really empty, but it's full of dreams.' And I really think that's what it is."
After addressing flight controllers and engineers at the Tsukuba Space Center in Japanese, a flight director praised the astronauts for reaching "this historical moment. Welcome to JEM! Enjoy your new module!"
"Thank you very much, Tsukuba," Hoshide replied. "This is an international program and with the help of the ground and the crew members up here, we're all a team and we couldn't have done this without everyone's help. So thank you very much."
He then unfurled a large, dark blue banner with "Kibo" written across it in large white letters.
"The Kibo module is open!" Hoshide exclaimed.
Kibo can accommodate 23 experiment and equipment racks, but it was launched with just four in place to keep the weight down to 16 tons. Another eight racks were launched in a smaller Japanese logistics module that was temporarily mounted atop the station's Harmony module in March.
The logistics module will be removed from Harmony and bolted to Kibo Friday. Equipment transfers will begin right away.
http://www.spaceflightnow.com/shuttle/sts124/080604fd5/index3.html
Ma che pignolo che sei diventato :asd:
Allora una bella trecciona, ok? :D
Eh no eh no :O
Non ci siamo proprio gpc : guarda questo video
http://it.youtube.com/watch?v=QRM2lhcl5Cs
A 1.15 si nota molto bene la coda di cavallo svulazzare.
P.S : sto scherzando ovviamente : in ogni caso i capelli lunghi sono un bel problema nello spazio.
P.P.S : avete visto quanto e' grande il modulo giapponese? :eek
http://it.youtube.com/watch?v=QRM2lhcl5Cs
Marilson
08-06-2008, 16:06
Astronauts prepare for mission's final spacewalk
BY WILLIAM HARWOOD
STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS "SPACE PLACE" & USED WITH PERMISSION
Posted: June 8, 2008
Astronauts Michael Fossum and Ronald Garan are preparing for a third and final spacewalk today, a six-and-a-half-hour excursion highlighted by a dramatic robot arm ride over the top of the international space station to replace a nitrogen tank. Dubbed the "windshield wiper maneuver," the ride from one side of the station to the other will put Garan "clearly on top of the world," said arm operator Karen Nyberg, as he carries the 550-pound tanks.
"If you think about it, I'm going to be on the end of the arm and as we're doing this windshield-wiper maneuver right here at the top, I'll be 80 feet above the station looking down at the station, looking down at the Earth," Garan said before launch. "It's going to be really exciting, it's going to be really challenging, but I'm really looking forward to it."
Fossum will stow the old tank and hand Garan the fully charged replacement. Fossum also plans to re-visit the left-side solar alpha rotary joint, or SARJ, remove a thermal cover and use Kapton tape to collect samples of dust-like debris he spotted on the joint's big drive gear during an inspection Thursday.
The space station is equipped with two SARJ gears, one on either side of the lab's main power truss, that are designed to rotate outboard solar arrays like giant paddle wheels to track the sun. The right side SARJ has suffered considerable damage to the surfaces of the 10-foot-wide drive gear that are gripped by 12 three-roller trundle bearings.
The left-side SARJ is operating normally, but Fossum spotted buildups of grease during an inspection Thursday. Photographs also indicted small amounts of an unknown material dusting the outer edge of the 10-foot-wide drive gear.
Engineers believe the grease may be coming from one or more of the trundle bearings the gear rolls through and it may be beneficial in slowing or preventing the sort of surface breakdown that has damaged the right-side gear. In any case, the grease is not thought to be an issue.
The dust-like material was somewhat of a surprise, Fossum said, but it is nothing like the damage and debris seen in the right-side SARJ.
"I don't believe it looks at all like the starboard side," Fossum told a reporter Saturday. "The starboard side definitely has metal shavings that show up and you can see some damage to the metal surface. There's just some things look different on the side we looked at the other day, the port side. It really looks to me like a little bit of grease, which is not a terribly big surprise when you're dealing with a bearing surface.
"Through the photographs, there might be a little bit of dusting of some other deposits around there. We plan to go out with a little bit of special tape and collect some of that dust from around the edge of the bearing. But really, that bearing looks to be in pretty darn good shape."
The crew was awakened at 5:32 a.m. by a recording of "The Mickey Mouse Club March" beamed up from mission control. The spacewalk, the 112th devoted to station assembly and maintenance since construction began in 1998, was scheduled to begin at 10:32 a.m. (as of 7:30 a.m., the astronauts were running about a half-hour ahead of schedule).
Along with the nitrogen tank swap out and SARJ work, the spacewalkers also plan to re-install a repaired TV camera on the power truss and remove launch locks and insulation from the Japanese robot arm on the outboard end of the Kibo lab module.
But the major objective of today's work is to replace a nitrogen tank assembly, or NTA, used to pressurize the station's ammonia coolant loops. The depleted tank is located in the right side S1 segment of the station's power truss while the replacement, launched earlier, is mounted on an external stowage platform - ESP-3 - on the left side of the truss.
After exiting the Quest airlock module, Fossum will make his way to ESP-3 to prepare the new tank for handoff while Garan proceeds to the right side of the truss to pull out the depleted tank.
"This is going to be an absolutely spectacular EVA," Garan said in a NASA interview. "What's going to happen is I'm going up to the (right side of the) truss, to S1, where the old NTA is and I'll do the final preparations to pull it out of the truss. Meanwhile, Mike is going to translate all the way out to (the left side of the power truss) where the spare is and he's going to make the final preparations to receive the old NTA and to get the new NTA ready to move.
"So when everything is all set, I'm going to get onto the end of the space station's robotic arm and I'm going to pull the NTA out of the truss as the arm is backing away from the truss. And so when we get out a safe distance away from the truss, I'll have this 550-pound box in my hand and the space station's robotic arm is basically going to do what we call the Ôwindshield wiper maneuver' and it's going to go over the top over to ESP-3. So this maneuver takes about 20 minutes and on the top here I'll be almost (six stories) above the station looking straight down on the aft side of the station and the Earth (210) miles below. So it'll be a pretty spectacular view and, and pretty spectacular ride over to ESP-3."
Nyberg, assisted by Japanese astronaut Akihiko Hoshide, will be operating the station arm.
"It's going to be a fun ride for him because the arm is going to go completely stretched out up in a big arc over to the other side of the truss and so he'll be clearly on top of the world at that point."
Once on Fossum's side of the power truss, "we will stow the old nitrogen tank assembly on ESP-3," Garan said. "I'll grab the new one and we'll just do the maneuver right back to the other side where I'll install it back on S1. Meanwhile, Mike's out and tying up ESP-3, making sure that that NTA is ready to come back to Earth when we're ready to do that on a later mission. So that's the big thing that we're going to do.
"After that, we've got a number of other tasks, a whole bunch of maintenance of tasks on the station. Mike's going to go back out to the Japanese laboratory and finish some of the work on the robotic arm that we couldn't do because on EVA-2 it was in the launch configuration and we couldn't get at some of the covers and some of the fasteners that we needed to undo."
Here is an updated timeline of today's activity (in EDT and mission elapsed time; includes revision K of the NASA television schedule):
Spazio: Discovery lascia Iss
11 giu 14:02 Scienze e tecnologia
WASHINGTON - Si e' sganciata con successo la navetta spaziale Discovery dalla stazione internazionale Iss. Ora il Discovery iniziera' la fase di rientro, che si concludera' sabato con l'atterraggio sulla Terra. (Agr)
Sganciati!
Discovery undocked from the International Space Station today at 7:42 a.m. EDT, ending its almost nine-day stay at the orbital outpost. On Tuesday, The STS-124 and Expedition 17 crews bid one another farewell, and closed the hatches between the two spacecraft at 4:42 p.m.
STS-124 arrived at the station June 2, delivering the Japanese Pressurized Module, the second pressurized component of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency’s Kibo laboratory, to the station.
In addition, the STS-124 astronauts delivered Expedition 17 Flight Engineer Greg Chamitoff, who replaced Garrett Reisman, now a mission specialist returning to Earth aboard Discovery.
The crew also performed three spacewalks while at the station.
Discovery is scheduled to land at Kennedy Space Center, Fla., Saturday.
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/main/index.html
danny2005
13-06-2008, 16:00
Gli astronauti a bordo della navicella informano di aver avvistato una "protuberanza" che ha anche urtato lo scafo.
Tecnici Nasa al lavoro sulle immagini
Un oggetto non identificato avvistato dallo shuttle Discovery
WASHINGTON - Forse non sarà proprio un Ufo, nel senso in cui l'immaginario collettivo considera questo tipo di fenomeni; ma resta il fatto che gli astronauti a bordo dello shuttle Discovery, in missione nello spazio, hanno avvistato un oggetto non identificato, che ha urtato lo scafo.
Ecco come il comunicato della Nasa ha riferito la vicenda. "Dopo un test di routine ai reattori, alla vigilia dell'atterraggio - è scritto nella nota - l'equipaggio ci ha informato di aver trovato un oggetto rettangolare lungo da 30 a 45 centimetri accanto alla navetta", e che loro hanno definito, nelle comunicazioni con Cape Canaveral, "una protuberanza". Subito dopo, gli astronauti hanno raccontato di avere sentito "ciò che hanno descritto come un colpo alla parte sinistra" della parte terminale del timone.
Alcuni esperti, prosegue il comunicato, stanno esaminando le foto e il video del ritrovamento: stando alle immagini diffuse dalle televisioni, è un agglomerato bianco e brillante, che si staglia contro il blu del cielo. Potrebbe perciò trattarsi anche di un pezzo di ghiaccio.
Intanto, "l'equipaggio continua a stivare le attrezzature della cabina in attesa dell'atterraggio previsto per domani". A compimento di una missione spaziale della durata complessiva di 14 giorni, inviata allo scopo di agganciare alla Stazione spaziale internazionale un modulo prodotto da un laboratorio giapponese.
repubblica.it (http://www.repubblica.it/2008/06/sezioni/scienza_e_tecnologia/nasa-avvistamenti/nasa-avvistamenti/nasa-avvistamenti.html)
azz, speriamo non sia niente...
Alcuni esperti, prosegue il comunicato, stanno esaminando le foto e il video del ritrovamento: stando alle immagini diffuse dalle televisioni, è un agglomerato bianco e brillante, che si staglia contro il blu del cielo. Potrebbe perciò trattarsi anche di un pezzo di ghiaccio.
Ma stavo ragionando, come fa a non sublimare del ghiaccio nel vuoto?
razziadacqua
13-06-2008, 17:03
Ma stavo ragionando, come fa a non sublimare del ghiaccio nel vuoto?
Spazzatura spaziale? Non è più facile?
Spazzatura spaziale? Non è più facile?
Così a naso direi, più facile se si fossero visti arrivare addosso l'oggetto, più difficile se l'hanno visto "accompagnare" lo shuttle perchè vuol dire che sarebbe dovuto essere sulla stessa orbita, nello stesso momento, quindi con uguale velocità. In quel caso, è molto più facile che si tratti i qualcosa che si è staccato dallo shuttle nel momento in cui hanno acceso i motori, e qui sì che sarebbe bene che fosse solo ghiaccio...
Codename47
13-06-2008, 17:54
Non c'è un comunicato ufficiale della Nasa o almeno qualche immagine? :confused:
Così a naso direi, più facile se si fossero visti arrivare addosso l'oggetto, più difficile se l'hanno visto "accompagnare" lo shuttle perchè vuol dire che sarebbe dovuto essere sulla stessa orbita, nello stesso momento, quindi con uguale velocità. In quel caso, è molto più facile che si tratti i qualcosa che si è staccato dallo shuttle nel momento in cui hanno acceso i motori, e qui sì che sarebbe bene che fosse solo ghiaccio...
concordo, veramente difficile pensare ad una coincidenza di orbita, velocita' e traiettoria tanto che il detrito li segua da ore..:rolleyes:
Resta da capire cosa sia. Inizialmente pensavo potesse essere parte del meccanismo di attracco all'ISS, ma lo shuttle nel frattempo ha effettuato altre manovre di disimpegno dall'orbita della stazione.. mah..
Non c'è un comunicato ufficiale della Nasa o almeno qualche immagine? :confused:
questo e' quello che sono riusciti a fare:
http://www.spaceflightnow.com/shuttle/sts124/080613fd14/object.jpg
A quanto sembra (http://www.cbsnews.com/network/news/space/current.html) è un "pezzo" che serve durante l'ascesa, quindi nessun problema per il rientro:
Kelly, Ham and Garan tested Discovery's re-entry systems early today, firing up one of the ship's three hydraulic power units, cycling the orbiter's ailerons and rudder and test firing maneuvering jets. There were no problems of any significance.
But a few minutes after the tests concluded, Kelly reported seeing a piece of debris floating away around 7:35 a.m.
"We observed an object depart aft of the starboard wing," Kelly said. "Looked like, and obviously it's hard to tell dimensions and size looking out the aft windows, but it looked like it might have been a foot to a foot and a half in width. And we've got a pretty reasonable image of it."
A few minutes later, the crew reported seeing a small protrusion where two sections of the rudder/speed brake come together. They downlinked a short video clip of the debris, along with still pictures shot with a digital camera, and offered to power up Discovery's robot arm for a closer look at the rudder.
Flight controllers told the astronauts to sit tight and a few hours later, Virts told Kelly that engineers were able to confirm the debris was, in fact, a clip used to hold a thermal barrier in place in the rudder/speed brake.
"Well there was a little bit (of concern) when we saw it, not knowing what it was," Kelly told WCBS Radio. "But fortunately, Mike got some good pictures of it, sent them down to the ground and within a couple of minutes they took a look and were able to narrow it down to a part that protects the rudder/speed brake during ascent, from the heating during liftoff. So we've seen these things come off before and it's not a concern at all for entry."
In italiano da RaiNews24 (http://www.rainews24.rai.it/notizia.asp?newsID=82730):
Gli astronauti dello Shuttle hanno notato un oggetto non identificato sulla scia del traghetto spaziale e stanno indagando sulla sua natura. Lo ha annunciato la Nasa.
La Nasa ha identificato l'oggetto misterioso avvistato dagli astronauti alla deriva dalla navetta Discovery come un frammento che si e' staccato da una componente del timone, ma ritiene che la situazione non ponga problemi per il rientro del traghetto spaziale in programma domani.
Lo ha comunicato il comando di terra al comandante dello Shuttle, Mike Kelly. Anche l"'ammaccatura" sul timone e' risultata normale. Il pezzo che si e' staccato e' un fermaglio che serviva a proteggere il freno di velocita' dal surriscaldamento durante il decollo. "La sua perdita non crea preoccupazioni per l'atterraggio", ha detto la Nasa.
Infatti, è solo un sigillo di metallo per la protezione nei pennalli del timone di coda durante l'ascesa. Nessun problema!
Da NasaSpaceFlight.com:
STS-124: Liberation event not a concern for re-entry
By Chris Bergin, 6/13/2008 9:06:41 AM
Cameras onboard Discovery observed an object falling behind the orbiter during Flight Day 14- which was initially thought to be ice, before images showed it was a thermal clip from the Rudder Speed Brake (RSB).
The focus for engineers was the vertical stabilizer (tail) of Discovery, in order to confirm that the liberation was not critical TPS (Thermal Protection System) material. This was confirmed, with no issues for re-entry on Saturday.
The event was observed by the crew onboard Discovery just after the normal EOM-1 (End Of Mission) operations.
These operations include the checkout of the Flight Control System, the activation of one Auxiliary Power Unit (APU) in order to power Discovery's aerosurfaces, and the Reaction Control System (RCS) hot fire test.
The item liberated from the vehicle shortly after the aerosurface and RCS checks, with initial evaluations classing the debris as ice.
'High level of confidence that the observed debris is ice,' noted one e-mail. 'Processing of the imagery is continuing.'
The other candidate was a liberation of one of the metal seals between the Rudder Speed Brake (RSB) panels.
This became the favorite later in the evaluations, when a set of hi resolution images were sent down to the ground from the Discovery crew.
The loss of one of these seals, or clips, there remains no concern for re-entry.
The other item of interest, the protruding area of TPS that has been observed on Discovery's RSB, is not believed to be related to the debris event.
This area of interest is understood to be a splitline thermal barrier - which sticks out by design.
Other event for Flight Day 14 include continued cabin stowage, Garrett Riesman's recumbent seat being set up - following his stay on the International Space Station, a crew deorbit briefing, and the stowage of the Ku-band antenna.
A FES (Flash Evaporator System) dump is also on the schedule, in order to tweak the water quantities for entry.
http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/content/?cid=5449
BEne bene, menomale non sia una cosa grave!
Da SpaceFlightNow.com:
Good weather predicated for Saturday's shuttle landing
BY WILLIAM HARWOOD
STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS "SPACE PLACE" & USED WITH PERMISSION
Posted: June 13, 2008
The shuttle Discovery is in good shape and ready for landing Saturday at the Kennedy Space Center to close out a successful space station assembly mission, entry Flight Director Richard Jones said today. The Spaceflight Meteorology Group at the Johnson Space Center in Houston is predicting near ideal conditions for the first of two landing opportunities Saturday.
But if the weather doesn't cooperate, or if a technical problem develops that might prevent an on-time re-entry, Jones said the shuttle has enough supplies on board to stay in orbit until Tuesday if necessary. But NASA's focus is getting Discovery back to Florida this weekend and given the forecast, Jones said NASA would not staff its backup landing site at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., until Monday at the earliest.
"Tomorrow, we're going to be looking at end of mission at KSC only," Jones said. "The weather is looking very good tomorrow, we have a decent shot. ... All of the ceilings and the surface winds are all going to be within flight rule limits and we're looking at a pretty good opportunity tomorrow."
LeRoy Cain, chairman of NASA's Mission Management Team, said analysts had finished an assessment of the shuttle's heat shield and concluded the ship was in good shape for entry.
"As of today, Discovery's TPS system is all in very good shape, including all the thermal protection system tiles, all of the blankets, all of the reinforced carbon carbon on the wing leading edge and nose cap and all of the associated support systems," Cain said. "All of that has been determined to be good and acceptable and safe for entry and landing. ... There were no dissenting opinions on that. Just a very clean vehicle overall with regard to the TPS."
As for a small 1-inch by 2.5-inch thermal barrier clip that floated away from Discovery's rudder/speed brake earlier today, Cain said the hardware was only needed during launch and that its absence posed no threat to the shuttle during entry.
Discovery commander Scott Kelly and pilot Kenneth Ham plan to fire Discovery's twin braking rockets at 10:10:17 a.m. Saturday for two minutes and 36 seconds, slowing the ship by 197 mph to drop it out of orbit. After a half-hour free fall, the shuttle will slip into the discernible atmosphere 400,000 feet above the Pacific Ocean at 10:43 a.m.
If all goes well, the shuttle will cross Central America and the Yucatan Peninsula, skirt the west coast of Cuba and cross the Florida coast south of Fort Myers. Approaching the Florida spaceport from the southwest, Kelly will guide Discovery through a sweeping left overhead turn to line up on runway 15 at the Kennedy Space Center. Touchdown is expected at 11:15 p.m.
Here is a timeline of re-entry events for both of the crew's Saturday landing opportunities (in EDT throughout; best viewed with fixed-width font):
EDT...........EVENT
Rev. 212 Deorbit to Kennedy Space Center
02:32 AM......Crew wakeup
05:12 AM......Group B computer powerup
05:27 AM......Inertial measurement unit alignment
06:10 AM......Begin deorbit timeline
06:25 AM......Radiator stow
06:35 AM......Mission specialists seat installation
06:41 AM......Computers set for deorbit prep
06:45 AM......Hydraulic system configuration
07:10 AM......Flash evaporator cooling system checkout
07:16 AM......Final payload deactivation
07:30 AM......Payload bay doors closed
07:40 AM......Mission control 'go' for OPS-3 entry software load
07:50 AM......OPS-3 transition
08:15 AM......Entry switch list verification
08:25 AM......Deorbit maneuver update
08:30 AM......Crew entry review
08:45 AM......Commander/pilot don entry suits
09:02 AM......IMU alignment
09:10 AM......CDR/PLT strap in; mission specialists suit don
09:27 AM......Shuttle steering check
09:30 AM......Hydraulic system prestart
09:37 AM......Toilet deactivation
09:45 AM......Vent doors closed for entry
09:50 AM......Mission control 'go' for deorbit burn
09:56 AM......MS seat ingress
10:05 AM......Single hydraulic power unit start
10:10:17 AM...Deorbit ignition
10:12:53 AM...Deorbit burn complete
10:43:37 AM...Entry interface
10:48:36 AM...1st roll command to left
10:50:21 AM...Start peak heating (approx)
11:00:21 AM...End peak heating (approx)
11:02:00 AM...C-band radar acquisition
10:58:33 AM...1st left to right roll reversal
11:08:46 AM...Velocity less than mach 2.5
11:11:00 AM...Velocity less than mach 1
11:11:50 AM...Shuttle banks to line up on runway 15
11:15:18 AM...Landing
Rev. 218 Deorbit to KSC
11:26 AM......Mission control 'go' for deorbit burn
11:32 AM......Mission specialists seat ingress
11:41 AM......Single hydraulic power unit start
11:46:32 AM...Deorbit ignition
11:49:09 AM...Deorbit burn complete
12:19:03 PM...Entry interface
12:23:59 PM...1st roll command to right
12:25:47 PM...Start peak heating
12:35:47 PM...End of peak heating
12:37:02 PM...1st right-to-left roll reversal
12:44:13 PM...Velocity less than mach 2.5
12:46:27 PM...Velocity less than mach 1
12:46:57 PM...Shuttle banks to line up on runway 15
12:50:44 PM...Landing
If Discovery is unable to land Saturday, the crew will have two more opportunities to make it back to Kennedy on Sunday, at 10:03 a.m. and 11:38 a.m.
Rotta di atterraggio - Orbita 217 (Primo tentativo):
http://www.spaceflightnow.com/shuttle/sts124/080612tracks/ksc217a.gif
http://www.spaceflightnow.com/shuttle/sts124/080612tracks/ksc217b.gif
http://www.spaceflightnow.com/shuttle/sts124/080612tracks/ksc217c.gif
Rotta di atterraggio - Orbita 218 (Secondo tentativo):
http://www.spaceflightnow.com/shuttle/sts124/080612tracks/index2.html
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http://www.spaceflightnow.com/shuttle/sts124/080613fd14/index5.html
Atterraggio per l'Italia è alle 17.00??? giusto??? o altro??
Raga, purtroppo mi sa che dovrò saltare anche il rientro (questa volta va così... :O), sarò via e non so se riuscirò a collegarmi.
Quindi pensateci voi agli aggiornamenti, grazie! ;)
Atterraggio per l'Italia è alle 17.00??? giusto??? o altro??
11:15 EST (ora locale), 17:15 CEST (ora italiana).
11:15 EST (ora locale), 17:15 CEST (ora italiana).
Ok grazie :D
Codename47
14-06-2008, 09:36
11:15 EST (ora locale), 17:15 CEST (ora italiana).
Perfetto... spero vivamente che riescano ad utilizzare il primo tentativo, altrimenti per il secondo non sono a casa... :muro:
Mi sembra leggermente nuvoloso...cmq 31 miunti all'atterraggio :D
9 minuti, ecco il tempo
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Ed eccolo qui...
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6 minuti al touch-down
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woooooooooooo...il baaaaaaaaaaaaanh ahahha
3 minuti al touch-down
Atterrato...ora vi posto le immagini :D:d:D
Come mai appena fermati non c'é nessuno che li va a prendere? Manco i pompieri in caso di emergenza.
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Marilson
14-06-2008, 16:47
ottimo lavoro Dj Ruck ;)
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ottimo lavoro Dj Ruck ;)
grazie :)...mo ne arrivano altre 30 ehehe...cm al solito non riesco mai a guardare un atterraggio completo xkè mi metto a fare sti scatti ahuehauehuae, e devo trovare sempre il pulsante nel menù :asd: :asd:
attendete eheh
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Finite:) :)
Spero siano state di vostro gradimento:D
FlatEric
14-06-2008, 17:14
Come mai appena fermati non c'é nessuno che li va a prendere? Manco i pompieri in caso di emergenza.
Vapori di idrazina delle APU, sono tossici, devono aspettare che la nube si dissolva. Ad ogni modo penso che siano attrezzati con maschere nel caso sia necessario intervenire d'urgenza :)
Bello, peccato che venivo al lavoro proprio durante l'atterraggio!!! :cry:
Grazie per le foto, molto gradite!
Grazie per le foto, molto gradite!
E' un piacere...anche se però spero che la prossima volta riesca a gustarmi un atterraggio hahahah:sofico: :sofico: :sofico:
FlatEric
14-06-2008, 22:52
E' un piacere...anche se però spero che la prossima volta riesca a gustarmi un atterraggio hahahah:sofico: :sofico: :sofico:
Registrarlo e poi fare le foto? :stordita:
Registrarlo e poi fare le foto? :stordita:
vedremo ehehe:D :D
Grazie Dj!
Da SpaceFlightNow.com:
Discovery back on Earth
BY WILLIAM HARWOOD
STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS "SPACE PLACE" & USED WITH PERMISSION
Posted: June 14, 2008
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Credit: Chris Miller/Spaceflight Now
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http://www.spaceflightnow.com/shuttle/sts124/080614fd15/index2.html
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E questo conclude il coverage della missione STS-124.
Grazie Dj!
figurati...mi dispiace che non sono riuscito a trovare le info (che ho scritto a mano e molto spicciole) che mettevi tu durante la fase finale...su quale sito rpendevi le news?
figurati...mi dispiace che non sono riuscito a trovare le info (che ho scritto a mano e molto spicciole) che mettevi tu durante la fase finale...su quale sito rpendevi le news?
SpaceFlightNow.com, nella sezione Mission Status Center di ogni missione. Per la STS-124 è a questo indirizzo:
http://spaceflightnow.com/shuttle/sts124/status.html
SpaceFlightNow.com, nella sezione Mission Status Center di ogni missione. Per la STS-124 è a questo indirizzo:
http://spaceflightnow.com/shuttle/sts124/status.html
Grazie mille...terrò a mente per la prossima missione ;);)
Sono stati ora pubblicati i risultati delle analisi post-missione:
Il booster destro ha cominciato a spegnersi 0.88 secondi prima del sinistro, forzando quindi i sistemi di controllo dell'assetto (SSME e aerosuperfici) e reagire piu' del solito per mantenere la traiettoria
Discovery ascent trajectory anomaly noted on STS-124 IFA review
By Chris Bergin, 7/6/2008 10:35:00 PM
Shuttle Discovery's right Solid Rocket Booster (SRB) "tailed off" sooner than the left during the final part of first stage ascent - the IFA (In Flight Anomaly) review of the STS-124 mission has noted - causing Discovery to counter via "greater than typical steering commands".
The review, discussed at the all-powerful Program Requirements Control Board (PRCB) meeting, evaluated every single anomaly relating to what was a highly successful mission.
STS-124 IFA Review Part 1 - SRB Tailoff:
Discovery is currently processing towards the STS-119 mission next February, which will take onboard any post flight requirements gained via the IFA findings. The review is also used to aid clearance for the upcoming shuttle missions - STS-125 with Atlantis in October, and STS-126 with Endeavour in November.
Very little is being said about the booster incident, bar that it was caused by a drop in pressure on the right booster - as expected during the burnout of the booster prior to separation. However, the tailoff occurred prior to the same event on the opposite booster.
With the reduction in thrust on one side of the stack, Discovery was forced to react with 'greater than typical steering commands' - which would have resulted in the SSMEs (Space Shuttle Main Engines) and/or the SRB TVC (Thrust Vector Control) system countering to keep the shuttle on the correct trajectory.
'STS-124: Roll Moment During SRB Tailoff: Right SRB reached 50psi 0.88 sec sooner than left SRB, resulting in greater than typical steering commands,' noted Space Shuttle Systems Engineering and Integration Office's IFA report. 'Associated hazard report: Ascent trajectory anomaly.'
ATK - who build the boosters - are also aware, though their IFA presentation only notes they are ready to support the subsequent investigation and closure.
'Support IFA Closure for the GN&C (Guidance Navigation and Control) flight dynamics during SRM tail off (unexpected roll rate before SRB staging),' ATK noted for the Reusable Solid Rocket Motors (RSRM). 'Overall performance of both STS-124 (RSRM-102) motors and ATK BSMs were excellent.'
There are no historical notes attached on the IFA review documentation of a similar event, though sources note that the vehicle is capable of coping with such events via the flight software, which automatically detects and corrects.
The reaction of Discovery during the STS-124 event prior to SRB separation is deemed to be within specifications.
l'articolo intero:
http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/content/?cid=5465
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