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NASA STS-131 - ISS Assembly Mission 19A
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Benvenuti nella discussione ufficiale dell'STS-131, missione di costruzione ISS 19A.
Quart'ultima missione del programma STS. La missione ha come obbiettivo primario il rifornimento della stazione tramite il modulo cargo MPLM Leonardo, costruito assieme ai suoi due fratelli Raffaello e Donatello dall'italiana Alenia Spazio.
Dati Missione
Lancio previsto: 05 aprile 2010, 6:21 AM EDT (12:21 CEST)
Atterraggio previsto: NET 18 aprile 2010, 08:38 AM EDT (14:38 CEST)
Durata missione prevista: 13 giorni
Missione Programma STS: STS-131 (131° volo Shuttle, 38° volo OV-103)
Missione Programma ISS: 19A
Orbiter: Discovery (OV-103)
Launch Pad: 39A
Inclinazione/Altitudine: 51.6°/122 miglia nautiche
Payload principale:
MPLM Leonardo
Equipaggio
Commander Alan G. Poindexter
Pilot James P. Dutton Jr.
Mission specialist 1 Clayton C. Anderson
Mission specialist 2 Rick Mastracchio
Mission specialist 3 Dorothy M. Metcalf-Lindenburger
Mission specialist 4 Stephanie D. Wilson
Mission specialist 5 Naoko Yamazaki
http://www.nasa.gov/images/content/417597main_sts131_portrait.jpg
Altre informazioni
SpaceFlightNow.com Mission Coverage homepage:
http://spaceflightnow.com/shuttle/sts131
Master Flight Plan (SpaceFlightNow.com):
http://spaceflightnow.com/shuttle/sts131/fdf/131flightplan.html
Press Kit:
http://www.nasa.gov/pdf/435885main_sts131_press_kit.pdf
Previsioni Meteo - Lancio (KSC):
http://www.patrick.af.mil/shared/media/document/AFD-070517-025.pdf
Dirette TV (Webcast)
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 - Webcast:
Real Media: http://www.nasa.gov/ram/35037main_portal.ram
Windows Media: http://www.nasa.gov/55644main_NASATV_Windows.asx
Real Audio: http://www.nasa.gov/ram/55643main_NASATV_Audio_Only.ram
Austronauticast.com (in lingua italiana)
Astronauticast Live - LiveStream: http://www.astronauticast.com/live
SFN.com:
NASA clears space shuttle Discovery for April 5 launch
BY WILLIAM HARWOOD
STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS "SPACE PLACE" & USED WITH PERMISSION
Posted: March 26, 2010
NASA managers reviewed the shuttle Discovery's flight readiness Friday and formally cleared the ship for launch April 5 on a three-spacewalk mission to deliver ammonia coolant, supplies and science gear to the International Space Station.
http://spaceflightnow.com/news/images/ni1003/26discovery_400225.jpg
http://spaceflightnow.com/shuttle/sts131/100326frr/
robertogl
03-04-2010, 12:50
segnalo che ci sarà la diretta con cronaca italiana qui http://www.astronauticast.com/live , con ampio pre-lancio :D
il sito per informazioni è questo http://www.astronauticast.com/
P.S.
è possibile mettere link come questi vero? :stordita:
Certo, e anzi grazie per il link. L'ho aggiunti in prima pagina.
;)
SFN:
Shuttle Discovery aiming for predawn launch Monday
http://spaceflightnow.com/news/images/ni1004/04discovery_400266.jpg
On this Easter Sunday at Kennedy Space Center, final preparations are underway to ready shuttle Discovery for Monday's planned launch at 6:21 a.m. EDT (1021 GMT).
Join us in the Mission Status Center tonight for live play-by-play updates, a video webcast anchored by Miles O'Brien and an interactive chat during the countdown.
http://spaceflightnow.com/shuttle/sts131/status.html
0927 GMT (5:27 a.m. EDT)
T-minus 9 minutes and holding. Countdown clocks have gone into the planned 45-minute, 25-second built-in hold. Launch is targeted for 6:21:25 a.m. EDT.
0946 GMT (5:46 a.m. EDT)
The Air Force-controlled Eastern Range is reporting a problem of some sort. Teams are working the issue and expect to provide an update to the space shuttle folks by 6:10 a.m. EDT.
0952 GMT (5:52 a.m. EDT)
The Range problem is with the command message encoder verifier, a NASA spokesman says.
0956 GMT (5:56 a.m. EDT)
The Range is "go" for launch again. Part of the system in question has been restored, which is sufficient to proceed with liftoff.
Ma quanto sono fuori quelli di astronauticast? :D
1008 GMT (6:08 a.m. EDT)
The poll by NASA test director Steve Payne confirms there are no technical issues or constraints standing in the way of launch at 6:21 a.m. EDT. The Range also reports "go" on the local weather. And Mission Control says that weather at the abort landing sites is acceptable.
1012:25 GMT (6:12:25 a.m. EDT)
T-minus 9 minutes and counting! The Ground Launch Sequencer has been initiated. The computer program is located in a console in the Firing Room of the Complex 39 Launch Control Center. The GLS is the master of events through liftoff. During the last 9 minutes of the countdown, the computer will monitor as many as a thousand different systems and measurements to ensure that they do not fall out of any pre-determine red-line limits. At T-minus 31 seconds, the GLS will hand off to the onboard computers of Discovery to complete their own automatic sequence of events through the final half minute of the countdown.
1020:54 GMT (6:20:54 a.m. EDT)
T-minus 31 seconds. AUTO SEQUENCE START! The handoff has occurred from the Ground Launch Sequencer to the space shuttle. Discovery's computers now controlling.
In the next few seconds, the solid rocket booster hydraulic steering system will be started, the orbiter's body flap and speed brake moved to their launch positions, the firing chain armed. Main engine ignition begins at T-minus 6.6 seconds.
1021:25 GMT (6:21:25 a.m. EDT)
T-minus 10 seconds, go for ignition of the space shuttle main engines, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 and LIFTOFF! Liftoff of shuttle Discovery, launching new science and supplies to support our orbiting space laboratory!
1023 GMT (6:23 a.m. EDT)
T+plus 2 minutes, 10 seconds. Mission Control confirms a good jettison of the solid rocket boosters has occurred. The spent boosters will parachute into the Atlantic Ocean for retrieval. Discovery continues its streak toward space on the power generated by the three liquid-fueled main engines.
1024 GMT (6:24 a.m. EDT)
T+plus 2 minutes, 55 seconds. Commander Alan Poindexter just received the "Two-engine TAL" call from CAPCOM Rick Sturckow in Mission Control. The call means Discovery can now reach a Transatlantic Abort Landing site if one main engine fails. However, all three engines continue to burn normally.
1026 GMT (6:26 a.m. EDT)
T+plus 5 minutes, 25 seconds. "Press to ATO". Discovery can reach an orbit, albeit a low orbit, on two engines should one shut down now. But all three powerplants are still running just fine.
1029 GMT (6:29 a.m. EDT)
T+plus 8 minutes, 31 seconds. MECO. Main Engine Cutoff confirmed! Shuttle Discovery is back in space for its 38th mission, a voyage that is hauling thousands of pounds of vital resupply items, new science gear and living accommodations for the International Space Station.
1030 GMT (6:30 a.m. EDT)
T+plus 9 minutes, 30 seconds. It was a nominal MECO. A quick boost from the Orbital Maneuvering System engines is not required to reach the planned preliminary sub-orbital trajectory.
SFN:
Space shuttle Discovery soars into predawn sky
http://www.spaceflightnow.com/news/images/ni1004/05launch_400.jpg
Shuttle Discovery's mission to deliver critical resupply items and new science hardware to the International Space Station began as scheduled at 6:21 a.m. EDT (1021 GMT) today.
Join us in the Mission Status Center for live play-by-play updates, a video webcast anchored by Miles O'Brien and an interactive chat during the countdown.
http://spaceflightnow.com/shuttle/sts131/100405launch/
Troppo bello :ave: Ho trovato un video del lancio sul tubo http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wAoKeuoTYlE godetevelo ;)
Oggi non ero connesso...mi guardo i replays ;)
Purtroppo un problema non da poco... antenna Ku indisponibile per questa missione.
In ogni caso la perdita dell'antenna in banda Ku non pregiudica la sicurezza o gli obbiettivi di missione, in quanto ci sono molteplici ridondanze. Per effettuare la scansione delle superfici dell'orbiter con l'OBSS le riprese video verranno "salvate" nei computer dell'orbiter e spedite poi a terra in donwnlink con l'antenna Ku della ISS. Allo stesso modo per il randeveuz e l'attracco sarà utilizzata l'antenna della stazione.
SFN:
Discovery's Ku-band antenna likely lost for the mission
http://spaceflightnow.com/news/images/ni1004/05kuband_400252.jpg
The shuttle Discovery's Ku-band antenna system, used as a radar dish during rendezvous operations and to transmit video and data to and from the ground through NASA communications satellites, suffered a malfunction of some sort after the shuttle reached orbit Monday.
http://spaceflightnow.com/shuttle/sts131/100405launch/index3.html
SFN:
Astronauts prepared for no radar during rendezvous
BY WILLIAM HARWOOD
STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS "SPACE PLACE" & USED WITH PERMISSION
Posted: April 6, 2010
The shuttle Discovery's crew will attempt to activate the ship's suspect Ku-band radar during the final stages of rendezvous with the International Space Station early Wednesday. But if it doesn't work - and engineers don't believe it will - the astronauts will use other sensors to update the shuttle's navigation systems.
http://spaceflightnow.com/shuttle/sts131/100406fd3/spacestation.jpg
"We will execute the rendezvous and docking operations per the crew's radar-failed procedures," said LeRoy Cain, chairman of NASA's Mission Management Team. "Those procedures ... are practiced and trained as part of their normal training template."
Other than the post-launch loss of the shuttle's Ku-band communications system due to an unknown failure, Cain said Discovery appeared to come through its climb to space Monday in generally good condition. But engineers are studying photographs that appear to show a tile, or some similar-sized object, separating from the left side of the shuttle's vertical tail fin 42.2 seconds after liftoff as the ship was accelerating through Mach 1.
Cain wouldn't speculate on what the object might have been, although the imagery suggests it likely was a heat shield tile from the left side of the rudder-speedbrake's trailing edge.
"Preliminarily, I don't believe this will be any impact to us," he said. "Those tiles are in place primarily for ascent heating, the thermal environment back there with the engines running. For entry, the speedbrake is, of course, clamped closed like it is for ascent through the entire max heating portion of the entry profile and it's in the aerodynamic shadow during that entire time. Then the speedbrake opens at Mach 10.
"This is going to turn out to be a non issue for us, is what I expect," he said. "But we want the team to go off and do their normal, rigorous analysis and assessment of it."
http://spaceflightnow.com/shuttle/sts131/100406fd3/wingdebris.jpg
[...]
Here is an updated timeline of today's activity (in EDT and mission elapsed time; includes revision A of the NASA television schedule):
EDT........DD...HH...MM...SS...EVENT
04/06
08:21 PM...01...14...00...00...STS/ISS crew wakeup (begin flight day 3)
09:16 PM...01...14...55...00...ISS daily planning conference
09:51 PM...01...15...30...00...Group B computer powerup
10:06 PM...01...15...45...00...Rendezvous timeline begins
11:31 PM...01...17...10...00...Spacesuit removal from airlock
11:34 PM...01...17...13...26...NC-4 rendezvous rocket firing
04/07
01:06 AM...01...18...45...19...Ti burn; range = 9.2 miles
01:45 AM...01...19...23...54...Sunset
02:05 AM...01...19...43...55...Range = 10,000 ft
02:14 AM...01...19...52...35...Range = 5,000 ft
02:19 AM...01...19...58...04...Range = 3,000 ft
02:20 AM...01...19...59...09...Sunrise
02:23 AM...01...20...02...13...MC4
02:27 AM...01...20...06...13...Range = 1,500 ft
02:32 AM...01...20...11...13...Range = 1,000 ft
02:32 AM...01...20...11...18...RPM Start Window Open
02:35 AM...01...20...14...13...KU to LO (800 ft)
02:36 AM...01...20...15...13...Shuttle below ISS (725 ft)
02:41 AM...01...20...20...25...Range = 600 ft
02:43 AM...01...20...22...19...Start Pitch Maneuver
02:48 AM...01...20...27...16...Noon
02:51 AM...01...20...30...19...End Pitch Maneuver
02:54 AM...01...20...32...55...Initiate TORVA (575 ft)
02:56 AM...01...20...35...14...RPM Full Photo Window Close
03:05 AM...01...20...43...39...RPM Start Window Close
03:05 AM...01...20...44...25...Shuttle in front of ISS (310 ft)
03:06 AM...01...20...45...15...Range = 300 ft
03:10 AM...01...20...49...25...Range = 250 ft
03:15 AM...01...20...53...35...Range = 200 ft
03:16 AM...01...20...55...23...Sunset
03:17 AM...01...20...56...05...Range = 170 ft
12:19 PM...01...29...57...45...Range = 150 ft
03:23 AM...01...21...01...55...Range = 100 ft
03:26 AM...01...21...04...55...Range = 75 ft
03:30 AM...01...21...09...05...Range = 50 ft
03:33 AM...01...21...12...25...Range (30 ft) Station Keeping Start
03:38 AM...01...21...17...25...Push to Dock
03:43 AM...01...21...21...45...Range = 10 ft
03:44 AM...01...21...23...26...DOCKING
03:52 AM...01...21...30...40...Sunrise
04:11 AM...01...21...50...00...Leak checks
04:46 AM...01...22...25...00...Orbiter docking system prepped for ingress
04:41 AM...01...22...20...00...Group B computer powerdown
05:11 AM...01...22...50...00...Hatch open
05:41 AM...01...23...20...00...Welcome aboard!
05:56 AM...01...23...35...00...Safety briefing
06:31 AM...02...00...10...00...Spacesuits moved to Quest
06:31 AM...02...00...10...00...SRMS OBSS handoff
08:01 AM...02...01...40...00...REBA checkout
09:36 AM...02...03...15...00...ISS evening planning conference
11:51 AM...02...05...30...00...ISS crew sleep begins
12:21 PM...02...06...00...00...STS crew sleep begins
http://spaceflightnow.com/shuttle/sts131/100406fd3/index.html
il timone si sblocca a mach 10 ? pensavo a velocità molto più bassa :wtf:
zulutown
07-04-2010, 14:29
cioè mi state dicendo che saranno delle donne a dover parcheggiare manualmente lo shuttle alla stazione spaziale?
il timone si sblocca a mach 10 ? pensavo a velocità molto più bassa :wtf:
E' preferibile utilizzare le superfici aerodinamiche direzionali non appena possibile, e cmq gli attuatori del timone di coda son abbastanza forti... :p
Attraccati!
SFN:
Shuttle Discovery docks to space station right on time
BY WILLIAM HARWOOD
STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS "SPACE PLACE" & USED WITH PERMISSION
Posted: April 7, 2010
Commander Alan Poindexter, manually flying Discovery from the shuttle's aft flight deck, guided the spaceplane to a precision docking with the International Space Station early Wednesday after performing a flawless, "radar failed" rendezvous.
http://spaceflightnow.com/news/images/ni1004/06station_400273.jpg
Approaching from directly in front of the space station, Discovery's payload bay docking mechanism engaged its counterpart on the front end of the forward Harmony module at 3:44 a.m. EDT as the two spacecraft sailed 220 miles above the Caribbean at 5 miles per second.
"Houston and station, capture confirmed," pilot James Dutton radioed.
http://spaceflightnow.com/shuttle/sts131/100406fd3/index2.html
E' preferibile utilizzare le superfici aerodinamiche direzionali non appena possibile, e cmq gli attuatori del timone di coda son abbastanza forti... :p
Ok, non pensavo che gli attuatori del timone (benchè idraulici e non elettromeccanici) fossero così forti. A questo punto la domanda è: a che punto della fase di rientro smettono di usare l'RCS?
Ok, non pensavo che gli attuatori del timone (benchè idraulici e non elettromeccanici) fossero così forti. A questo punto la domanda è: a che punto della fase di rientro smettono di usare l'RCS?
L'RCS è disattivato prima dell'Entry Interface, dopo che l'orbiter ha raggiunto l'esatto orientamento di ingresso nell'atmosfera. Subito dopo il propellente residuo viene scaricato. Da quel momento in poi rimangono attivi (e carichi) fino all'atterraggio solo i motori dell'OMS.
Se non sbaglio esiste un sistema per alimentare i motori RCS di coda con il propellente dell'OMS nel caso sia necessario correggere l'assetto (in particolare l'inclinazione verticale) durante l'ingresso in atmosfera e prima dell'attivazione delle superfici aerodinamiche.
MPLM Leonardo attraccato al modulo Harmony!
SFN:
Delivery van pulls up to the International Space Station
BY WILLIAM HARWOOD
STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS "SPACE PLACE" & USED WITH PERMISSION
Posted: April 8, 2010
http://spaceflightnow.com/shuttle/sts131/100319payloads/mplmunberth.jpg
The Italian-made Leonardo module rose from shuttle Discovery's payload bay and merged with the International Space Station today, kicking off the hectic work to unload tons of new equipment, science gear and provisions out of the cargo-delivery vessel.
http://spaceflightnow.com/shuttle/sts131/100407fd4/index3.html
SFN:
Station glitch could prompt spacewalk this week
http://spaceflightnow.com/news/images/ni1004/14eva_400.jpg
NASA's mission planners are considering adding an unplanned fourth spacewalk to shuttle Discovery's mission to replace a nitrogen tank assembly that has a stuck valve impeding the International Space Station's critical cooling system.
http://spaceflightnow.com/shuttle/sts131/100413fd10/index.html
Ci si prepara a tornare...
SFN:
Leonardo module leaves station after day-long wait
BY WILLIAM HARWOOD
STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS "SPACE PLACE" & USED WITH PERMISSION
Posted: April 15, 2010
http://spaceflightnow.com/shuttle/sts131/100415fd11/15payloadbay_400.jpg
The Leonardo cargo module was detached from the International Space Station late Thursday after a lengthy delay due to problems with a berthing mechanism controller.
Because the move came late in the crew's day, the module, attached to the station's robot arm, was parked overnight in a "low hover" position just above the shuttle's payload bay. The astronauts plan to complete the installation early Friday, after enjoying an extra hour of sleep.
http://spaceflightnow.com/shuttle/sts131/100415fd11/index2.html
Partiti dopo un'altra missione di successo. La ISS è piena di scorte per i mesi avvenire.
L'atterraggio è previsto per lunedì 19 alle 08:51 AM EST (14:51 CEST).
SFN:
Departing Discovery leaves station stocked with supplies
BY WILLIAM HARWOOD
STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS "SPACE PLACE" & USED WITH PERMISSION
Posted: April 17, 2010
The Discovery astronauts bid their station counterparts farewell early Saturday, sharing a final round of hugs and handshakes before moving back aboard the shuttle to prepare the ship for undocking.
http://spaceflightnow.com/shuttle/sts131/100417fd13/17discovery_400249.jpg
Gathered in the International Space Station's forward Harmony module, the combined 13-member crew congratulated each other on a successful three-spacewalk resupply mission.
http://spaceflightnow.com/shuttle/sts131/100417fd13/index.html
Primo tentativo andato causa maltempo al KSC. Si ritenta domani!
SFN:
Weather prevents shuttle's return to Earth today
http://spaceflightnow.com/news/images/ni1004/19flightdeck_400264.jpg
Weather conditions simply not suitable for landing the powerless space shuttle precluded Discovery's voyage home to the Kennedy Space Center this morning. The spacecraft will remain in orbit for an additional day and try again Tuesday.
http://spaceflightnow.com/news/images/ni1004/19flightdeck_400264.jpg
frankytop
20-04-2010, 13:38
Procedura di atterraggio in corso,Landing alle ore 15:08 (ora italiana ) al KSC.
Tra mezzoretta a partire da ora...
Entry Interface!
1236 GMT (8:36 a.m. EDT)
ENTRY INTERFACE. Discovery's thermal protection system is feeling heat beginning to build as the orbiter enters the top fringes of the atmosphere -- a period known as entry interface.
The shuttle is flying at Mach 25 with its nose elevated 40 degrees, wings level, at an altitude of 400,000 feet over the Pacific Ocean.
Touchdown remains set for 9:08 a.m. EDT in Florida.
frankytop
20-04-2010, 13:46
edit
Circa 15 minuti all'atterraggio
Ora lo Shuttle è visibile dalle telecamere degli aerei dell'Eastern Range e Shuttle Training Aircraft
Doppio sonic boom: il Discovery viaggia ora a velocità subsonica
Carrelli fuori per l'atterraggio in 30 sec.circa
Wheels stopped! Il Discovery è a casa!
frankytop
20-04-2010, 14:19
Si è chiaramente sentito un forte doppio boom sonico..:)
Adesso si sentono ancora le APU in funzione con la loro melodia ritmica...
Ottimo lavoro, ragazzi. E ben tornato a casa, Discovery!
Cico the SSJ
20-04-2010, 15:58
http://spaceflightnow.com/shuttle/sts131/100415fd11/15payloadbay_400.jpg
quest'immagine è bellissima, ma non riesco a trovarla da nessuna parte sul sito della nasa :muro: possibile? non mettono online tutte le foto?
quest'immagine è bellissima, ma non riesco a trovarla da nessuna parte sul sito della nasa :muro: possibile? non mettono online tutte le foto?
Probabilmente prima le rendono disponibili nei press kits poi le caricano gradualmente sul sito.
Che dici di questa comunque (fai click per la versione full-res):
http://www.nasa.gov/images/content/445640main_image_1642_946-710.jpg (http://www.nasa.gov/images/content/445643main_s131e010463_full.jpg)
frankytop
20-04-2010, 17:38
Capperi che foto!Questa me la sono salvata.
Ok, giusto per chiudere come si deve la copertura della missione... :D
SFN:
Shuttle Discovery safely returns to Florida spaceport
BY WILLIAM HARWOOD
STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS "SPACE PLACE" & USED WITH PERMISSION
Posted: April 20, 2010
http://spaceflightnow.com/news/images/ni1004/20discoveryquick_400216.jpg
The shuttle Discovery, delayed a day by cloudy Florida weather, blazed across the heartland of America Tuesday, gliding to a pinpoint landing at the Kennedy Space Center to close out an extended space station assembly mission.
http://spaceflightnow.com/shuttle/sts131/100420fd16/index.html
Ok, giusto per chiudere come si deve la copertura della missione... :D
Hai ragione! :D
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