Updates STS-135 Updates

[ky]

I might be able to see it If it swings by Lake Okeechobee.And I might hear it too.

 

[IronRain]

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Is there an indirect link to page where we could see that image?

Thanks. I'm used to copy the URL of the image but that doesn't work with twitpic. Fixed now.

 

[IronRain]

Retrieval of the SRB's

 

[IronRain]

STS-135 Daily Mission Recap - FD6

 

[cljohnston]

Oh man, this SUCKS!
The final shuttle flight in history and it has to land at night where we can't see jack?
All we get to see is the infrared camera in shades of black and white.

I'm totally bummed and disappointed by this.
I thought that the final shuttle flight deserved to be seen clearly on landing by generations to follow in recordings and in history books.

What a shame.

Well, they launched the final flight in cloudy weather, so nobody was able to follow her for more than 42 seconds, so this is no surprise.
And the image quality on their thermal imager has been degrading steadily: On the last landing, they didn't even cut to the IR view until a couple of seconds before touchdown, and the image was horribly wavy.

And has anybody noticed that pretty much ALL the best camera positions of launches were eliminated after STS-132?
There've been NO pics like these since then...

And we haven't seen this angle since STS-128!

 

[IronRain]

Booster Camera Video of Atlantis Launch

 

[Suzy]

Cool photo: Father and Son: STS-1 and STS-135

 

[orb]

The final journey of the MLP-3 as the last mobile launcher platform to launch a shuttle:

Click on images to enlarge​

 

[N_Molson]

And we haven't seen this angle since STS-128!

Wow, splendid SSME exhaust flames !

The final journey of the MLP-3 as the last mobile launcher platform to launch a shuttle:

Do you know if it is going to be disassembled or kept for the planned HLV program ?

 

[FordPrefect]

Vertigoooo...

Another great image of this final shuttle mission taken during EVA:

It looks like hanging free some 375 Kilometers above the ground! This fisheye view makes it look scary, not for the faint at heart or the one suffering vertigo.
Of course, that cannot happen, as you would feel no force pulling you down, only microgravity.

This has got to be one outstanding experience I can only imagine...

 

[ky]

Why would it be disassembled?They kept it from the apollo program.It most likely will be modified for it.

 

[IronRain]

STS-135 Daily Mission Recap - FD 7

Computer shutdown triggers alarm and awakens crew

The Atlantis astronauts were awakened by a master alarm Thursday when one of the shuttle's five general purpose computers apparently failed, NASA officials said. GPC-4 was running systems management software at the time and commander Christopher Ferguson spent about 45 minutes loading that software into general purpose computer No. 2 before going back to bed.

It was not immediately clear what triggered the malfunction with GPC-4, whether the machine can be restarted later or whether additional troubleshooting will be needed. Earlier in the flight, GPC-3 shut itself down, but that was caused by a temperamental switch and the computer was successfully restarted the next day.

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[IronRain]

STS-135 Daily Mission Recap - FD8

 

[Cairan]

That would be a first, if GPC-4 is failed and GPC-3's balky switch triggers another Survivor-style vote-out by the others, the shuttle would land with 2 GPC running PASS + 1 running BFSS... Careful there with the switch flipping!

 

[IronRain]

STS-135 Daily Mission Recap - FD9

 

[ky]

When will they undock from the station?

 

[garyw]

Two seconds with google gave this:

DATE.......ET............EVENT

07/05/11...05:00:00 AM...STS-135: Countdown begins
07/08/11...11:38:00 AM...STS-135/Atlantis: launch
07/10/11...11:33:00 AM...STS-135: Docking
07/12/11...08:03:00 AM...STS-135: EVA-1
07/14/11...02:51:00 AM...Delta 4/GPS 2F-2 launch (CCAFS)
07/15/11.................SpaceX/COTS Demo No. 2 launch (under review)
07/18/11...01:58:00 AM...STS-135: Undocking
07/20/11...07:04:00 AM...STS-135: Landing/end of program
07/27/11.................Russian EVA-29 (under review)

 

[ky]

Ok thats means I wont be able to see it.The next sighting over my area is on July 19th at around 7:30 P.M. EST.

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Here are the two shuttle sightings over my area after undocking:

SATELLITE LOCAL DURATION MAX ELEV APPROACH DEPARTURE
DATE/TIME (MIN) (DEG) (DEG-DIR) (DEG-DIR)

SHUTTLE Tue Jul 19/06:07 AM 3 17 10 above SSE 16 above ESE
SHUTTLE Thu Jul 21/05:42 AM 3 34 13 above SSW 25 above E

And ISS Sightings:

SATELLITE LOCAL DURATION MAX ELEV APPROACH DEPARTURE
DATE/TIME (MIN) (DEG) (DEG-DIR) (DEG-DIR)

ISS Tue Jul 19/06:07 AM 3 17 10 above S 16 above ESE
ISS Thu Jul 21/05:47 AM 3 42 12 above SSW 34 above E
ISS Fri Jul 22/04:52 AM 2 14 14 above SE 10 above E
ISS Sat Jul 23/05:30 AM 3 69 41 above WSW 22 above NNE
ISS Sun Jul 24/04:34 AM < 1 24 24 above E 17 above ENE
ISS Sun Jul 24/06:08 AM 2 12 10 above WNW 10 above NNW
ISS Mon Jul 25/05:12 AM 2 27 27 above NW 11 above NNE
ISS Wed Jul 27/04:53 AM < 1 12 12 above NNW 11 above N

 

[Kyle]

Not going to lie, I'll be very choked up Thursday AM when Atlantis lands..

 

[Cairan]

Just watching NASA TV, they are carrying the US flag which was on-board STS-1 on the flight deck of Atlantis... saying they'll leave it on the station to be picked up by the next US manned spacecraft to dock with ISS... My bet is on Dragon.