[Space] NASA - STS-131 - ISS-19A (Discovery)

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NASA STS-131 - ISS Assembly Mission 19A



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

Altre informazioni

SpaceFlightNow.com Mission Coverage homepage:
http://spaceflightnow.com/shuttle/sts131

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

Press Kit:
http://www.nasa.gov/pdf/435885main_sts131_press_kit.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.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/shuttle/sts131/100326frr/

[Octane]

Iscritto!

[robertogl]

segnalo che ci sarà la diretta con cronaca italiana qui http://www.astronauticast.com/live , con ampio pre-lancio
il sito per informazioni è questo http://www.astronauticast.com/

P.S.
è possibile mettere link come questi vero?

[GioFX]

Certo, e anzi grazie per il link. L'ho aggiunti in prima pagina.

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SFN:

Shuttle Discovery aiming for predawn launch Monday



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

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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.

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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.

[.:V:.]

Iscritto...

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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.

[Sandime]

Ma quanto sono fuori quelli di astronauticast?

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abbastanza...

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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!

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.