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NASA STS-135 - ISS Assembly Mission ULF7



The Space Shuttle
Grand Finale

Benvenuti nella discussione ufficiale dell'STS-135, missione di costruzione ISS ULF7.

Ultima missione dell'orbiter Atlantis (OV-104) e ultima missione del programma STS.

STS-135 è la 33ma e ultima missione per l'orbiter Atlantis, ma soprattutto l'ultima del programma e quindi dello Space Shuttle, al termine della quale l'ultimo orbiter americano andrà ad unirsi a Discovery e Endeavour per il processo di safing e decommissioning che si concluderà con il trasferimento degli orbiter presso le loro sedi-museali post-carriera.

La missione conta l'equipaggio più ridotto della storia del programma STS, con solo 4 componenti: capitano, pilota e due Mission Specialists. L'obbiettivo principale è la fornitura e stoccaggio di un grande quantitativo di materiale hardware di riserva, pezzi di ricambio, acqua, alimenti, ecc. attraverso MPLM Raffaello (Multi-Purpose Logistics Module), che per l'occasione è stato caricato con 16 racks, il massimo previsto.
Fa parte del payload che LMC (Lightweight Multi-Purpose Carrier) per riportare a terra una pompa del sistema di raffreddamento (External Thermal Cooling System) che ha malfunzionato nel 2010 e sarà per questo analizzata. Infine parte con Atlantis anche RMM (Robotic Refuelling Mission), un sistema sviluppato dal Gooddard Space Flight Center con cui verrà testato il rifornimento automatico di satelliti in orbita.


Dati Missione

Lancio previsto: venerdì 8 luglio 2011, ore 15:26 UTC, 11:26 AM EDT (17:26 CEST)

Atterraggio previsto: mercoledì 20 luglio 2011, ore 11:06 UTC, 07:06 AM EDT (01:06 AM CEST del 21 luglio)

Durata missione prevista: 12 giorni

Missione Programma STS: STS-135 (135° volo Shuttle, 33° volo OV-104)

Missione Programma ISS: ULF7 (37° missione ISS)

Orbiter: Atlantis (OV-104)

Launch Pad: 39A

Inclinazione/Altitudine: 51.6°/122 miglia nautiche

Payload principale:

• MPLM Raffaello

Equipaggio

• Commander Christopher Ferguson
• Pilot Douglas Hurley
• Mission specialist 1 Sandra Magnus
• Mission specialist 2 Rex Walheim

Configurazione ISS finale:




Altre informazioni

SpaceFlightNow.com Mission Coverage homepage:
http://spaceflightnow.com/shuttle/sts135

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

Press Kit:
Non ancora disponibile

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:
NASA HD (USTREAM): http://www.ustream.tv/nasahdtv
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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NASA formally sets July 8 for final space shuttle launch
BY JUSTIN RAY
SPACEFLIGHT NOW
Posted: June 28, 2011


A look inside today's flight readiness review. Credit: NASA

Senior NASA officials held the final space shuttle flight readiness review at the Kennedy Space Center today and affirms plans to launch Atlantis next week as scheduled.

"We set July 8 for the launch," said Bill Gerstenmaier, associate administrator for Space Operations. "We had a very thorough review."

Atlantis will deliver a year's worth of provisions to proactively stock the shelves of the International Space Station while NASA awaits commercial firms SpaceX and Orbital Sciences to begin routinely servicing the outpost with resupply missions.

"This flight is incredibly important to space station. The cargo that is coming up on this flight is really mandatory for the space station," Gerstenmaier said.

Despite today's meeting representing yet another "last" on the road the final space shuttle mission, Gerstenmaier said there were no special commemorations to mark the event.

"The teams have done a great job, I think they did a tremendous job today of staying on point talking about what we needed to talk about, getting ready for the mission, getting ready for the launch and make sure we're really ready to go do this mission like we've done the missions before. So there wasn't much fanfare, no unique activities at all with the FRR."

With just 10 days left until launch, preparations are going smoothly at pad 39A as technicians get the ship prepped for blastoff.

"Atlantis is in great shape out at the pad," said launch director Mike Leinbach. "The remaining pad flow is very, very standard for us. We got our ordnance connected up last night. We'll close the payload bay doors for flight tomorrow afternoon. Tomorrow evening and Thursday morning we'll pressurize the high-pressure gas bottles on the orbiter. We'll close out the aft by Friday and we'll be able to take all three days of the holiday weekend off, come back to pick up the launch countdown on Tuesday the 5th. It's going to be a very, very easy pad flow for us the remainder of the way."

Atlantis' four astronauts are scheduled to arrive at the Kennedy Space Center on Monday, July 4 at 2:45 p.m. EDT. Countdown clocks in the launch control center begin ticking Tuesday, July 5 at 1 p.m. EDT.

The official launch window for the Friday, July 8 shot at getting space shuttle Atlantis into orbit for docking with the International Space Station has two "panes" and extends for 13 minutes and 18 seconds.

The first pane for the preferred Day 3 rendezvous with the space station extends from 11:21:46 to 11:31:46 a.m. EDT. The targeted liftoff time occurs in the middle of the period at 11:26:46 a.m. EDT, which is the exact moment when Earth's rotation carries the launch pad into the plane of the station's orbit.

An additional few minutes in the form a second pane of the launch window exists until 11:35:04 a.m. EDT. However, launching within that pane would lead to a less desirable Day 4 rendezvous and docking.


http://spaceflightnow.com/shuttle/sts135/110628frr/

[danny2005]

Qualcuno si è segnato il canale e l'ora degli speciali sullo shuttle che fanno su sky?

Non mi ricordo più....so che sono in questi giorni...

[fgiova]

ehm..

Ultima missione dell'orbiter Atlantis (OV-104) e ultima missione del programma STS.

STS-135 è la 33ma e ultima missione per l'orbiter Endeavour (OV-105), ma soprattutto l'ultima del programma e quindi dello Space Shuttle americano, al termine della quale Atlantis andrà ad unirsi a Discovery e Endeavour

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grazie fgiova.

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Un bel articolo di SFN sui "Magnifici (utlimi) Quattro" che avranno l'onore di far parte dell'ultima, storica, missione Shuttle:

http://spaceflightnow.com/shuttle/sts135/110703crew/

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E' iniziato il countdown per il lancio.

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Countdown commences for shuttle Atlantis' blastoff
BY WILLIAM HARWOOD
STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS "SPACE PLACE" & USED WITH PERMISSION
Posted: July 5, 2011



KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FL--Countdown clocks began ticking Tuesday for the shuttle Atlantis' launch Friday on NASA's 135th and final shuttle mission, a flight to deliver more than 8,000 pounds of supplies and equipment to the International Space Station.

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http://spaceflightnow.com/shuttle/sts135/110705count/

[Gabry93]

io sto già a piagne

[Raven1994]

lo guardero sicuramente..

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Il tempo per ora sembra non collaborare molto e attualmente ci sono solo il 30% di possibilità di lancio domani pomeriggio.

Nel frattempo...

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Engineers assess lightning strike at space shuttle pad
BY WILLIAM HARWOOD
STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS "SPACE PLACE" & USED WITH PERMISSION
Posted: July 7, 2011



KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FL--As predicted, thunderstorms rumbled across the Kennedy Space Center Thursday and at least one lightning bolt struck launch pad 39A where the shuttle Atlantis is being prepared for takeoff Friday on NASA's 135th and final shuttle mission.

[...]

http://spaceflightnow.com/shuttle/st...0707lightning/

[Raven1994]

visto che sono niubbo in merito , ma se non usano piu gli space shuttle cosa useranno adesso?

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Il trasporto dei rifornimenti cargo continuerà con il sistema russo Progress, europeo ATV e giapponese HTV. Gli americani utilizzeranno dal 2013 i lanciatori si SpaceX e Orbital Sciences Corp. nell'ambito del programma COSTS.

Spostare il rifornimento cargo ai privati consentirà alla NASA di accelerare la progettazione e lo sviluppo di un nuovo sistema per il trasporto di astronauti su ISS, orbita bassa utilizzabile poi eventualmente per Luna e Marte. Il sistema si basa su un lanciatore espandibile e HLLV che utilizzerà il più possibile tecnologia Shuttle (booster, ET, motori SME). Nel frattempo, indicativamente fino al 2015-2016, la NASA utilizzerà le Soyuz russe per trasportare i suoi astronauti alla e dalla ISS.

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1354 GMT (9:54 a.m. EDT)
The latest weather briefing to the launch director continues to show a 70 percent of "no go" conditions at today's 11:26 a.m. EDT liftoff time. Weather remains "red" right now for thick clouds.

[Raven1994]

non c'era in progettazione il motore VASIMIR?

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1411 GMT (10:11 a.m. EDT)
T-minus 20 minutes and holding. The countdown has paused for a 10-minute built-in hold. Launch is scheduled for 11:26 a.m. EDT.

During this built-in hold, all computer programs in Firing Room 4 of the Complex 39 Launch Control Center will be verified to ensure that the proper programs are available for the countdown; the landing convoy status will be verified and the landing sites will be checked to support an abort landing during launch today; the Inertial Measurement Unit preflight alignment will be verified completed; and preparations are made to transition the orbiter onboard computers to Major Mode 101 upon coming out of the hold. This configures the computer memory to a terminal countdown configuration.

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VASIMIR è una tecnologia ancora in fase di studio e progettazione, e cmq non adatta al trasporto di persone o cose dalla terra, ma dallo spazio allo spazio.

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1415 GMT (10:15 a.m. EDT)
The official launch window based on radar tracking of the space station's orbit begins at 11:21:46 and extends until 11:31:19 a.m. EDT for Atlantis to rendezvous with the station on Flight Day 3.

The preferred launch time is 11:26:46 a.m. EDT.

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1419 GMT (10:19 a.m. EDT)
Weather is "go" now!

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1432 GMT (10:32 a.m. EDT)
T-minus 9 minutes and holding. Countdown clocks have gone into the planned 45-minute, 46-second built-in hold. Launch is targeted for 11:26:46 a.m. EDT.

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1514 GMT (11:14 a.m. EDT)
NASA launch director Mike Leinbach has conducted his poll and given provisional approval to resume the countdown for liftoff at 11:26 a.m. EDT. But still waiting on final official "go" on the weather.