Chief
06-01-2007, 11:16 AM
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/main/index.html
Launch Target: June 8
Launch Time: 7:38 p.m. EDT
05.31.07 - 3:45 p.m. EDT
Following the Flight Readiness Review meetings on May 30 and 31 at Kennedy Space Center in Florida, NASA's senior managers have signed the Certification of Flight Readiness confirming that Space Shuttle Atlantis, her flight crew and payloads are fit to fly. Officials approved June 8 as the scheduled launch date for the STS-117 mission to the International Space Station.
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/sts117/mission_overview.html
STS-117: Just Do It -- Again
f you missed either of the last two missions, now would be the time to catch up.
When Atlantis heads for the International Space Station in June, its mission may sound a little familiar. The crew will install a new truss segment, unfurl new solar arrays and fold up an old one – all tricky stuff that’s been done on the past two missions.
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/structure/elements/its.html
Integrated Truss Structure
S0 Truss
Shuttle Mission: STS-110
ISS Assembly Mission: 8A
Dimensions: 13.4 meters x 4.6 meters (44 feet x 15 feet)
Weight: 13,971 kilograms (30,800 pounds)
The S0 Truss, the center segment of 11 integrated trusses, was attached to the top of the Destiny Laboratory on April 11, 2002. The S0 Truss acts as the junction from which external utilities are routed to the International Space Station's pressurized modules.
These utilities include power, data, video and ammonia for the Active Thermal Control System. The truss also provides a mounting point for electronic equipment such as the Main Bus Switching Units, four of the DC-to-DC Converter Units and four Secondary Power Distribution Assemblies. Also mounted on S0 are the station's four GPS antennas and two Rate Gyros.
The rear of the S0 Truss is occupied by a 6.4-meter (21-foot) radiator panel, which radiates heat transported from the truss' electronics boxes. The forward-facing rails of the S0 Truss and the other 10 truss assemblies form a track upon which the Mobile Transporter can move to different robotic arm worksites along the integrated truss structure.
**SCHNIPP**
kewl!! The shuttle has a number of problems, but nothing beats watching a launch live on NASA TV; unless you live 20 miles from the Cape like my good friend Duane does, and then you can film the launches from the back yard...
He has sent me a number of pictures, a couple of them night shots, of shuttle launches over the years. If he gets anything good this year I'll post it.
;D
Launch Target: June 8
Launch Time: 7:38 p.m. EDT
05.31.07 - 3:45 p.m. EDT
Following the Flight Readiness Review meetings on May 30 and 31 at Kennedy Space Center in Florida, NASA's senior managers have signed the Certification of Flight Readiness confirming that Space Shuttle Atlantis, her flight crew and payloads are fit to fly. Officials approved June 8 as the scheduled launch date for the STS-117 mission to the International Space Station.
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/sts117/mission_overview.html
STS-117: Just Do It -- Again
f you missed either of the last two missions, now would be the time to catch up.
When Atlantis heads for the International Space Station in June, its mission may sound a little familiar. The crew will install a new truss segment, unfurl new solar arrays and fold up an old one – all tricky stuff that’s been done on the past two missions.
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/structure/elements/its.html
Integrated Truss Structure
S0 Truss
Shuttle Mission: STS-110
ISS Assembly Mission: 8A
Dimensions: 13.4 meters x 4.6 meters (44 feet x 15 feet)
Weight: 13,971 kilograms (30,800 pounds)
The S0 Truss, the center segment of 11 integrated trusses, was attached to the top of the Destiny Laboratory on April 11, 2002. The S0 Truss acts as the junction from which external utilities are routed to the International Space Station's pressurized modules.
These utilities include power, data, video and ammonia for the Active Thermal Control System. The truss also provides a mounting point for electronic equipment such as the Main Bus Switching Units, four of the DC-to-DC Converter Units and four Secondary Power Distribution Assemblies. Also mounted on S0 are the station's four GPS antennas and two Rate Gyros.
The rear of the S0 Truss is occupied by a 6.4-meter (21-foot) radiator panel, which radiates heat transported from the truss' electronics boxes. The forward-facing rails of the S0 Truss and the other 10 truss assemblies form a track upon which the Mobile Transporter can move to different robotic arm worksites along the integrated truss structure.
**SCHNIPP**
kewl!! The shuttle has a number of problems, but nothing beats watching a launch live on NASA TV; unless you live 20 miles from the Cape like my good friend Duane does, and then you can film the launches from the back yard...
He has sent me a number of pictures, a couple of them night shots, of shuttle launches over the years. If he gets anything good this year I'll post it.
;D