Orbinaut Pete
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Hi all, I just realised that there isn't an STS-126 thread yet, so I thought I'd start one!
All future news of STS-126 can be posted here.
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STS-126 (Endeavour) is scheduled to launch to the ISS on:
(EST) Fri 14 Nov 2008 @ 7.55pm
(GMT/UTC) Sat Nov 15 2008 @ 00.55am
It will carry the Leonardo MPLM to the ISS to deliver equipment to boost the stations capacity to 6 crew.
Endeavour is currently on pad 39B. It will roll around to pad 39A on Oct 25, after being released from its STS-400 duties. The Leonardo MPLM is due to arrive at the pad, ready for loading, on Oct 23.
The MPLM is currently being filled with cargo in the SSPF (Space Station Processing facility).
The operation can be viewed HERE on channels 5, 8 ,10 & 12.
Endeavour has currently had it's RCS fuel loaded at pad 39B.
There is an issue with Endeavour's External Tank. When it was being assembled in the Michoud facility in Louisiana, technicians reported hearing a "clanging" noise coming from inside the tank when it was hoisted vertical. Technicians in the VAB at KSC again heard it when it was being hoisted vertical for it's stacking. They believe a bolt or screw is loose inside the tank. It has been deemed not a threat and has been cleared to fly, but worse-case scenario is that this thing could be ingested into the SSME (Space Shuttle Main Engine) and cause the engine to explode!
Thats all I know for now....
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Astronauts Suit up for Practice Sessions
Oct. 9, 2008
The crew of STS-126 will don training versions of their pressure suits and take part in training inside a full-scale mock-up of the space shuttle’s crew compartment at NASA’s Johnson Space Center.
In the last week of October, the astronauts will fly to NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida for the countdown dress rehearsal.
The International Space Station is the destination for the crew as they take supplies and equipment to the orbiting laboratory.
All future news of STS-126 can be posted here.
-----Posted Added-----
STS-126 (Endeavour) is scheduled to launch to the ISS on:
(EST) Fri 14 Nov 2008 @ 7.55pm
(GMT/UTC) Sat Nov 15 2008 @ 00.55am
It will carry the Leonardo MPLM to the ISS to deliver equipment to boost the stations capacity to 6 crew.
Endeavour is currently on pad 39B. It will roll around to pad 39A on Oct 25, after being released from its STS-400 duties. The Leonardo MPLM is due to arrive at the pad, ready for loading, on Oct 23.
The MPLM is currently being filled with cargo in the SSPF (Space Station Processing facility).
The operation can be viewed HERE on channels 5, 8 ,10 & 12.
Endeavour has currently had it's RCS fuel loaded at pad 39B.
There is an issue with Endeavour's External Tank. When it was being assembled in the Michoud facility in Louisiana, technicians reported hearing a "clanging" noise coming from inside the tank when it was hoisted vertical. Technicians in the VAB at KSC again heard it when it was being hoisted vertical for it's stacking. They believe a bolt or screw is loose inside the tank. It has been deemed not a threat and has been cleared to fly, but worse-case scenario is that this thing could be ingested into the SSME (Space Shuttle Main Engine) and cause the engine to explode!
Thats all I know for now....
-----Posted Added-----
Astronauts Suit up for Practice Sessions
Oct. 9, 2008
The crew of STS-126 will don training versions of their pressure suits and take part in training inside a full-scale mock-up of the space shuttle’s crew compartment at NASA’s Johnson Space Center.
In the last week of October, the astronauts will fly to NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida for the countdown dress rehearsal.
The International Space Station is the destination for the crew as they take supplies and equipment to the orbiting laboratory.
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