[Space] NASA - STS-133 - ISS-ULF5 (Discovery)

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NASA STS-133 - ISS Assembly Mission ULF5



Benvenuti nella discussione ufficiale dell'STS-133, missione di costruzione ISS ULF5.
Ultima missione dell'orbiter Discovery (OV-103).

Pen'ultima missione ufficiale del programma STS (terz'ultima se verrà approvata la missione finale STS-135), ed ultima missione pianificata per il Discovery. La missione ha come obbiettivo primario l'installazione permanente del modulo cargo pressurizzato MPLM Leonardo e del ExPRESS Logistics Carrier 4 (ELC4).


Dati Missione

Lancio previsto: 24 febbraio 2011, 04:53 PM EST (22:53 CET, ora italiana)

Atterraggio previsto: TBD

Durata missione prevista: 11 giorni

Missione Programma STS: STS-132 (133° volo Shuttle, 39° volo OV-103)

Missione Programma ISS: ULF5 (35° missione ISS)

Orbiter: Discovery (OV-103)

Launch Pad: 39A

Inclinazione/Altitudine: 51.6°/122 miglia nautiche

Payload principale:

• Permanent Multi-Purpose Module Leonardo (PMM)
• ExPRESS Logistics Carrier 4 (ELC4)

Equipaggio

• Commander Steven W. Lindsey
• Pilot Eric A. Boe
• Mission specialist 1 Timothy L. Kopra
• Mission specialist 2 Michael R. Barratt
• Mission specialist 3 Nicole P. Stott
• Mission specialist 4 Alvin Drew

Configurazione ISS finale:




Altre informazioni

SpaceFlightNow.com Mission Coverage homepage:
http://spaceflightnow.com/shuttle/sts133

Master Flight Plan (SpaceFlightNow.com):
http://spaceflightnow.com/shuttle/st...lightplan.html

Press Kit:
http://www.nasa.gov/pdf/491387main_S...ress%20Kit.pdf

Previsioni Meteo - Lancio (KSC):
http://www.patrick.af.mil/shared/med...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/nasat..._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

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SFN:

Shuttle Discovery cleared for blastoff next Monday
BY WILLIAM HARWOOD
STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS "SPACE PLACE" & USED WITH PERMISSION
Posted: October 25, 2010

After reviewing normal processing and weekend work to fix a small fuel leak, NASA managers Monday cleared the shuttle Discovery for an election-eve launch Nov. 1 to begin a space station resupply mission, the orbiter's 39th and final flight.



Testing indicates new seals in a suspect flange are properly seated and holding pressure with no signs of additional seepage. Assuming no other problems develop, engineers believe they will be ready to start Discovery's countdown at 3 p.m. (1900 GMT) Friday, setting up a launch attempt at 4:40:26 p.m. EDT (2040:26 GMT) Monday.

"We're in great shape out at the pad," Launch Director Michael Leinbach told reporters. "We've used up our four days of contingency for that leak repair, but we're right on schedule now. ... I see no reason right now at all that we can't get into the launch countdown per plan on Friday afternoon."

Discovery's all-veteran crew -- commander Steven Lindsey, pilot Eric Boe, Nicole Stott, Michael Barratt and spacewalkers Timothy Kopra and Alvin Drew -- plans to fly to the Kennedy Space Center from Houston on Thursday to prepare for flight.

The primary goals of the 133rd shuttle mission are to deliver and install a final U.S. pressurized module loaded with equipment and supplies, to mount a spare radiator panel on the station's power truss, to deliver an experimental robot and to stage two spacewalks to carry out a variety of assembly and maintenance tasks.

The mission comes just shy of the 12th anniversary of the start of station construction Nov. 20, 1998, and the 10th anniversary of the first crew's arrival on Nov. 2, 2000. On Monday, yet another milestone was achieved as the international lab complex, continuously manned for 3,644 days, eclipsed the previous record set by the Russian Mir space station.

Assuming an on-time launch, Lindsey plans to guide Discovery to its 13th and final ISS docking around 1:18 p.m. (1718 GMT) Nov. 3. The first spacewalk will get underway at 10:35 a.m. (1435 GMT) on Nov. 5 and the permanent multi-purpose module, or PMM, will be attached to the central Unity module's Earth-facing port the next day.

"It's pretty exciting that Discovery is going to take up the last major United States module to the station,' shuttle Program Manager John Shannon said last week. "We're making good on our promise that we would get the space station in the absolute best possible config we could with spares and equipment before we retire the space shuttle."

Kopra and Drew plan a second spacewalk on Nov. 7. If all goes well, Discovery will undock from the station around 5:40 a.m. (1040 GMT) on Nov. 10, setting up a landing back at the Kennedy Space Center around 10:38 a.m. (1538 GMT) on Nov. 12.

Senior NASA managers attended an all-day executive-level flight readiness review Monday at the Kennedy Space Center and formally cleared Discovery for launch Nov. 1. The window extends through Nov. 7. The next shuttle launch window opens Dec. 1.

Last week, NASA managers ordered the replacement of two internal seals in a fuel-line flange in the plumbing of Discovery's orbital maneuvering system rocket pods that had shown signs of a small leak of toxic monomethyl hydrazine rocket fuel.

The leak appeared to stop during torque checks of the six bolts holding the flange together, but because of the volatile nature of the fuel, shuttle integration manager Mike Moses ordered the seals replaced to return the flange to a known pristine state.

Working through the weekend, engineers drained propellants from the OMS pod system, vacuum-dried the lines, took the flange apart and replaced the two internal seals. After reassembling the flange, the OMS pod propellant tanks were reloaded Sunday. Subsequent tests showed the flange was tight with no signs of any seepage.

"It was a very, very tough job," Leinbach said of the repair work. "Our technicians really came through with flying colors, It was an outstanding job."

As for what caused the leak in the first place, there were no obvious signs of damage to the seals or the flange mating surfaces. Leinbach said engineers suspect "transient contamination" might be the culprit.

There were no other issues of any significance. Shuttle integration manager Mike Moses said engineers discussed erosion damage seen in the nozzle of a five-segment booster test fired in Utah in late August. But the shuttle boosters use four segments and a different nozzle design. No such damage has ever been seen in a shuttle booster and NASA managers cleared Discovery's twin SRBs for launch.


http://spaceflightnow.com/shuttle/st...frr/index.html

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Lancio rinviato a non prima di martedì per poter sostituire due guarnizioni di tenuta per la pressurizzazione dei motori OMS di tribordo.


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Helium leak repair delays launch of shuttle Discovery



The shuttle Discovery's launch on a space station resupply mission is being delayed from Monday to at least Tuesday -- election day in the United States -- to give engineers time to repair two leaking quick-disconnect fittings in pressurization systems used by the ship's right-side orbital maneuvering system rocket pod. Repairs will delay starting the countdown sequence until tomorrow, pushing back Discovery's launch to Tuesday at 4:17 p.m. EDT.

http://spaceflightnow.com/shuttle/st...ks/index3.html

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Altri Link utili per seguire il lancio:

- ASX 150 kbit/s
http://www.nasa.gov/55644main_NASATV_Windows.asx

- Low broadband: 150 kbit/s
http://playlist.yahoo.com/makeplaylist.dll?id=1368161

- Mid broadband: 300 kbit/s
http://playlist.yahoo.com/makeplaylist.dll?id=1368162

- High broadband: 500 kbit/s
http://playlist.yahoo.com/makeplaylist.dll?id=1368570

- Full speed: 1200 kbit/s (MAX)
http://playlist.yahoo.com/makeplaylist.dll?id=1368163

NASA TV Media Channel
- ASX 150 kbit/s
http://www.nasa.gov/145590main_Digital_Media.asx

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Alcune fotografie:

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Sts-133 Lift Space shuttle Discovery Timelapse

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RjLAq...layer_embedded

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Immagini del rollout

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Alcune foto diurne al Pad

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Altre fotografie di Discovery con la rotazione della RSS:

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Safety by Slidewire

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HCNdP...layer_embedded

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Queste sono le fotografie del trasferimento del modulo PMM (costruzione italiana presso gli stabilimenti di Alenia spazio) nel payload canister:






STS-133 PMM SSPF

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wL_1X...layer_embedded

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Di seguito alcune fotogrfie nella Canister Rotation Facility:

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Ed ecco che il canister giunto al pad viene collocato per poter caricare il carico che trasporta nella stiva dello Shuttle.







fattosi giorno:

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Payload installato nella bay di Discovery:

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Equipaggio

Alcune fotografie delle esercitazioni di atterraggio effettuate con lo STA (Shuttle Training Aircraft):

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Tradizionali fotografie con l'M-113:

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Fotografie delle esercitazione del TCDT:

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Altre fotografie del TCDT e dell'ispezione della PLB:


↑ Alvin Drew (sx), Tim Kopra ↑Nicole Stott, Michael Barratt






Qui una galleria con alcune fotografie delle prove generali: http://www.spaceflightnow.com/shuttl...101015gallery/

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Fotografie della chiusura delle payload bay doors dello Shuttle:

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Foto di gruppo:


Fotografia di gruppo meno "formale" rispetto alla precedente: